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NEWS.com.au
First indigenous orthopedic surgeon Anthony Murray makes history
NEWS.com.au
THIS is Australia in 2017. Possibly the most multicultural and egalitarian nation on earth.

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Southeast Asia Globe
Made in Cambodia, designed by Aboriginal artists in Australia
Southeast Asia Globe
The printed designs are drawn from ochre paintings found in the rock formations strewn across a stone plateau that rises dramatically from the northern floodplains of Arnhem Land – a 97,000-square-kilometre area of Aboriginal-owned lands in Australia's ...

The Guardian
Chanel's $2000 boomerang criticised for 'humiliating' Indigenous Australian culture
The Guardian
Chanel has been denounced on social media for appropriating Indigenous Australian culture by producing a $2,000 boomerang derided as the ultimate in useless status symbols. The wood and resin item is priced at A$1,930 in the luxury haute couture ...
Chanel regrets 'some may have felt offended' at new $1900 boomerangThe Sydney Morning Herald
Chanel Regrets Offence Over Selling $2000 Luxury BoomerangHuffington Post Australia
Chanel baffles high-fashion shoppers with $2000 boomerangDaily Mail

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The Guardian
Chanel's $2000 boomerang criticised for 'humiliating' Indigenous Australian culture
The Guardian
Chanel has been denounced on social media for appropriating Indigenous Australian culture by producing a $2,000 boomerang derided as the ultimate in useless status symbols. The wood and resin item is priced at A$1,930 in the luxury haute couture ...

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Mandurah Mail
International production to put a new spin on Indigenous dance | WATCH
Mandurah Mail
A collaboration between acclaimed Italian theatre company TPO, Australian director Jason Cross and a range of diverse Indigenous artists, Saltbush aims to open children's experience of Indigenous culture and land directly through traditional customs.

Mandurah Mail
International production to put a new spin on Indigenous dance | WATCH
Mandurah Mail
A collaboration between acclaimed Italian theatre company TPO, Australian director Jason Cross and a range of diverse Indigenous artists, Saltbush aims to open children's experience of Indigenous culture and land directly through traditional customs.

The Australian
Elton John to auction indigenous artwork through Bonhams, Sydney
The Australian
The canvas will be auctioned on June 25 in a sale of 68 lots of Australian and Aboriginal artvalued at $1.6 million to $2.2m. “It's represented a great investment over 20 years, from $40,000 to $150,000, that's more than kept pace with inflation, and I ...

The Australian
Elton John to auction indigenous artwork through Bonhams, Sydney
The Australian
The canvas will be auctioned on June 25 in a sale of 68 lots of Australian and Aboriginal artvalued at $1.6 million to $2.2m. “It's represented a great investment over 20 years, from $40,000 to $150,000, that's more than kept pace with inflation, and I ...

1967 did not change indigenous lives: CEO
The Australian
This could include an elected parliamentary body enshrined in the Constitution, overseeing laws affecting indigenous Australians. Mr Gordon cited Liberal MP and constitutional lawyer Julian Leeser as saying such a proposal “sits most comfortably with ...

1967 did not change indigenous lives: CEO
The Australian
This could include an elected parliamentary body enshrined in the Constitution, overseeing laws affecting indigenous Australians. Mr Gordon cited Liberal MP and constitutional lawyer Julian Leeser as saying such a proposal “sits most comfortably with ...

From Brush to Boorish: The Failures of Paul Ryan's Artistic Practice
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Through an unabashed rearticulation of Australia's colonial history, Ryan's paintings attempt to comment upon the destruction of Indigenous Australia with the arrival of the First Fleet, and fittingly, its ongoing ramifications. While purportedly ...

SBS
How a young Indigenous man and a Russian girl broke all the rules, to conquer international figure skating.
SBS
When two young skaters with an Australian flag next to their names stepped out on the ice at the junior world championships and blew their competition away, it was a big deal. They had deviated from the script. They had beaten pairs from Russia, China, ...

teleSUR English
Indigenous Women in Australia Are Being Imprisoned at an Alarming Rate: Report
teleSUR English
A new report has shed light on the alarming rate at which the Indigenous women are being incarcerated in Australia, raising concern over the "immeasurable harm" caused by the situation and urging authorities to put an end to "cycles of disadvantage ...
Indigenous women in jail risen 250 per centSky News Australia
Imprisonment rates for Australia's Aboriginal women skyrocketDaily Sabah
Soaring female Indigenous imprisonment rate obstructing Closing the Gap targets, says reportThe Guardian
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Indigenous Women in Australia Are Being Imprisoned at an Alarming Rate: Report
teleSUR English
A new report has shed light on the alarming rate at which the Indigenous women are being incarcerated in Australia, raising concern over the "immeasurable harm" caused by the situation and urging authorities to put an end to "cycles of disadvantage ...
Indigenous women in jail risen 250 per centSky News Australia
Soaring female Indigenous imprisonment rate obstructing Closing the Gap targets, says reportThe Guardian
'Tough on crime' doesn't work and is destroying Indigenous women and familiesThe Guardian

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The Guardian
Aboriginal women prisoner rates skyrocket
The Australian
Aboriginal women make up about 34 per cent of the female prison population but only two per cent of Australia's adult female population. Former prisoner turned advocate Vickie Roach spent many years in and out of the courts, children's homes and jails ...
Soaring female Indigenous imprisonment rate obstructing Closing the Gap targets, says reportThe Guardian
'Tough on crime' doesn't work and is destroying Indigenous women and familiesThe Guardian

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The Guardian
Aboriginal women prisoner rates skyrocket
The Australian
Aboriginal women make up about 34 per cent of the female prison population but only two per cent of Australia's adult female population. Former prisoner turned advocate Vickie Roach spent many years in and out of the courts, children's homes and jails ...
Soaring female Indigenous imprisonment rate obstructing Closing the Gap targets, says reportThe Guardian
'Tough on crime' doesn't work and is destroying Indigenous women and familiesThe Guardian

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Herald Sun
Andrew Bolt: Bans, division are the new racism
Herald Sun
Aborigines play whites as the crowd barracks by skin colour. But last weekend, the NRL also held an “indigenous round” with Aboriginal and Australian flags and two anthems — the real one meant to unite us, and a rewritten one to appeal to Aborigines.

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Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
The historic and Wild Australia exhibition
Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
ARCHIBALD Meston's name is hard to avoid when exploring the lives of Aboriginal people in Queensland, according to one of the curators of the new exhibition at the Grafton Regional Gallery, Michael Arid. In the 1890's, Meston started the 'Wild ...

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SBS
Eurovision 2017: Isaiah Firebrace and Anja Nissen light up grand final
SBS
He is the first Aboriginal male to represent Australia at Eurovision in the country's third bid for glory at the contest. Fellow Australian Anja Nissen also performed, representing Denmark. Nissen, a 21-year-old from the Blue Mountains, sang the ...

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The Advertiser
Kyam Maher rediscovering his roots
The Advertiser
Now Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Minister among a swag of portfolios, Mr Maher swiftly emphasises that his early life was blessed compared to those of indigenous children throughout Australia. Kyam Maher with his wife Carmel and sons Marley ...

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