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'Young, gay, black, true-blue': marking the 1967 referendum anniversary in the NT
SBS
SBS World News Radio: Australian Labor politician Chansey Paech is breaking down stereotypes for young minorities across the country. Growing up in Alice Springs, he spends his days advocating for the rights and welfare of Aboriginal communities living ...

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Indigenous Australian Olympians
Australian Olympic Committee
Cathy Freeman was not the first Indigenous athlete to win an Olympic medal. That honour went to an Australian swimmer in 1992. Australia has been represented by 51 Indigenous athletes at the Summer Olympic Games. The Tokyo Games in 1964 was the ...

Indigenous Aust must own recognition: PM
NEWS.com.au
"It is vitally important our first Australians consider and debate the models of recognition free of political interference and that diversity of views and opinions within the Indigenous communities are discussed," he told MPs. The prime minister ...

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Indigenous Aust must own recognition: PM
9news.com.au
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull insists indigenous Australians need to debate options for constitutional recognition without political interference. Mr Turnbull made a statement to parliament on Wednesday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the May ...

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What did 1967 referendum achieve?
SBS
On May 27, more than 90 per cent of Australians voted to include Aboriginal people in the Census and allow the Commonwealth to create laws for them. Prior to the poll, most aspects of Aboriginal peoples' lives were controlled by state governments, and ...

Timeline of Australia indigenous politics
NEWS.com.au
1997 - The Bringing Them Home Report on the forced removal of indigenous children recommends an apology and repatriations to people affected. 1998 - The first National Sorry Day on May 26 acknowledges the harm that Australia's policies inflicted on ...

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Timeline of Australia indigenous politics
NEWS.com.au
1997 - The Bringing Them Home Report on the forced removal of indigenous children recommends an apology and repatriations to people affected. 1998 - The first National Sorry Day on May 26 acknowledges the harm that Australia's policies inflicted on ...

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Timeline of Australia indigenous politics
9news.com.au
1770 - The east coast of Australia is claimed for Britain based on the doctrine of "terra nullius", meaning that no one is considered to have owned the land. 1788 - The First Fleet arrives and a convict colony is established at Sydney Cove on January 26.
New push to recognise indigenous Australians in constitutionPort Macquarie News
What does 'recognition' for Indigenous Australians actually look like?The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous treaty 'the way forward'The Australian
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Aboriginal survival 'rests on recognition'
Sky News Australia
The survival of indigenous Australians depends on whether leaders can map a path to bold reform and recognition, the co-chair of the Referendum Council says. Hundreds of Aboriginal delegates are in Central Australia this week to hammer out what ...
What does 'recognition' for Indigenous Australians actually look like?The Sydney Morning Herald
Australian indigenous leaders meet for historic summitBBC News
'Go and light a fire in the nation': Uluru gathering aims to map a path to recognitionThe Guardian
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The West Australian
'Go and light a fire in the nation': Uluru gathering aims to map a path to recognition
The Guardian
On the eastern side of Uluru, in the Anangu community of Mutitjulu, more than 200 delegates from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities throughout Australia gathered to mark the start a historic meeting that aims to shape the future of the ...
First Nations summit starts in UluruThe West Australian

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The RiotACT
'Defying Empire': The 3rd National Indigenous Art Triennial
The RiotACT
This important new exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Referendum and the 'yes' vote in support of removing two references in the constitution that discriminated against Aboriginal and Torres ...

Atlas Obscura
Aboriginal Carving of a Whale
Atlas Obscura
Aboriginal carvings in the area were first chronicled and mapped back in 1899, and it's known that other, smaller figures were etched nearby. Unfortunately they were either lost during the original construction of the Coal Loader, or were covered in ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous activewear gears up for success
The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous art has long inspired Geary who worked as a guide at Bond University's Corrigan Walk Art Tour, the largest private collection of Indigenous art in Australia. At first she planned to create dresses using Indigenous prints, but when a friend ...

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Indigenous VET students find employment success
The Australian
The report is one of a series of NCVER publications looking at progress eight years after the Closing the Gap reforms, which aimed to halve the difference in employment rates between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. Drawing on a decade of ...

The Australian
Indigenous destiny dances to united beat with constitutional reform agenda
The Australian
Welcomed by the local Anangu of Mutitjulu, who performed their own Warrmala story in the gathering dusk, indigenous Australia's largest and perhaps most consequential gathering began with a plea for unity. Yolgnu elder Djunga Djunga Yunupingu said he ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
What does 'recognition' for Indigenous Australians actually look like?
The Sydney Morning Herald
It has taken some time for the debate on constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians to focus on the question of what "recognition" means. The question can be answered only by those being recognised: Indigenous Australians themselves. This was ...
'Go and light a fire in the nation': Uluru gathering aims to map a path to recognitionThe Guardian
First Nations summit starts in UluruThe West Australian

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Happy
Meet Baker Boy: the 20-year-old Aboriginal Australian rapping in his mother language
Happy
Danzel Baker is a 20-year-old Australian performer, sending some positive vibes to Indigenous Australian communities and we're sure, the music world. Baker has already released Cloud 9, a track featuring him rapping in the Yolngu Matha language; a ...

Happy
Meet Baker Boy: the 20-year-old Aboriginal Australian rapping in his mother language
Happy
Danzel Baker is a 20-year-old Australian performer, sending some positive vibes to Indigenous Australian communities and we're sure, the music world. Baker has already released Cloud 9, a track featuring him rapping in the Yolngu Matha language; a ...

ABC Online
Shepparton mural 'another milestone' for recognition of Indigenous leaders
ABC Online
Hundreds of people packed an alley in the city for the official launch of the project, which coincides with this week's 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum to recognise Indigenous people as citizens of Australia. Descendants of both men were ...

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ABC Online
Shepparton mural 'another milestone' for recognition of Indigenous leaders
ABC Online
Hundreds of people packed an alley in the city for the official launch of the project, which coincides with this week's 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum to recognise Indigenous people as citizens of Australia. Descendants of both men were ...

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