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The Guardian
White Australia stole Indigenous children. And then stole their victimhood too
The Guardian
The history of stealing Indigenous children by white Australia is the responsibility of the nation. Full recognition of this history is also the responsibility of the nation. The brave women and men who told their stories to the inquiry were forced to ...

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The Australian
Noel Pearson backs call for substance over symbols in indigenous referendum
The Australian
Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson has backed the idea of voting down a referendum that gives only symbolic constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians, in a blow to supporters of a so-called “minimalist'' change to the nation's founding document.

Chevron told to reinstate worker sacked for Aboriginal slur
The Australian
The Fair Work Commission has ordered Chevron Australia to reinstate an operator sacked after referring to an Aboriginal woman as a “gin” in earshot of Aboriginal co-workers. Robert Solin was on a bus to Chevron's Gorgon project on Western Australia's ...

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The Australian
Living history in NGA's landmark indigenous survey
The Australian
Hill's work — featured in the National Gallery of Australia's historic indigenous survey, Defying Empire, which opens today — critiques the assimilation policies that tore asunder four generations of her family. From Balingup in Western Australia ...

The Australian
Living history in NGA's landmark indigenous survey
The Australian
Hill's work — featured in the National Gallery of Australia's historic indigenous survey, Defying Empire, which opens today — critiques the assimilation policies that tore asunder four generations of her family. From Balingup in Western Australia ...

Herald Sun
Tony Armstrong: Without football, I don't think indigenous Australians would be looked upon in a fair light
Herald Sun
FOOTBALL'S Sir Doug Nicholls Round is a significant time for our indigenous population, a time when we celebrate the feats of the current crop of players and also consider how sport, in particular football, has been used as a vehicle to begin to ...
Indigenous stars to light up AFL againWide World of Sports
Past players show their supportFremantle Dockers

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Herald Sun
Tony Armstrong: Without football, I don't think indigenous Australians would be looked upon in a fair light
Herald Sun
FOOTBALL'S Sir Doug Nicholls Round is a significant time for our indigenous population, a time when we celebrate the feats of the current crop of players and also consider how sport, in particular football, has been used as a vehicle to begin to ...
Indigenous stars to light up AFL againESPN
Past players show their supportFremantle Dockers

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SBS
Indigenous AFL hopeful in Melbourne for Dreamtime
SBS
The AFL Footy Means Business participants hail from regional towns all over Australia, to attend a one week camp in Melbourne and the opportunity to run out at the MCG in the curtain raiser for the weekend's Dreamtime round. For some, it's the ...

ABC Online
Former AFL great Nicky Winmar calls on Indigenous Australians to be heart smart
ABC Online
Nicky Winmar has opened up about suffering a heart attack five years ago to raise awareness about one of the leading killers of Indigenous Australians. "I thought the pain was just indigestion. I thought I'd just have some milk and it would go away ...

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Huffington Post Australia
Buddy Franklin Will Wear Number 67 For The AFL Indigenous Round
Huffington Post Australia
This weekend not only marks the AFL's annual Indigenous round but will also commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum which saw the Australian constitution amended to remove two discriminatory references to Indigenous Australians so ...

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The Australian
Uluru referendum summit delegates stage walk out
The Australian
More than 250 indigenous leaders from across the country have gathered in Central Australia this week to hammer out what amendments to the founding document might look like, in the largest meeting of its kind in at least a decade. But seven delegates ...
Caring comes naturally to Indigenous AustraliansThe Westender
Australian Indigenous Reject 'Symbolic Gestures' in Constitutional Recognition DebateteleSUR English
Pacific News Minute: Indigenous Australian Summit at UluruHawaiipublicradio
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The Australian
Uluru referendum summit delegates stage walk out
The Australian
Dozens of delegates have walked out of the National indigenous Constitution Convention in Central Australia, claiming they have been silenced in discussions about Aboriginal recognition. More than 250 indigenous leaders from across the country have ...
Dozens of aboriginal Australians walk out of meeting on their futureReuters
Caring comes naturally to Indigenous AustraliansThe Westender
50 years' recognitionYass Tribune
The Guardian -Hawaiipublicradio
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Daily Liberal
Community to recognise milestones
Daily Liberal
As the nation prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum, which enabled Indigenous Australians to be counted in the census for the first time, and the 25th anniversary of the historic Mabo High Court decision, Dubbo region residents ...

The Australian
Family of Aboriginal man who died in custody questions CCTV gaps
The Australian
Ms Rule, a university student, has campaigned for Aboriginal prisoner rights since her brother's death, including organising a protest which shut down Adelaide streets on Australia Day. Earlier this year she interrupted the ABC's Q&A to call cartoonist ...

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Narooma News
National writers celebrate Aboriginal literature on the Far South Coast
Narooma News
On Saturday, July 1, some of Australia's leading Aboriginal authors will give presentations and readings from their work and take part in panel discussions. The Sunday program offers a range of two-hour workshop covering fiction writing, poetry ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Defying Empire: National Gallery of Australia's Indigenous Triennial reflects vivid living history
The Sydney Morning Herald
Part of Defying Empire, the National Gallery of Australia's third National Indigenous Triennial, the Sydney artist's work is one of many that address difficult issues, part of a living history that remains painfully recent and relevant for many of the ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Defying Empire: National Gallery of Australia's Indigenous Triennial reflects vivid living history
The Sydney Morning Herald
Part of Defying Empire, the National Gallery of Australia's third National Indigenous Triennial, the Sydney artist's work is one of many that address difficult issues, part of a living history that remains painfully recent and relevant for many of the ...

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ABC Online
Aboriginal people do what we must to survive; 1967 didn't change that
ABC Online
Today things are different — not a lot different, but today you can survive in Australia with a black past. Everywhere you look in our family there is the black trace. In every family branch there is the contact, and yet the reflex for most is to ...

Collingwood
A history of our Indigenous Magpies
Collingwood
Featuring in four AFL Grand Finals, including 2010's drawn decider against St Kilda, Davis established himself among the upper echelons of the competition's elite, twice earning All-Australian recognition as well as winning the Goal of the Year award ...

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What did 1967 referendum achieve?
NEWS.com.au
That meant where an indigenous Australian lived determined whether they could own property, marry and move freely, drink alcohol and control their own children. The referendum arose from lengthy advocacy, Reconciliation Australia Co-chair Professor ...

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