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The Age
The Laguntas: roaring success for Tigers and the Indigenous
The Age
We've even lined them up from darkest to lightest and explained we're all Indigenous Australians and the colour of our skin doesn't mean we are more indigenous than the next player." Tigers chief Brendon Gale said the all-Indigenous concept had ...

ABC Online
'We were never Australians back then': From being counted to being heard
ABC Online
The doctrine of Terra Nullius — that this was an empty land free to be claimed by the British — has been overturned. That historic 1992 Mabo High Court decision led to recognition of Native Title, increasing the footprint of Aboriginal owned in land ...
Indigenous leaders call for treaty in Aboriginal reformThe Australian
Culturally inclusive recruitment processes key to closing the gap for indigenous workersNEWS.com.au
Twitter Launches Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Flag EmojisGizmodo Australia
Financial Times -Yahoo7 News -The Guardian
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ABC Online
'We were never Australians back then': From being counted to being heard
ABC Online
Indigenous people were counted, now they are demanding to be heard. Indigenous leaders have been meeting this week at the spiritual heart of Australia — Uluru — to try to reach a consensus on the next phase of political reform. It is referred to ...
Culturally inclusive recruitment processes key to closing the gap for indigenous workersNEWS.com.au
Historic day for Indigenous AustraliansWollondilly Advertiser
Uluru talks: Indigenous Australians reject 'symbolic' recognition in favour of treatyThe Guardian
The Conversation AU -The Australian -InDaily
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The Sydney Morning Herald
'We do have an ancient history in Australia as well': NESA flags HSC changes
The Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal Australians have been recognised in the constitution for 50 years, but they have been largely invisible in school syllabuses. For the first time next year, HSC students will learn about pre-1788 Aboriginal history in the same way they are ...

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The Australian
Indigenous leaders call for treaty in Aboriginal reform
The Australian
Referendum Council Co-Chair Pat Anderson says Aboriginal Australians must have a say in the government policies, programs and legislation that affect them. “At the moment we're locked out, we're powerless and voiceless in our own land,” she said.
Twitter Launches Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Flag EmojisGizmodo Australia
The three biggest myths of the 1967 referendumABC Online
Indigenous leaders reject recognitionYahoo7 News
Financial Times -The Guardian
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The Inverell Times
Week to honour first Australians
The Inverell Times
NEXT week marks the beginning of Reconciliation Week in Australia – a week to celebrate and strengthen the relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people and other Australians. To honour the occasion, two free community events will be ...

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Fox Sports
Indigenous Round, Nathan Drummond, mother, Leonie, Aboriginal history, AFL Round 10
Fox Sports
Leonie told the Tigers about how, back in 1938, William Cooper organised a “Day of Mourning'' – a protest by Aborigines (focused in central Sydney) — on Australia Day and the 150th anniversary of the First Fleet's landing. Contentious in some circles ...

Fox Sports
Indigenous Round, Nathan Drummond, mother, Leonie, Aboriginal history, AFL Round 10
Fox Sports
Leonie Drummond's explanation of William Cooper's Australia Day protest prompted one player, Steven Morris, to probe further on the question of how indigenous people felt about Australia Day. “I think I did say it's an individual's feeling, (that) I ...

ABC Online
Should the Aboriginal flag be flown during Anzac Day services?
ABC Online
The Australian Aboriginal flag could be flown at Anzac Day services in the future, pending the outcome of a protocol review by the Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL). RSLWA president Peter Aspinall placed flag protocol on the RSL national ...

ABC Online
Calls to extend alcohol sale ban to Aboriginal people at remote roadhouses in central Australia
ABC Online
More and more alcohol is being illegally trafficked into the Aboriginal communities of the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Lands in central Australia, an area that is officially 'dry'. The NPY Women's Council wants to see sales of ...

