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NEWS.com.au
Local councils join push to change Australia Day date
NEWS.com.au
Across the country in WA, the City of Fremantle moved some of its Australia Day events to January 28 this year, citing cultural sensitivities and calls from local Aboriginal elders that January 26 was not a day to celebrate. However the growing calls ...
Councils push for Aust Day date change9news.com.au
Is Australia Day about to change? Councils across the country vote to MOVE national day from January 26 - because ...Daily Mail

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The Australian
Australia Day date: Local councils push change
The Australian
Across the country in Perth, the City of Fremantle moved some of its Australia Day events to January 28 this year, citing cultural sensitivities and calls from local Aboriginal elders that January 26 was not a day to celebrate. However the growing ...
Councils push for Aust Day date change9news.com.au

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SBS
Australia Day: Local councils push for date change debate
SBS
Thousands of indigenous Australians and their supporters marked Australia Day this year by marching in protests in major cities, calling for the date to be changed. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said that while everyone is entitled to debate the ...
Councils push for Australia Day date change9news.com.au

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SBS
Australia Day: Local councils push for date change debate
SBS
Across the country in Perth, the City of Fremantle moved some of its Australia Day events to January 28 this year, citing cultural sensitivities and calls from local Aboriginal elders that January 26 was not a day to celebrate. However the growing ...

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The Australian
Councils push for Aust Day date change
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"It will not support any further moves to change the date," a council spokesman said. The vote by councils came after thousands of indigenous Australians and their supporters marked Australia Day this year by marching in protests in major cities ...
Australia Day date: Local councils push changeThe Australian

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Hyperallergic
Why an Indigenous Australian Wants the British Museum to Return His Ancestor's Shield
Hyperallergic
Captain James Cook's very first contact with Indigenous Australians in 1770 resulted in gunshots, the throwing of spears, and the theft of one Aboriginal warrior's shield carved from bark, which eventually ended up in the collection of the British Museum.

The Mercury
National support for Hobart City Council's Australia Day date change push
The Mercury
“Australia Day is about bringing together all Australians from all walks of life to reflect on our history and look to the future with optimism which is why Australians, including many indigenous Australians, support celebrating Australia Day on the ...

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The Mandarin (registration)
Video: IPAA marks 50 years of federal Indigenous affairs policy with PM&C
The Mandarin (registration)
The 1967 referendum that gave federal Parliament the power to legislate specifically for the benefit of Indigenous Australians and included them as part of the official national population was a key turning point in our shared history. It also marked ...

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The Adelaide Review
Rethinking the Museum: 'We are trying to be brave'
The Adelaide Review
The small wooden, stone and fibre objects which constitute much of the South Australian Museum's collection of Australian Aboriginal material are deceptively humble. Properly understood they are the keys to a continent. They speak of how it was made ...

The Mandarin (registration)
After 50 years of Indigenous affairs, 'We need to do better'
The Mandarin (registration)
The keynote address came from his new deputy secretary for Indigenous affairs, Ian Anderson, an Aboriginal University of Melbourne professor who became an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) last week for “distinguished service to the Indigenous ...

Katherine Times
St Joseph's celebrates Aboriginal culture
Katherine Times
“NAIDOC day celebrations also provides us with the opportunity to demonstrate that we value Indigenous cultures, acknowledging the importance of Australia's history prior to white settlement and how this history has contributed to shaping our lives.”.

The Cairns Post
The Australian Indigenous Basketball All Stars team is full of talented players from Cairns
The Cairns Post
It will be Australia's premier Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander team's first-ever trip to the WIBC. “It is a great opportunity,” Bin Tahal said. “It is always special to represent my people and where I come from. “There is a lot of talent out ...

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The Cairns Post
The Australian Indigenous Basketball All Stars team is full of talented players from Cairns
The Cairns Post
“There is a lot of talent out there around Australia and it is great to have them all come together.” The All Stars will join 15 other invited men's sides in Vancouver, doing battle over four-days for the title as the world's number one Indigenous ...

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The Australian Indigenous Basketball All Stars team is full of talented players from Cairns
NEWS.com.au
“There is a lot of talent out there around Australia and it is great to have them all come together.” The All Stars will join 15 other invited men's sides in Vancouver, doing battle over four-days for the title as the world's number one Indigenous ...

The Cambridge Student
University refuses request for Aboriginal Artefacts to be returned to Australia
The Cambridge Student
Following a request from an Australian man, the University of Cambridge has refused to return important Aboriginal artefacts taken nearly 250 years ago by British explorer Captain James Cook, as reported by Reuters. The artefacts in question are four ...
Cambridge University refuses to return Aboriginal artefacts to AustraliaStudy International News
Cambridge University Is Refusing To Return Aboriginal Artefacts Taken By Captain CookJunkee

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SBS - The World Game
North kicks off football program to help breed more Indigenous Socceroos
SBS - The World Game
"Ten, 15, 20 years down the track I want to see four or five Indigenous boys lining up in the national team on a regular basis, like they do in the Australian rugby league side. That's my vision," he said. "If that happened I would be one of the ...

Illawarra Mercury
Aboriginal Smoking Ceremony at KPMG
Illawarra Mercury
“Each office has now started to want to do this to acknowledge and recognise our history and culture as Australians. I am really thrilled that it is becoming embedded in the organisation and our people are all wanting to do it themselves. So it is ...

Study International News
Cambridge University refuses to return Aboriginal artefacts to Australia
Study International News
The University of Cambridge has refused a request by an Australian man to return important Aboriginal artefacts taken by British explorer Captain James Cook nearly 250 years ago. Rodney Kelly is seeking the return of four spears from the university's ...
University refuses request for Aboriginal Artefacts to be returned to AustraliaThe Cambridge Student
Cambridge University Is Refusing To Return Aboriginal Artefacts Taken By Captain CookJunkee

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ABC Online
The secrets revealed by ancient DNA
ABC Online
Scientists from the University of Adelaide are grateful that colleagues who came decades before them had the foresight to be so thorough in their research of Aboriginal Australia. Modern day researchers are able to use information and samples collected ...

ABC Online
The secrets revealed by ancient DNA
ABC Online
Scientists from the University of Adelaide are grateful that colleagues who came decades before them had the foresight to be so thorough in their research of Aboriginal Australia. Modern day researchers are able to use information and samples collected ...