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The Sydney Morning Herald
Record number of Indigenous artists in Wynne landscape art prize
The Sydney Morning Herald
Outnumbering the canvasses of wildflowers, wattles, bush gums and domestic gardens, all finalists in Australia's oldest art prize, are the dusky Indigenous motifs of Australia's desert country. A record 15 finalists – more than a third – selected for ...

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NEWS.com.au
Jack Wilson's budgie smugglers almost eclipsed the Ninja Warrior finale
NEWS.com.au
As 21 contestants battled it out to take home the title of champion on Channel Nine's Ninja Warrior, Australia yelled and grimaced in front of television screen as athletes tried to make it through three stages of the brutal course. And then viewers ...
'I'm proud of my culture': Australia's first Indigenous Ninja Warrior Jack Wilson explains why he competes wearing ...Daily Mail

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ABC Online
Aboriginal leader Stephen Goldsmith remembered as fighter for Indigenous culture
ABC Online
The Kaurna language saying translates to "our hearts are heavy" and that is how Rob Amery, the head of linguistics at the University of Adelaide, has described the death of prominent South Australian Indigenous leader Stephen Gadlabarti Goldsmith.

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Aboriginal leader Stephen Goldsmith remembered as fighter for Indigenous culture
ABC Online
The Kaurna language saying translates to "our hearts are heavy" and that is how Rob Amery, the head of linguistics at the University of Adelaide, has described the death of prominent South Australian Indigenous leader Stephen Gadlabarti Goldsmith.

National Indigenous Times
Indigenous leaders urge Australians to get behind Uluru Statement proposal
SBS
“Then there's been some commentary from the Aboriginal politicians and some of the Aboriginal leadership, but on the whole we need this to be a really dedicated position that Australia needs to take up. “We believe that all Australians are mature ...
Grassroots dissent derails referendum reportNational Indigenous Times

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National Indigenous Times
Indigenous leaders urge Australians to get behind Uluru Statement proposal
SBS
“Then there's been some commentary from the Aboriginal politicians and some of the Aboriginal leadership, but on the whole we need this to be a really dedicated position that Australia needs to take up. “We believe that all Australians are mature ...
Grassroots dissent derails referendum reportNational Indigenous Times

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South Coast Register
First Koori Justice of Peace
South Coast Register
TRAILBLAZER: Justice of the Peace head Leo Brown and Australia's first Indigenous Justice of the Peace, Wreck Bay's Bob Brown upon his appointment in 1954, a leader of the local Aboriginal community. Picture: Shoalhaven Historical Society. See your ad ...

Perth Now
Indigenous students from Perth's Wesley College dance in New York's Times Square
Perth Now
After their Times Square performance, the students were invited to perform at the Australian Embassy in Washington DC. The students were in the USA last week on the way to the 2017 World Indigenous Peoples conference in Toronto, Canada, which runs ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous groups worry 'Voice to Parliament' referendum proposal will be watered down
ABC Online
... this has been a collective voice, it's been a very large voice from all around Australia," she said. "And it wasn't just about being recognised, it was really about a real structural reform." A working group of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous groups worry 'Voice to Parliament' referendum proposal will be watered down
ABC Online
... this has been a collective voice, it's been a very large voice from all around Australia," she said. "And it wasn't just about being recognised, it was really about a real structural reform." A working group of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

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ABC Online
Storylines archive at State Library of WA offers a way to find photos of Indigenous family members
ABC Online
"It's pretty magical." That's how Damien Webb, Indigenous liaison officer at the State Library of Western Australia, describes his work. Mr Webb runs the Storylines project, which is dedicated to helping Aboriginal people find historic photographs of ...

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Storylines archive at State Library of WA offers a way to find photos of Indigenous family members
ABC Online
"It's pretty magical." That's how Damien Webb, Indigenous liaison officer at the State Library of Western Australia, describes his work. Mr Webb runs the Storylines project, which is dedicated to helping Aboriginal people find historic photographs of ...

Artitja Fine Arts born from love of Aboriginal art
Community Newspaper Group
From there Artitja Fine Arts was born, an exhibition space dedicated to breaking down cultural barriers by introducing local art lovers to the work of some of Australia's most remote Aboriginal artists and art centres. “My true introduction to ...

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The Canberra Times
'Patronising, paternalistic': Aboriginal group blasts ACT government contracts
The Canberra Times
The housing contract to manage an Indigenous boarding house and Indigenous supported accommodation went to Every Man Australia, a group focused on men's issues which has teamed up with Toora, a women's service. Ms Tongs said the contract was ...

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The Guardian
Helpmann Awards 2017 winners: Kosky's Saul and Belvoir's The Drover's Wife dominate
The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Australian actress, director and writer Leah Purcell. Photo: James Brickwood. Melbourne Theatre Company's Jasper Jones, originally produced by Belvoir, picked up awards for best male supporting actor (Guy Simon) and best set design (Anna ...
Helpmanns 2017: The Drover's Wife and Adelaide festival claim Australian theatre awardsThe Guardian

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The Australian
More politicians may be caught up in citizenship bungle: Di Natale
The Australian
Half a dozen MPs have been unable to provide The Australian with documentation proving they renounced their dual citizenship or took “reasonable steps” to do so after the Greens' former co-deputy leaders Larissa Waters and Scott Ludlam were forced to ...

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BuzzFeed News
Sentence in Aboriginal Teen's Death Is Too Lenient, Protesters in Australia Say
New York Times
SYDNEY, Australia — Shouting “shame,” protesters on Monday held demonstrations across Australia to express their anger over what they said was a lenient sentence in the death of a 14-year-old Aboriginal boy. Outside the Supreme Court of New South ...
Rallies across the country call for justice for Elijah DoughtySBS
AB Original's Powerful Splendour Set Pays Tribute To Elijah DoughtyHuffington Post Australia
Hundreds protest Elijah Doughty sentenceThe Australian
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The Australian
Senior leaders call for indigenous advisory body
The Australian
“The aim of such a body should be to represent and give voice to the First Nations of Australia in their contemporary form. It should represent, as Dr Galarrwuy Yunupingu has appropriately described, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in a ...
5 Indigenous Shows Breaking Ground On Australian TV Right NowJunkee

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The Australian
Senior leaders call for indigenous advisory body
The Australian
“The aim of such a body should be to represent and give voice to the First Nations of Australia in their contemporary form. It should represent, as Dr Galarrwuy Yunupingu has appropriately described, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in a ...
5 Indigenous Shows Breaking Ground On Australian TV Right NowJunkee

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ABC Online
Fitzroy's Indigenous heritage honoured in Charcoal Lane mural by ...
ABC Online
It's a suburb known for its clout in Melbourne's cultural landscape but Fitzroy's Aboriginal heritage is rarely mentioned. A group of street artists hope to start a new ...

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