Huffington Post Australia
Vital Voices Are Missing In The Discussion To Reduce Indigenous Suicide Rates
Huffington Post Australia
Yet by any measure, suicide rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are deeply troubling. They remain a blight impeding our nation's slow march towards justice. Compared to non-Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...
Twitter Launches Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Flag EmojisGizmodo Australia
Noel Pearson backs call for substance over symbols in indigenous referendumThe Australian
Bringing Them Home: 20 years after report, Indigenous children worse off than beforeABC Online
The Guardian -Teacher Magazine -MuMbrella
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ABC Online
Twitter Launches Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Flag Emojis
Gizmodo Australia
The move comes as Australians recognise the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1967 referendum, National Sorry Day, and celebrate the beginning of the AFL Indigenous round. This emoji is a global first for Twitter. "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
The three biggest myths of the 1967 referendumABC Online
Dozens of aboriginal Australians walk out of meeting on their futureArab News
Vital Voices Are Missing In The Discussion To Reduce Indigenous Suicide RatesHuffington Post Australia
The Guardian -MuMbrella -The Conversation AU
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Indigenous players didn't invent Australian rules - but they made it their own
InDaily
It would be wonderful if there was a connection between the Indigenous games of ball and football – like marngrook and pando – and the codified game now known as Australian rules. But, despite several attempts since the suggestion was first raised, no ...

Camden Advertiser
Historic day for Indigenous Australians
Camden Advertiser
The referendum – supported by more than 90 per cent of voters – also allowed the Commonwealth to make specific laws for Indigenous Australians, creating a national approach rather than one determined by the states. While it didn't remove all the ...

Wollondilly Advertiser
Historic day for Indigenous Australians
Wollondilly Advertiser
On Saturday, it will be 50 years to the day since Aboriginals were officially “recognised” as Australian citizens. On May 27, 1967, Australia went to the polls for a referendum which would allow Aboriginal people to be counted in the census. The simple ...

Wollondilly Advertiser
Historic day for Indigenous Australians
Wollondilly Advertiser
On Saturday, it will be 50 years to the day since Aboriginals were officially “recognised” as Australian citizens. On May 27, 1967, Australia went to the polls for a referendum which would allow Aboriginal people to be counted in the census. The simple ...

ABC Online
Goodes, O'Loughlin delivering game-changing scholarships to young Indigenous Aussies
ABC Online
The foundation started in 2009 as former Sydney Swans team-mates Adam Goodes and Michael O'Loughlin sought to use education as a way of empowering Indigenous Australians. In 2017, the foundation is growing — 20 young Indigenous Australians now ...

ABC Online
Bringing Them Home: 20 years after report, Indigenous children worse off than before
ABC Online
Indigenous young people are being failed by Australia's child protection systems, a leading organisation has warned, amid fears "another stolen generation" is underway. Today marks two decades since the landmark Bringing Them Home report was tabled in ...
'Right wrongs, write Yes': what was the 1967 referendum all about?The Conversation AU
Uluru talks on constitutional recognition 'on track' despite walkoutThe Guardian

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ABC Online
Bringing Them Home: 20 years after report, Indigenous children worse off than before
ABC Online
Indigenous young people are being failed by Australia's child protection systems, a leading organisation has warned, amid fears "another stolen generation" is underway. Today marks two decades since the landmark Bringing Them Home report was tabled in ...
The Uluru walkout: Constitutional recognition, Treaty and structural changeIndependent Australia
Uluru talks on constitutional recognition 'on track' despite walkoutThe Guardian

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ABC Online
'Right wrongs, write Yes': what was the 1967 referendum all about?
The Conversation AU
On May 27, 1967, campaigners for Aboriginal rights and status won the most-decisive referendum victory in Australian history. The referendum attracted more than 90% of voters in favour of deleting the two references to Aborigines in Australia's ...
Constitutional recognition summit: Thousands of Indigenous peoples to present decision todayABC Online
Delegates walk out of Constitutional recognition forum in protestSBS
Uluru talks on constitutional recognition 'on track' despite walkoutThe Guardian
Independent Australia
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