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Utopia: Minister Ken Wyatt tells impoverished Aboriginal community to ring him if services inadequate
ABC Online
In the Utopia homelands of Australia's central desert, Ms Ngale has not been provided with proper housing, or even a wheelchair. Mr Wyatt, who is also the Minister for Indigenous Health, said aged care services and funding for the Utopia region was ...

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Mashable
Digital map of Indigenous Australian massacres brings country's bloody past into the light
Mashable
A new online map is documenting the massacres of Indigenous Australians by European colonists in the frontier wars, shedding light on the country's bloody past. It took four years for researchers at the University of Newcastle in Australia to compile ...

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The Canberra Times
Indigenous feared targets of controversial new ACT bail law
The Canberra Times
Winnunga said anti-consorting laws introduced throughout Australia to stop bikie crime had been used against Aboriginal people more than organised crime gangs. It feared the Director of Public Prosecutions would continue applying the bail review power ...

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The Canberra Times
Indigenous feared targets of controversial new ACT bail law
The Canberra Times
Winnunga said anti-consorting laws introduced throughout Australia to stop bikie crime had been used against Aboriginal people more than organised crime gangs. It feared the Director of Public Prosecutions would continue applying the bail review power ...

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ABC Online
The Australian paleo diet: Which native animals should we be eating?
ABC Online
The archaeological record suggests Aboriginal Australians had varied diets prior to colonisation, with specific prey and butchery patterns in different parts of the country. For example, in Ice Age south-west Tasmania (between approximately 40,000 and ...

ABC Online
The Australian paleo diet: Which native animals should we be eating?
ABC Online
The archaeological record suggests Aboriginal Australians had varied diets prior to colonisation, with specific prey and butchery patterns in different parts of the country. For example, in Ice Age south-west Tasmania (between approximately 40,000 and ...

ABC Online
NAIDOC Week: Using Aboriginal words in our daily speech key to preserving languages
ABC Online
Incorporating Indigenous greetings in our everyday speech, like the above Dharug equivalent of "hello, how are you", would help to emphasise and retain Australian cultural identity, language teachers say. While many words in Australian English already ...
Spotify Launches 'Black Australia' Playlist For NAIDOC WeekB&T
Qantas asked Aboriginal artist to work for free during NAIDOC weekSBS
Spurs' Patty Mills named 'Person of the Year' for promoting Aboriginal culturemySanAntonio.com

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ABC Online
NAIDOC Week: Using Aboriginal words in our daily speech key to preserving languages
ABC Online
Incorporating Indigenous greetings in our everyday speech, like the above Dharug equivalent of "hello, how are you", would help to emphasise and retain Australian cultural identity, language teachers say. While many words in Australian English already ...
Spotify Launches 'Black Australia' Playlist For NAIDOC WeekB&T
Qantas asked Aboriginal artist to work for free during NAIDOC weekSBS
Spurs' Patty Mills named 'Person of the Year' for promoting Aboriginal culturemySanAntonio.com

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B&T
Spotify Launches 'Black Australia' Playlist For NAIDOC Week
B&T
The playlist comprises of 50 songs, and aims to be an immersion into the diverse sounds of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music. Artists featured include Electric Fields, Ziggy Ramo, A.B Original, Dan Sultan, Yothu Yindi, Jessica ...

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B&T
Spotify Launches 'Black Australia' Playlist For NAIDOC Week
B&T
The playlist comprises of 50 songs, and aims to be an immersion into the diverse sounds of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music. Artists featured include Electric Fields, Ziggy Ramo, A.B Original, Dan Sultan, Yothu Yindi, Jessica ...

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Central Telegraph
20 of the most beautiful Aboriginal baby names
Central Telegraph
ALTHOUGH there were over 700 Aboriginal dialects when the Europeans arrived in Australia in the 18th century, there are now less than 150 and most of those are endangered. To honour these beautiful languages, I've put together a list of my favourite ...

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Central Telegraph
20 of the most beautiful Aboriginal baby names
Central Telegraph
ALTHOUGH there were over 700 Aboriginal dialects when the Europeans arrived in Australia in the 18th century, there are now less than 150 and most of those are endangered. To honour these beautiful languages, I've put together a list of my favourite ...

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Toowoomba Chronicle
20 of the most beautiful Aboriginal baby names
Toowoomba Chronicle
ALTHOUGH there were over 700 Aboriginal dialects when the Europeans arrived in Australia in the 18th century, there are now less than 150 and most of those are endangered. To honour these beautiful languages, I've put together a list of my favourite ...

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Chinchilla News
20 of the most beautiful Aboriginal baby names
Chinchilla News
ALTHOUGH there were over 700 Aboriginal dialects when the Europeans arrived in Australia in the 18th century, there are now less than 150 and most of those are endangered. To honour these beautiful languages, I've put together a list of my favourite ...

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The Irrigator
NAIDOC Week 2017 - Protecting language may delay inevitable
The Irrigator
NAIDOC Week organisers and ambassadors talk of an Australia where its native people are dual-lingual and regularly practicing traditional aspects of their culture, while also successfully contributing greatly to modern society as healthy and educated ...

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Camden Advertiser
Mapping Aboriginal massacres makes it time to recognise the colonial wars, say leading historians
Camden Advertiser
The map shows massacres were widespread, with intense periods of warfare, and often included soldiers and police. Professor Ryan said the massacres of Indigenous Australians were conducted in secrecy and few perpetrators were brought to justice.

Esperance Express
Mapping Aboriginal massacres makes it time to recognise the colonial wars, say leading historians
Esperance Express
The map shows massacres were widespread, with intense periods of warfare, and often included soldiers and police. Professor Ryan said the massacres of Indigenous Australians were conducted in secrecy and few perpetrators were brought to justice.
Map of Indigenous Australian massacres tells of the country's bloody pastMashable
New map records sites of Australia's colonial massacresReuters

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SBS
Ludlam, not Australia, in New York for nuclear weapons ban treaty talks
SBS
“New Zealand is here. The Netherlands, a NATO country, is here. Why isn't Australia here?” Indigenous Australians have also criticised the government for not joining the historic discussions, accusing Australia of overlooking its own history of nuclear ...

ABC Online
NAIDOC Week: Noongar choir breaking down barriers to Indigenous language and culture
ABC Online
Now, she leads the Madjitil Moorna Choir — bringing Indigenous and non-Indigenous singers together to learn the importance of one of Western Australia's first languages. Ms Rae Morrison is the music director and co-founder of Madjitil Moorna, a ...

ABC Online
NAIDOC Week: Noongar choir breaking down barriers to Indigenous language and culture
ABC Online
Now, she leads the Madjitil Moorna Choir — bringing Indigenous and non-Indigenous singers together to learn the importance of one of Western Australia's first languages. Ms Rae Morrison is the music director and co-founder of Madjitil Moorna, a ...