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The Australian
Anzac Day: the indigenous fight after war to find lasting peace
The Australian
Taken from his parents as a child, and put into the Stolen Generations brutality of the Kinchela Boys Home in northern NSW, Cook began a long series of lessons about self-identity through an institutional war being waged on indigenous Australia. Even ...

The Advertiser
Gin producers from SA such as Applewood, Adelaide Hills Distillery and Never Never are creating a unique Australian ...
The Advertiser
Since then Sacha has gone one step further and combined ingredients from indigenous food purveyor Something Wild into a spirit that is one of the most startling you could ever imagine tasting. Those ingredients include Australian green ants, a native ...

The Age
“A woman does love her own little home”: How Anzac mother's dream was dashed
The Age
Mrs Saunders is all but forgotten these hundred years after her struggle ended in bitter tears, though she is the ancestor of generations of Australian soldiers. She would not live to see it, but her boy Chris would come home and father one of ...

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The Age
“A woman does love her own little home”: How Anzac mother's dream was dashed
The Age
Mrs Saunders is all but forgotten these hundred years after her struggle ended in bitter tears, though she is the ancestor of generations of Australian soldiers. She would not live to see it, but her boy Chris would come home and father one of ...

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SBS
'It was hot, humid, helicopters flying overhead': Uncle Graham Atkinson, Aboriginal Vietnam Veteran
SBS
According to the Australian War Memorial and Indigenous veteran's groups, around 500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men served in Vietnam, at a time in which the protests for civil rights raged in both the United States and Australia. Graham ...

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SBS
'It was hot, humid, helicopters flying overhead': Uncle Graham Atkinson, Aboriginal Vietnam Veteran
SBS
According to the Australian War Memorial and Indigenous veteran's groups, around 500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men served in Vietnam, at a time in which the protests for civil rights raged in both the United States and Australia. Graham ...

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Pro Bono Australia
Funding Boost for Remote Indigenous Housing in NT
Pro Bono Australia
Despite these funding announcements, the Labor Party said Indigenous housing in Australia was still under threat without a national agreement. In a joint statement, Labor Senators Doug Cameron and Patrick Dodson said the government's announcement was a ...

Pro Bono Australia
Funding Boost for Remote Indigenous Housing in NT
Pro Bono Australia
Despite these funding announcements, the Labor Party said Indigenous housing in Australia was still under threat without a national agreement. In a joint statement, Labor Senators Doug Cameron and Patrick Dodson said the government's announcement was a ...

Courier Mail
First Aboriginal fighter pilot remembered in military biography
Courier Mail
INALA war hero Leonard 'Len' Waters was the first and only Aboriginal fighter pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. But to eldest daughter Lenise Schloss he was always just “Father”. She said it was the respectful title that he ...

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2GB (press release)
Grandson of fallen indigenous solider breaks down sharing his story
2GB (press release)
Indigenous Australians played a role in World War One, but it's a story rarely covered. 1500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders served Australia in the war despite, 100 years ago, not even having the right to vote. They weren't allowed to enlist to ...
Research focusing on indigenous dementia - 7NewsYahoo News
One man's emotional Anzac Day journey to say thank you | SBS NewsSBS

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2GB (press release)
Grandson of fallen indigenous solider breaks down sharing his story
2GB (press release)
Indigenous Australians played a role in World War One, but it's a story rarely covered. 1500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders served Australia in the war despite, 100 years ago, not even having the right to vote. They weren't allowed to enlist to ...
Australia's First People to the UN: govt statements are 'hypocritical in ...The Mandarin
One man's emotional Anzac Day journey to say thank you | SBS NewsSBS

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Indigenous investigations – about this series
The Guardian
This reporting is funded by the Balnaves Foundation through the Guardian Civic Journalism Trust. The grant supports Indigenous affairs reporting over three years. All journalism produced is editorially independent. All our journalism follows GNM's ...

Research focusing on indigenous dementia
Yahoo News
More than 400,000 Australians currently experience dementia and that number is expected to pass one million in 2050 as the population ages. Aged care and indigenous health minister Ken Wyatt said the projects tie in with the government's attempts to ...

InDaily
SA Aboriginal child incarceration an “ongoing tragedy”
InDaily
This is despite Aboriginal children representing only 4.5 per cent of the state's child population. “I consider these statistics an ongoing tragedy – they represent a generational loss because these children are our children,” Wright said. “These ...

InDaily
SA Aboriginal child incarceration an “ongoing tragedy”
InDaily
This is despite Aboriginal children representing only 4.5 per cent of the state's child population. “I consider these statistics an ongoing tragedy – they represent a generational loss because these children are our children,” Wright said. “These ...

The Mandarin
Australia's First People to the UN: govt statements are 'hypocritical in the extreme'
The Mandarin
National Congress of Australia's First Peoples Co-Chair Jackie Huggins delivered an intervention at the United Nations in New York on Thursday April 19 during the 17th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). Last ...

The Mandarin
Australia's First People to the UN: govt statements are 'hypocritical in the extreme'
The Mandarin
National Congress of Australia's First Peoples Co-Chair Jackie Huggins delivered an intervention at the United Nations in New York on Thursday April 19 during the 17th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). Last ...

The West Australian
Video takes Aboriginal culture to Britain
The West Australian
“It has very much been a collaborative work and the friendship has grown over time as well.” These collaborations are now the basis of her PhD studies at Kings College London, and Ms Kantaria said she returned to Geraldton frequently where she and Mr ...

Good Food
Ten Australian bush foods coming to your plate soon
Good Food
Isn't it funny that it has taken foreign chefs embracing Australia's native ingredients to bring greater awareness about the power they hold? In Adelaide, it's Scottish chef Jock Zonfrillo championing the cause, with his Orana Foundation collaborating ...

Pro Bono Australia
Client Testimonials for Big Cares
Pro Bono Australia
“Recently, WACHS used one of the videos made with the Aboriginal Children's Therapy Team to present at a national conference on rural health on the important role of the Aboriginal Health Worker in the care of Aboriginal children with speech and ...