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Australia Day honours: academic Maryann Bin-Sallik blazed path for Aborigines
The Australian
Much of this can be sheeted home to Emeritus Professor Bin-Sallik, who has been named an Officer in the Order of Australia. Bin-Sallik was Darwin's first Aboriginal resident to graduate as a nurse at the city's hospital, and the first indigenous worker ...
Indigenous elder honoured on Aust Day9news.com.au

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The Australian
Australia Day honours: academic Maryann Bin-Sallik blazed path for Aborigines
The Australian
Much of this can be sheeted home to Emeritus Professor Bin-Sallik, who has been named an Officer in the Order of Australia. Bin-Sallik was Darwin's first Aboriginal resident to graduate as a nurse at the city's hospital, and the first indigenous worker ...
Indigenous elder honoured on Aust Day9news.com.au
NT Australia Day honours: Incredible Territorians named on prestigious listABC Online

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NIDA indigenous fellowship for glass artist Mel George
The Australian
“We are delighted to not only contribute to the career of a leading indigenous Australian with this outstanding learning opportunity,” Mordant says, “but also increase the sum total of leadership, knowledge and diversity in the important arts culture ...

The Guardian
Malcolm Turnbull's Australia Day message recognises Aboriginal people and cultural diversity
The Guardian
Malcolm Turnbull has used his Australia Day message to recognise Aboriginal people and to highlight the country's cultural diversity. In the video message, the prime minister said Aboriginal Australians were the first Australians and had lived on and ...

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Indigenous institute's Australia Day message 'PC gone mad'
The Australian
“If you don't like Australia Day then don't have the day off work and don't celebrate it,” one user wrote. A university spokesman defended the message and argued that “indigenous staff at the institution should be able to express a view on the matter”.
Why Indigenous people want to change the date of Australia Day9news.com.au
Most Indigenous Australians want date and name of Australia Day changed, poll findsThe Guardian
Melbourne University warns staff over offensive Australia Day celebrationsHerald Sun
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The Advertiser
Protesters warned against raining on parade
The Advertiser
Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance (WAR) put a call-out on social media for all “sovereign peoples and supporters” to attend the rally and not bring Australian flags unless they are “to be burnt”. More than 400 have given an indication online of ...

The West Australian
Top stem cell scientist named Australian of the Year
The West Australian
In her speech, she urged policy makers to engage with the Tiwi people and other indigenous Australians so policies might recognise their culture. Sister Anne has educated generations of children as the principal of the local primary school while also ...
We all benefit from our nation's dynamic geniusThe Australian

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Daily Mail
Should this be allowed? The moment Aboriginal activist sets fire to the national flag then STOMPS on the burning ...
Daily Mail
This is the moment a man was filmed setting the Australian flag alight while standing on top of a spray painted Aboriginal flag. The incident occurred in the Sydney suburb of Newtown, just one day before Australia Day on January 26, the anniversary of ...

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NEWS.com.au
This could be the last Australia Day Hottest 100
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Ahead of this year's countdown, the station, which is always very careful with how the topic is broached, stated “we will continue to talk to indigenous communities, artists and our audience about the date of the Hottest 100 in future years. The ...
Triple J's Intense Review Of The 'Hottest 100' Date Will Last Most Of 2017Pedestrian TV
After 28 years, the Triple J Hottest 100 could play on Australia Day for the last timeNEWS.com.au
Triple j's Hottest 100: Everything you need to knowABC Online

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The Guardian
Posters celebrate Indigenous languages, 'the origins of Australia's multiculturalism' – video
The Guardian
For the past two years the Adelaide street artist Peter Drew has been placing thousands of posters all over Australia that celebrate multiculturalism. In his latest project, Real Australians Seek Welcome, Drew has designed new posters that acknowledge ...

Esperance Express
Perth youth group's rethink Australia Day video goes viral
Esperance Express
A video by a Perth-based youth foundation has gone viral after the group decided to add their voices to the growing movement of people opposed to Australia Day being held on January 26. Indigenous Communities Education and Awareness (ICEA) ...

Perth youth group's rethink Australia Day video goes viral
WAtoday
A video by a Perth-based youth foundation has gone viral after the group decided to add their voices to the growing movement of people opposed to Australia Day being held on January 26. Indigenous Communities Education and Awareness (ICEA) Foundation's ...

Australian cinema for Australia Day
The Conversation AU
The 26th of January marks a somewhat controversial day on the Australian calendar. Should one celebrate a date that symbolises the invasion of a continent and the beginning of the decimation of its indigenous population? Should we mourn this date?

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The Good Men Project
Aboriginal Australian Co-Existed With the Megafauna for at Least 17000 Years
The Good Men Project
Aboriginal people arrived in the Willandra some 50,000 years ago. It is always possible that earlier evidence for the First Australians in that landscape will be found in the future. The Zygomaturus specimen shows that people and megafauna co-existed ...

NEWS.com.au
After 28 years, the Triple J Hottest 100 could play on Australia Day for the last time
NEWS.com.au
“There's also discussions with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander media, language groups, and many of the indigenous artists featured on Triple J.” Since its 1989 debut, the Hottest 100 has taken on something of a cultural icon status, with many an ...
Triple J's Intense Review Of The 'Hottest 100' Date Will Last Most Of 2017Pedestrian TV

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Indigenous leaders offended by Australia Day lamb ad
Eternity News
The annual “Australia Day” celebrations already can be a difficult and disturbing time for indigenous people. But a new ad aimed at selling lamb has sparked frustration and dismay, despite its attempt to humorously endorse Australia's diversity and ...

An Alternative Australia Day
Pro Bono Australia
About the author: Justin Mohamed is the CEO of Reconciliation Australia. An Aboriginal man of the Gooreng Gooreng nation near Bundaberg in Queensland, Mohamed has spent the past 25 years working towards building a stronger and healthier nation for ...

Herald Sun
Melbourne University warns staff over offensive Australia Day celebrations
Herald Sun
The message was posted after a request by the university's indigenous development institute Murrup Barak. The institute's goal is to “make an enduring contribution to indigenous Australia through the transformative impact of education and employment ...
Changing the date of Australia Day won't change our past, says Joe HildebrandNEWS.com.au
Indigenous sorry business treads a well-worn trackThe Australian
Put an Indigenous MP in charge of Indigenous affairs. It's a good place to startThe Guardian
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Huffington Post Australia
When a remote indigenous community is in need, Australia's national support services can seem far away. Which is why the WA pilot program Critical Response Service has been given an extra $10 million to roll out in the Northern Territory and South ...

National Indigenous Times
Oz Day celebrates little but 'rising jingoism', says Amy McQuire OPINION
National Indigenous Times
As early as 1938, Aboriginal protestors lead by Jack Patten, Doug Nicholls, Bill Ferguson, William Cooper and Jack Kinchela, congregated at Town Hall in Sydney to mark the Aboriginal 'Day of Mourning' on the Australian 'Day of Rejoicing'. These ...

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