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NAIDOC Week: What are kids today learning about Tasmania's Aboriginal history?
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The gumnuts symbolise Aboriginal people, the buttons, white colonists. At the start of the lesson, the Year 5/6 Austins Ferry class was broken into groups that represented Tasmanian Aboriginal nations and were asked to draw on paper what they might ...

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Uncle Ossie Cruse: One of Australia's last 'great Aboriginal patriarchs'
ABC Online
If you visit Eden in the far south of New South Wales and ask who the most recognisable figure in town is, chances are they will tell you, "Uncle Ossie". "I just remember that first vision of seeing him, in his signature hat, and his incredible warmth ...

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Indigenous girls skipping school, stealing during menstruation due ...
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Girls in remote Indigenous communities are stealing sanitary pads and skipping school for several days during their periods, a Queensland report finds.
Indigenous girls missing school during their periods: the state of ...The Conversation AU
Indigenous girls in remote areas skip school because they lack pads ...The Guardian

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NAIDOC Week: The remarkable Mrs Smith, protector and friend to the Boandik people
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Ms Smith's 1880 book The Boandik tribe of South Australian Aborigines delivered a fascinating insight into the culture clash that existed at the time. In the foreword, she passionately wrote about how the "once numerous and powerful tribe of south-east ...

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CIM Newsmagazine (press release) (blog)
TFE Hotels joins in push to increase Indigenous employment
CIM Newsmagazine (press release) (blog)
“Today marks our commitment towards closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in employment and other areas,” said Sedgwick. “Our aim is to increase our Indigenous employment levels from 16 per cent in 2016 to 32 per cent in ...

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A spotlight on change for Indigenous consumers
CHOICE
The first is that CHOICE, as Australia's largest consumer organisation, has a responsibility to understand the experiences of Indigenous consumers and ensure that they are represented in our work. To do that effectively, we need strong relationships ...

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Coming together for NAIDOC Week celebrations
Teacher Magazine
Classroom teacher Jo Kelly created a separate timetable for the day. 'The teachers in each year level are rotating with one another … doing different activities based on Aboriginal culture – from the history to the art, through to Aboriginal ...
NAIDOC: Jessie Lloyd on mission to reclaim Indigenous cultural heritage through songABC Online
Naidoc Week sends strong message about importance of languagesThe Cairns Post
Naidoc awards: Dianne Ryder, Ollie George and Patty Mills among winnersThe Guardian
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The Australian
Gina Williams dazzles with her halftime performance in Noongar at the football in Western Australia
The Australian
Gina Williams sang an Australian classic in an ancient Aboriginal language at the footy yesterday, and the crowd thanked her with long and loud applause. Fremantle Football Club invited Williams to perform her Noongar translation of The Church's 1988 ...

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Indigenous groups calling for funding to expand ranger program
ABC Online
In the savannas of Australia's tropical north, coarse grasses cover the plains, and trees are scattered throughout. There's a kind of raw beauty in the contrast of the green leaves hanging above the yellow grass and the red dirt. But come the dry ...

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Alice Springs art exhibition pays tribute to Aboriginal stockmen of Central Australia and their hats
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A new art exhibition in Central Australia is paying tribute to Aboriginal stockmen of the Northern Territory, and their attire. Titled 'A Man and his Hat', artist Betty Davies said she was inspired by many of the older Indigenous bushmen often seen ...

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Alice Springs art exhibition pays tribute to Aboriginal stockmen of Central Australia and their hats
ABC Online
A new art exhibition in Central Australia is paying tribute to Aboriginal stockmen of the Northern Territory, and their attire. Titled 'A Man and his Hat', artist Betty Davies said she was inspired by many of the older Indigenous bushmen often seen ...

Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Personal story helps prevent blindness
Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
She will be speaking to other Indigenous Australians about the importance of maintaining a healthier lifestyle to prevent diseases such as diabetes. Thirty-seven per cent of Indigenous adults have diabetes in Australia and 13% have already lost vision.

ABC Online
NAIDOC Week: Language software developed in Newcastle helps save indigenous languages
ABC Online
The software database incorporates text, photos, video, and audio elements to help educate its users in indigenous words and definitions. It is being used to help preserve more than 50 different languages from Indigenous Australian tribes, as well as ...

ABC Online
NAIDOC Week: Language software developed in Newcastle helps save indigenous languages
ABC Online
The software database incorporates text, photos, video, and audio elements to help educate its users in indigenous words and definitions. It is being used to help preserve more than 50 different languages from Indigenous Australian tribes, as well as ...

The Conversation AU
Indigenous girls missing school during their periods: the state of hygiene in remote Australia
The Conversation AU
The report on remote communities in mainland Australia, conducted by the University of Queensland in partnership with WaterAid, has been released to coincide with NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week. We found ...

The Conversation AU
Indigenous girls missing school during their periods: the state of hygiene in remote Australia
The Conversation AU
Basic sanitary products can be unaffordable, unavailable or too shameful to buy for girls and women in Australia's remote Indigenous communities. A report released today, containing interviews with organisations working in multiple remote Australian ...

Courier Mail
Jeff Horn's victory a fairytale of the tape
Courier Mail
Australia II winning the America's Cup, Evonne Goolagong becoming the first and only indigenous Australian to win Wimbledon and one-time scrawny schoolboy Cadel Evans winning the Tour de France. It's that special. If he was American they'd make a ...

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NAIDOC Week: Languages matter because people matter
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The National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) week originated in the conviction that the Australia Day celebration presented a one-sided image of Australia's history. Australia Day celebrated uncritically the disruption to the ...

The Australian Financial Review
On 10th anniversary Gawura, a primary school for Indigenous children, wants to scale up its model
The Australian Financial Review
Speaking last week on the eve of NAIDOC week, which celebrates the culture and achievements of Indigenous Australians, Dr Collier said that parents were seeing Gawura as a "circuit breaker for generational poverty". Dr Collier said that even though ...

ABC Online
Canada celebrates 150th anniversary but indigenous protesters decry colonisation
ABC Online
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has kicked off celebrations to mark the country's 150th birthday amid heavy security as many citizens braved incessant rains and long delays to reach the main site in the nation's capital. An estimated 500,000 ...

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