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The Guardian
It's a long walk for Indigenous justice. But I'm crossing Australia one step at a time
The Guardian
I started this journey walking from Perth to find the truth and find a new way for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Australia. For the past 50 years our people have been fighting for rights, but it's like it has just gone down the drain too many ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous photographer Mervyn Bishop marks life-and-death dash behind the lens
The Sydney Morning Herald
Those intimate photographs are at the heart of the eponymous exhibition Mervyn Bishop, at the Art Gallery of NSW. The collection of more than 100 images is a tribute to Australia's first Aboriginal press photographer and an award-winning visual ...

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Cessnock Advertiser
Census 2016: Milestone passed as Australia becomes more Asian than European
Cessnock Advertiser
One point two per cent of Australians speak Vietnamese, and another 1.2 per cent Cantonese. The Census recorded 300 different languages, including indigenous languages. A record 2.8 per cent of Australians identified themselves as Aboriginal or Torres ...

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Indigenous knowledge key to climate change
The Australian
In the Peruvian and Bolivian Andes, indigenous farmers gather at the top of mountains the night after the winter solstice - not to enjoy the view, but to forecast the timing and quantity of rains. ... Pic Ray Strange Australian Capital Territory ...

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Wingham Chronicle
Census 2016: Australia hits 'tipping point' as Melbourne is set to overtake Sydney
Wingham Chronicle
The median indigenous age has also grown. Half-a-century after Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders were first legally counted in the census, the median age has grown by three years, from 20 to 23. For non-indigenous Australians the median age in ...

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The Guardian
Stolen generation member slams controversial lesson
NEWS.com.au
Distressed children weren't told for five hours that it was only a role play about a part of Australian indigenous history, and that they would be able to go home to their families. Some children were so frightened they reportedly burst into tears ...
School's stolen generations lesson that traumatised children is criticised by parentsThe Guardian
Outrage over private school's 'emotional abuse'The Educator

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New York Times
That Low Hum of Racism
New York Times
You can see the full scope of his reporting in the 60-minute documentary we produced in partnership with “Foreign Correspondent” on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and in his New York Times article profiling three young Indigenous Australians ...

ArtsHub (subscription)
Audience experience of First Nations arts has doubled
ArtsHub (subscription)
In essence to dare to change and challenge the cultural tapestry and social engineering of Australia, this too is the role of the Indigenous-led initiatives in the arts.' 'Indigenous-led is a voice that is yet to reach it's full potential, to me ...

National Geographic Australia
Indigenous artwork lit up the Sydney Opera House - National ...
National Geographic Australia
Last night the Sydney Opera House began its indigenous artists showcase with a stunning array of light and art animation. The sails featured animations ...
VIDEO: Sydney Opera House to light up year-round with Indigenous ...Daily Review

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SHOOTING THE MESSENGER ON ABORIGINAL CHILD ABUSE
Herald Sun (blog)
But he was challenged over his motives for raising the issues, with counsel for the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Association Peggy Dwyer accusing him of trying to demonise Aboriginal communities. 'You are prepared to make a statement to this ...

The Independent
Sydney Opera House lit up with Aboriginal Australian art projection to celebrate world's oldest living culture
The Independent
Sydney Opera House is to be illuminated with a projection of indigenous art every evening for a year, as part of a range of cultural displays to mark a historic anniversary for Aborigines in Australia. The light show, which will run for seven minutes ...
Census 2016: Indigenous population could have been undercounted againABC Online
Census 2016: what's changed for Indigenous Australians?The Conversation AU
Population growing, language shrinking: census - National ...National Indigenous Times
The Australian -NEWS.com.au -The Guardian
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Community Newspaper Group
Mandurah, Pinjarra trainees graduate from Chevron conservation training program
Community Newspaper Group
The program is a partnership between Chevron Australia and Conservation Volunteers Australia. Conservation Volunteers Australia works in collaboration with Whatjuk Elders and the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council to address identified gaps in ...

The West Australian
Trauma echoes down generations of lost Aboriginal lives
The West Australian
The plight of the little children was especially pathetic and for many of these the future appears bleak ... in this context the very high suicide rates for young Kimberley Aboriginal persons were readily explicable.” This was one of the many damning ...

Bendigo Advertiser
Census 2016: Milestone passed as Australia becomes more Asian than European
Bendigo Advertiser
One point two per cent of Australians speak Vietnamese, and another 1.2 per cent Cantonese. The Census recorded 300 different languages, including indigenous languages. A record 2.8 per cent of Australians identified themselves as Aboriginal or Torres ...
Census 2016: Australia hits 'tipping point' as Melbourne is set to overtake SydneyThe Sydney Morning Herald
The 2016 Census: Australia at a glanceBusiness Insider Australia
Australia census: Five takeaways from a changing countryBBC News
Western Advocate
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ArtsHub (subscription)
Why we need context in Indigenous art
ArtsHub (subscription)
The Symposium is part of Desert Mob, a unique gathering of artists, artworks and audiences focused around Aboriginal art centres of Central Australia. Desert Mob also includes an exhibition, a marketplace and a number of satellite events in Alice ...

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ArtsHub (subscription)
Why we need context in Indigenous art
ArtsHub (subscription)
The Symposium is part of Desert Mob, a unique gathering of artists, artworks and audiences focused around Aboriginal art centres of Central Australia. Desert Mob also includes an exhibition, a marketplace and a number of satellite events in Alice ...

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The Advertiser
Karina Lester: Aboriginal people do not want a nuclear waste dump in South Australia
The Advertiser
Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara, Kokatha, Adnyamathanha and other Aboriginal people of South Australia have been fighting this nuclear problem now for decades, since my father heard a British official falsely claiming that Anangu had been consulted on ...

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The Advertiser
Karina Lester: Aboriginal people do not want a nuclear waste dump in South Australia
The Advertiser
Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara, Kokatha, Adnyamathanha and other Aboriginal people of South Australia have been fighting this nuclear problem now for decades, since my father heard a British official falsely claiming that Anangu had been consulted on ...

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ABC Online
Census 2016: Indigenous population could have been undercounted again
ABC Online
The PES found in 2011 that the census left out 17.2 per cent of the Indigenous population, and 11.5 per cent in 2006. Professor Taylor said the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) needed to look closely at the issue. "It's happened many times before ...
Census 2016: what's changed for Indigenous Australians?The Conversation AU
Australia flies indigenous flags above its oldest public officeReuters
Population growing, language shrinking: census - National ...National Indigenous Times
The Australian -NEWS.com.au -The Guardian
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Mashable
Sydney Opera House will light up with Indigenous Australian art ...
Mashable
The sails of the Sydney Opera House are often a canvas for projections throughout the year, but now the icon is set to be a display for Indigenous Australian art ...
Sydney Opera House launches new, year-round Indigenous light ...The Guardian
Sydney Opera House sails to light up every sunset with Indigenous artThe Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Opera House to come alive with indigenous artBBC News
Time Out Sydney (blog) -9Honey -Daily Mail
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