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ABC Online
Living with the locals: Six extraordinary first contact stories of friendship and survival
ABC Online
Not all stories of first contact between European settlers and Indigenous Australians were fraught with violence and mistrust. Whether lost or escaped, marooned or shipwrecked, exiled or on the run, many Europeans found themselves living with the ...

ABC Online
Living with the locals: Six extraordinary first contact stories of friendship and survival
ABC Online
Not all stories of first contact between European settlers and Indigenous Australians were fraught with violence and mistrust. Whether lost or escaped, marooned or shipwrecked, exiled or on the run, many Europeans found themselves living with the ...

9news.com.au
Indigenous people racially abused online
9news.com.au
The report focused on six key areas; indigenous identities, online communities, practising culture, racism and violence, help-seeking, and political activism. "Indigenous people must navigate many different tensions between the benefits and dangers of ...

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Indigenous incarceration: reform policy should not compromise equality before the law
The Australian
Indigenous Australians are incarcerated at 12.5 times the rate of the non-indigenous. This statistic should be read against a complex background of higher offending rates, including higher rates of violent offending, and under performance on all ...

Games opening showed how much we embrace indigenous culture
The Australian
If he had been able to witness the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on the Gold Coast, Wharton would have been forced to agree it was more than a nod to our indigenous culture; it was three-quarters of the content. Instead of wasting taxpayers ...

New York Times
Review: 1920s Australia Is No 'Sweet Country' for Aboriginal Australians
New York Times
Set in Alice Springs, Australia, in 1929, the movie tracks the fate of Sam (a fine Hamilton Morris), an Aboriginal stockman forced to flee after killing a white farmer in self-defense. Around this spare story, though, the director Warwick Thornton ...
Australian western 'Sweet Country' spotlights race relations in the outbackLos Angeles Times

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Yahoo7 News
'Stolenwealth Games' - Aboriginal protests show divisions endure
Yahoo7 News
Gold Coast, Australia, April 5, 2018 (AFP) - - Many Australians see the Commonwealth Games as a sporting celebration, but for some Aboriginal activists they symbolise invasion, dispossession and a culture shunted to the sidelines. Hundreds of ...
How Brooke Prentis learned to be 'fully Aboriginal and fully Christian'Eternity News
Golden Bay law student aiming to reform Australian law and reduce Indigenous over representation in prisonsCommunity Newspaper Group

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The Conversation AU
The Commonwealth Games opening ceremony highlighted the chasm between Indigenous representation and reality
The Conversation AU
The Commonwealth Games opening ceremony sought to present Australian history as a seamless 65,000-year progression into a modern, welcoming nation. But at the same time there was a protest outside the stadium, organised by the Warriors of the ...
Preserving Aboriginal language with technology ​Particle
Indigenous activists protest at the 'Stolenwealth' Games opening ceremonyDeutsche Welle
Commonwealth Games' opening ceremony celebrates Australia's Indigenous cultureAction News Now
Charlotte Observer
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The Conversation AU
The Commonwealth Games opening ceremony highlighted the chasm between Indigenous representation and reality
The Conversation AU
The Commonwealth Games opening ceremony sought to present Australian history as a seamless 65,000-year progression into a modern, welcoming nation. But at the same time there was a protest outside the stadium, organised by the Warriors of the ...
Preserving Aboriginal language with technology ​Particle
Indigenous activists protest at the 'Stolenwealth' Games opening ceremonyDeutsche Welle
Aboriginal activists use Commonwealth platform to protestCharlotte Observer
Action News Now -Turtle Island News
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Eternity News
'Stolenwealth Games' - Aboriginal protests show divisions endure
Yahoo7 News
This time around, the Games are taking place during a period of heightened awareness for indigenous rights following large-scale protests on Australia Day in January. "We call this the 'Stolenwealth Games' because we deserve more," protest leader Wayne ...
How Brooke Prentis learned to be 'fully Aboriginal and fully Christian'Eternity News

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Yahoo7 News
'Stolenwealth Games' - Aboriginal protests show divisions endure
Yahoo7 News
Gold Coast, Australia, April 5, 2018 (AFP) - - Many Australians see the Commonwealth Games as a sporting celebration, but for Aboriginal activists they symbolise invasion, dispossession and a culture shunted to the sidelines. Hundreds of protesters ...
How Brooke Prentis learned to be 'fully Aboriginal and fully Christian'Eternity News
Aboriginal Activists Stage Commonwealth Games ProtestsVoice of America
Aboriginal activists use Commonwealth platform to protestCharlotte Observer

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Yahoo7 News
'Stolenwealth Games' - Aboriginal protests show divisions endure
Yahoo7 News
Gold Coast, Australia, April 5, 2018 (AFP) - - Many Australians see the Commonwealth Games as a sporting celebration, but for Aboriginal activists they symbolise invasion, dispossession and a culture shunted to the sidelines. Hundreds of protesters ...
Aboriginal Activists Stage Commonwealth Games ProtestsVoice of America
Aboriginal activists use Commonwealth platform to protestCharlotte Observer

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HPV vaccine - brochure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples  Australian Government Department of Health

SBS
Indigenous voices are speaking loudly on social media but racism endures
SBS
Social media are a vital resource for Indigenous Australians, connecting them to community and culture, helping identify those at risk of suicide or self-harm, and offering a powerful outlet for political activism. But racism is a major problem for ...

SBS
Indigenous voices are speaking loudly on social media but racism endures
SBS
Social media are a vital resource for Indigenous Australians, connecting them to community and culture, helping identify those at risk of suicide or self-harm, and offering a powerful outlet for political activism. But racism is a major problem for ...

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Eternity News
Aboriginal people do "community" differently
Eternity News
You see, I thought, “community” meant “community”. When Christians talked about community I thought they meant community, like the Aboriginal community. I thought I had allies with non-Indigenous Australians Christians because we spoke the language of ...

Eternity News
Aboriginal people do "community" differently
Eternity News
The Cree man was Indigenous theologian Ray Aldred, and what he illuminated for me was that when as Aboriginal peoples we talk about community, and when as Christians – predominantly the non-Indigenous Australian Christians – talk about community, we ...

Eternity News
How Brooke Prentis learned to be 'fully Aboriginal and fully Christian ...
Eternity News
An emerging leader shares her passion, hope and frustrations.

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Community Newspaper Group
Golden Bay law student aiming to reform Australian law and reduce Indigenous over representation in prisons
Community Newspaper Group
GOLDEN Bay resident Dayna Lazarides is one of five Murdoch law students aiming to reform Australian law and reduce the over representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in prisons. Students from Murdoch's third year Social and Welfare Law ...
Aboriginal activists use Commonwealth platform to protestWBT

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Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia (Marcia Langton, Hardie Grant)
Books+Publishing
Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia (Marcia Langton, Hardie Grant). 3 April 2018. Welcome to Country goes beyond other Australian travel guides; it's also an introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culture ...