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The West Australian
Inquiry into fake Indigenous art
The West Australian
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs has announced it will inquire into the increasing presence of 'fake' Indigenous arts and craft for sale across Australia. Committee chairwoman Melissa Price said the inquiry aims to ...
Recognise campaign ends after making 'significant contribution'ABC Online
Corporate 'fake art' profiting off Aboriginal artGreen Left Weekly
Recognise campaign to be abandoned: reportSBS

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Green Left Weekly
Aboriginal resistance and the 1967 referendum
Green Left Weekly
Two very different exhibitions communicate critical evidence about the Aboriginal experience of the 1967 referendum, through which the Australian constitution was amended to remove the racist provisions of sections 51 and 127. That victory certainly ...

Herald Sun
Australia Day: Yarra Council considers move to rename day, move citizenship ceremony
Herald Sun
The council should drop all references to Australia Day to “acknowledge the pain and disconnection” felt by the Aboriginal community, according to an internal report released today. In place of a citizenship ceremony it could hold an event marking ...

Herald Sun
Australia Day: Yarra Council considers move to rename day, move citizenship ceremony
Herald Sun
The council should drop all references to Australia Day to “acknowledge the pain and disconnection” felt by the Aboriginal community, according to an internal report released today. In place of a citizenship ceremony it could hold an event marking ...

Eternity News
An American closes the gap with indigenous kids
Eternity News
The Kids Club is run by the pastor of the Barunga Baptist Church, Patrick Bauer, who says God gave him a passion to reach the Aboriginal people in Australia when he was just six years old. For a boy growing up in Pennsylvania, in the northern United ...

Eternity News
An American closes the gap with indigenous kids
Eternity News
The Kids Club is run by the pastor of the Barunga Baptist Church, Patrick Bauer, who says God gave him a passion to reach the Aboriginal people in Australia when he was just six years old. For a boy growing up in Pennsylvania, in the northern United ...

SBS
Spirit walker, Clinton Pryer reaches Redfern on his walk for justice
SBS
More than 300 people gathered in front of the Redfern Community Centre to acknowledge, shake hands and hug Mr Pryor as he walked into town with his iconic stick and followed by an array of flags representing Australia, Eureka, Land Rights and Torres ...

The Advertiser
Aboriginal artists from SA are dominating art awards
The Advertiser
The winning work, Kulata Tjuta — Wati kulunypa tjukurpa (Many spears — Young fella story) is a world away from the dot paintings that have long dominated contemporary Aboriginal work from Central Australia. Instead, it has many traditional, long ...

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ABC Online
Recognise campaign ends after making 'significant contribution'
ABC Online
... Recognise campaign will transition into Reconciliation Australia so that this important work will continue as part of the broader reconciliation agenda," Mr Calma said. The key proposal to include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the ...
Inquiry into fake Indigenous artThe West Australian
Recognise campaign to be abandoned: reportSBS
Corporate 'fake art' profiting off Aboriginal artGreen Left Weekly
EducationHQ Australia
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ABC Online
Recognise campaign ends after making 'significant contribution'
ABC Online
In a statement, Reconciliation Australia co-chairman Tom Calma confirmed the campaign had ended. He said Recognise had made "a significant contribution" to building public awareness of constitutional change. "As we enter this next phase of the ...
Recognise campaign to be abandoned: reportSBS

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Indigenous student sent to Rome in honour of Aboriginal boy who died training for the priesthood
Catholic Leader
Last month, Aboriginal man Nathan Pitt, from Brisbane, also made a trip to Rome, and in honour of Francis Xavier Conaci. Mr Pitt is a 19-year-old psychology student from Australian Catholic University, and last month he was named the inaugural Francis ...

Indigenous student sent to Rome in honour of Aboriginal boy who died training for the priesthood
Catholic Leader
Last month, Aboriginal man Nathan Pitt, from Brisbane, also made a trip to Rome, and in honour of Francis Xavier Conaci. Mr Pitt is a 19-year-old psychology student from Australian Catholic University, and last month he was named the inaugural Francis ...

Western Advocate
Ditch plebiscite or hate will spread to Indigenous referendum, Malcolm Turnbull warned
Western Advocate
The push from Aboriginal Australia against the marriage equality plebiscite has been led by Black Rainbow, an advocacy group founded by Kimberly-based Dameyon Bonson. It coincides with a poll suggesting a decision to drop the plebiscite would increase ...
Same-sex marriage: High Court challenge to be lodged against postal voteSBS
Same-sex marriage: a referendum is the best routeThe Australian

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SBS
Same-sex marriage: Fears Indigenous people in remote areas will be left out in postal plebiscite
SBS
South Australian Liberal MP Rowan Ramsey said some Aboriginal people in his electorate will “undoubtedly” not be able to take part in the same-sex marriage plebiscite. Mr Ramsey's electorate of Grey is one of the biggest in Australia and encompasses ...

SBS
Same-sex marriage: Fears Indigenous people in remote areas will be left out in postal plebiscite
SBS
South Australian Liberal MP Rowan Ramsey said some Aboriginal people in his electorate will “undoubtedly” not be able to take part in the same-sex marriage plebiscite. Mr Ramsey's electorate of Grey is one of the biggest in Australia and encompasses ...

ABC Online
Letters to the Queen, Bombers help make learning fun for remote Indigenous kids
ABC Online
But in the remote Northern Territory community of Manyallaluk, about 100 kilometres east of Katherine, letter writing is making a resurgence. Students at the tiny Indigenous community's school have been practising their English by writing letters. At ...

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ABC Online
Recognise campaign to be abandoned: report
SBS
The Recognise campaign launched by then prime minister Julia Gillard in 2012 is being ditched following Aboriginal Australia's abandonment of symbolic constitutional recognition. The Australian reports the government-sponsored marketing campaign for ...
Recognise campaign ends after making 'significant contribution'ABC Online
Community Education Counsellor (Identified) - Marsden State High SchoolEducationHQ Australia

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SBS
Recognise campaign to be abandoned: report
SBS
The Recognise campaign launched by then prime minister Julia Gillard in 2012 is being ditched following Aboriginal Australia's abandonment of symbolic constitutional recognition. The Australian reports the government-sponsored marketing campaign for ...

dailytelegraph.com.au
Indigenous Recognise campaign ditched after five years
dailytelegraph.com.au
Recognise suffered from frequent criticism that, without an actual model to promote, its message was skewed and that it spoke primarily to White Australia without taking account of the aspirations of most indigenous Australians. Mark Yettica-Paulson ...
Recognise campaign to be abandoned: report9news.com.au

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The Australian Financial Review
Tarnanthi festival galvanises artists of South Australia's Western Desert
The Australian Financial Review
At Ernabella, Australia's oldest continuously operating indigenous art centre, staff make cuppas for artists including Rupert Jack, busy etching a Ned Kelly figure onto a ceramic vessel, and Pepai Jangala Carroll, whose new body of work Mark and Memory ...

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