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Australia Day: Local councils warned not to politicise citizenship ceremonies - The Cairns Post


The Cairns Post

Australia Day: Local councils warned not to politicise citizenship ceremonies
The Cairns Post
On Monday it was reported that an internal report at Victoria's Yarra Council suggested it should “acknowledge the pain and disconnection” felt by indigenous Australians, and it should dump all references to Australia Day. Mr Hawke told The Courier ...

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Cricket history maker Ashleigh Gardner is out to strike success with South Australian Scorpions - The Advertiser


The Advertiser

Cricket history maker Ashleigh Gardner is out to strike success with South Australian Scorpions
The Advertiser
In February in Melbourne she became the second indigenous woman in 59 years to represent Australia against New Zealand, then the first to front in a World Cup last June in England. Gardner, 20, won the Big Bash League Young Gun award with Sydney ...

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After Garma: Young Indigenous people need something to hope for - ABC Online


ABC Online

After Garma: Young Indigenous people need something to hope for
ABC Online
"The starting point might be to recognise that the problem starts with us non-Aboriginal Australians," he said. "It begins, I think, with that act of recognition. Recognition that it was we who did the dispossessing." That act of recognition is the one ...

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After Garma: Young Indigenous people need something to hope for - ABC Online


ABC Online

After Garma: Young Indigenous people need something to hope for
ABC Online
"The starting point might be to recognise that the problem starts with us non-Aboriginal Australians," he said. "It begins, I think, with that act of recognition. Recognition that it was we who did the dispossessing." That act of recognition is the one ...

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Academic slams indigenous welfare policy - The Australian


Academic slams indigenous welfare policy
The Australian
University of Melbourne development studies lecturer Dr Elise Klein is researching the policy and told the inquest the compulsory program was rolled out without proper community consultation, silencing many Aboriginal voices and causing tension and ...

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Academic slams indigenous welfare policy - The Australian


Academic slams indigenous welfare policy
The Australian
University of Melbourne development studies lecturer Dr Elise Klein is researching the policy and told the inquest the compulsory program was rolled out without proper community consultation, silencing many Aboriginal voices and causing tension and ...

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Physics student looks to the stars for a career in Aboriginal astronomy - ABC Online


ABC Online

Physics student looks to the stars for a career in Aboriginal astronomy
ABC Online
Tens of thousands of years ago, Indigenous Australians looked towards the sky at night to navigate their environment by reading the different constellations. These days — despite the light pollution near major cities after dark — Wiradjuri descendant ...

Physics student looks to the stars for a career in Aboriginal astronomy - ABC Online


ABC Online

Physics student looks to the stars for a career in Aboriginal astronomy
ABC Online
Tens of thousands of years ago, Indigenous Australians looked towards the sky at night to navigate their environment by reading the different constellations. These days — despite the light pollution near major cities after dark — Wiradjuri descendant ...

Greek currents in Australian waters - Neos Kosmos


Neos Kosmos

Greek currents in Australian waters
Neos Kosmos
A portrait of an unidentified Indigenous woman with two children and a fish, c 1920 : Australia. Photo: Francis Birtles. "The name barramundi comes from an Aboriginal term for 'fish with big scales', Janiszewski tells Neos Kosmos. "It is an acquired ...

Greek currents in Australian waters - Neos Kosmos


Neos Kosmos

Greek currents in Australian waters
Neos Kosmos
Indigenous communities knew the outback and were to track food sources as well as the best ways to hunt those food sources." Barramundi fish was a main food source for Australia's first peoples but at the time, Anglo Australians were far from ...

Politics aside, spiritual siblings sing from the heart - The Australian


The Australian

Politics aside, spiritual siblings sing from the heart
The Australian
While some other artists won with music laden with politics and racial commentary, Fielding and Ross told The Australian theirs was personal and avoided identity classification. “I'm Anangu, Torres Strait Islander, Afghan, and I've got white in me. I'm ...

Kimberley tourists to pay fees to visit waterfalls, rock art caves - The Australian


Gulf Times

Kimberley tourists to pay fees to visit waterfalls, rock art caves
The Australian
The Wunambal traditional owners said the funds would be used to help employ indigenous Australians at the remote sites to interact with tourists, clean up rubbish and protect culturally significant locations. “If you're going to another people's ...
Indigenous Australians start charging tourists for entry to landsGulf Times

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NIMAs 2017: AB Original win best song at awards featuring tributes to Dr G Yunupingu - ABC Online


NT News

NIMAs 2017: AB Original win best song at awards featuring tributes to Dr G Yunupingu
ABC Online
Dr G Yunupingu's uncle, senior Gumatj clan leader David Djunga Djunga Yunupingu, told the crowd his nephew had built a bridge between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia with his music, but died before the country was truly at peace. "He left us ...
Award winner Cassar-Daley calls for treaty9news.com.au
National Indigenous Music Awards: Troy Cassar Daley, AB Original win top NIMA awardsNT News
AB Original & Troy Cassar-Daley Dominate The 2017 National Indigenous Music AwardsMusic Feeds
Broadway World
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OPINION: Giving a voice to the Aboriginal people - The Advocate


The Advocate

OPINION: Giving a voice to the Aboriginal people
The Advocate
A lot of time and energy is wasted trying to protect Aboriginal bodies against government abuse of power. The task is hopeless. Look at the NT intervention. Parliamentary supremacy means the whole of Australia's political decision-making vests in State ...

Kimberley tourists to be charged $150 to access sights by Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal group - ABC Online


ABC Online

Kimberley tourists to be charged $150 to access sights by Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal group
ABC Online
An Aboriginal group in Western Australia's far north has become the first to start charging cruise ship passengers to visit world-famous coastal spots like waterfalls and rock art caves, sparking concern among tourism groups. The fee is being phased in ...

Indigenous artworks to travel the US, sharing stories of Australia's first people - ABC Online


ABC Online

Indigenous artworks to travel the US, sharing stories of Australia's first people
ABC Online
The last place you would expect to find a priceless collection of Indigenous Australian art is a college town in the United States — but head to Charlottesville and that's exactly what you will find. The University of Virginia's Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal ...

Indigenous artworks to travel the US, sharing stories of Australia's first people - ABC Online


ABC Online

Indigenous artworks to travel the US, sharing stories of Australia's first people
ABC Online
The last place you would expect to find a priceless collection of Indigenous Australian art is a college town in the United States — but head to Charlottesville and that's exactly what you will find. The University of Virginia's Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal ...

Award winner Cassar-Daley calls for treaty - 9news.com.au


Award winner Cassar-Daley calls for treaty
9news.com.au
Australian country music star Troy Cassar-Daley has called for an Aboriginal treaty after taking out top honours at the National Indigenous Music Awards. The ARIA-winning veteran, who snapped up Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for his hugely ...

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Award winner Cassar-Daley calls for treaty - 9news.com.au


Award winner Cassar-Daley calls for treaty
9news.com.au
Australian country music star Troy Cassar-Daley has called for an Aboriginal treaty after taking out top honours at the National Indigenous Music Awards. The ARIA-winning veteran, who snapped up Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for his hugely ...

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Australia's first indigenous rodeo launches - Sky News Australia


Sky News Australia

Australia's first indigenous rodeo launches
Sky News Australia
Australia may be at its best during eight seconds on the back of a bucking bull, according to actor, activist and film-maker Alec Doomadgee. So much so, he's launching the country's first indigenous rodeo championship. The Gulf Country Frontier Days ...

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