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dailytelegraph.com.au
January 26 is Australia Day. Stop trying to change it
dailytelegraph.com.au
Indigenous Australians describe it as “Invasion Day” and argue there is nothing positive or beneficial about the arrival of the First Fleet. The latest Meat and Livestock lamb advertisement, where MasterChef's Poh Ling Yeow asks “aren't we all boat people?

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CT Australia (press release)
Australia Day – Indigenous, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Mainstream
CT Australia (press release)
The question raised in the leftie and elite classes is whether even the term 'Australia Day' should be declared – to illustrate, indigenous groups call it Invasion Day, some Muslim hardliners only recognise their religious-politic days. What is it that ...

ABC Online
'An act of betrayal against Australia': Fremantle divided over cancellation of Australia Day festivities
ABC Online
He said Aboriginal people find nothing to celebrate about the day, which marks the arrival of the First Fleet. "Australia Day being celebrated on the 26th of January means the celebration of history, and in that history Aboriginal people have suffered ...
WA celebrates Australia Day with a bangNEWS.com.au

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ArtsHub (subscription)
$300000 grant builds Indigenous cultural leadership
ArtsHub (subscription)
'We are delighted to not only contribute to the career of a leading indigenous Australian with this outstanding learning opportunity, but also increase the sum total of leadership, knowledge and diversity in the important arts culture and creative ...

Artists divided as some boycott Australia Day
ArtsHub (subscription)
For some, 26 January is a day to celebrate the founding of the country we now call Australia. For others it's an excuse for a barbie and a day off. But for an increasing number of Australians - especially Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders – 26 ...

Mashable
Indigenous Australia has a message for you: #ChangeTheDate
Mashable
If you've been on Australian social media lately, you may have seen a message: #ChangeTheDate. Jan. 26, 1788 was the first official day of European colonialism in Australia. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, it marks the beginning of a ...
Change the Date: hip-hop artists collaborate on new Australia Day trackThe Guardian
Aussie hip hop artists unite for 'Change the Date' trackABC Online

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Courier Mail
Kylie Lang, The Courier-Mail
Courier Mail
And if moving the January 26 booze-fest forward to January 1 does help heal deep and understandable wounds for many indigenous Australians, even better. January 26 was the wrong choice from the get-go, and as we've only had it in place since 1938, ...

NEWS.com.au
Ken Wyatt becomes first indigenous Australian to become a federal minister in his kangaroo skin cloak
NEWS.com.au
KEN Wyatt has become the first indigenous Australian to be sworn in as a federal minister, wearing a traditional Kangaroo skin cloak to mark the historic moment. Governor-general Sir Peter Cosgrove officially appointed the West Australian MP the new ...
Bear hug for first indigenous minister Ken Wyatt - The AustralianThe Australian

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Pro Bono Australia
Mason gives hope to indigenous women
NEWS.com.au
... tangible and so visually exciting." Ms Mason, the first indigenous Australian woman to head a political party with the Family First Party in 2004, says the NPY helps around 2,000 people from the tri-state region of the NT, Western Australia and ...
Indigenous sorry business treads a well-worn trackThe Australian
Indigenous Homeless Hit Hardest By Funding Uncertainty | PBAPro Bono Australia
'It was the start of our genocide'Geelong Advertiser
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Australia Day 2017 'one of biggest ever'
The Australian
Mr Kirby said about two-thirds of Australians get involved in celebrations every year - from backyard barbecues to harbourside concerts. An indigenous morning ceremony at Barangaroo will kick things off in Sydney, before the Australian and Aboriginal ...
NSW hive of activity for Australia Day9news.com.au

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Mason gives hope to indigenous women
The Australian
... the Aboriginal language word for grass. We have over 400 artists creating baskets and sculptures inspired by ancient stories and song lines," she said. "It makes it multidimensional, tangible and so visually exciting." Ms Mason, the first ...

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Mason gives hope to indigenous women
9news.com.au
Her work covers a 350,000 square kilometre stretch of central Australia, but 2017 Australian of the Year nominee Andrea Mason says the indigenous women who are scattered across the region make it feel much smaller. "They know the country, the language ...

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Students serve up Indigenous Australia on a plate
EducationHQ Australia
Guests savoured the tantalising, native-inspired ice creams with wattle seed, macadamia and Australian honey. MacDougall and Laker explained to curious guests that Aboriginal women gathered Honey Ants from nests around the Mulga trees where the ants ...

Courier Mail
'Change the date? What will that solve?'
Courier Mail
Her comments come after Warren Mundine outlined why he thought if people love Australia, the date should be changed, saying that all Aussies, including indigenous Australians, should be able to celebrate the country. Pauline Hanson doesn't believe ...

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SA's Australian of Year 2017 finalists
NEWS.com.au
Senior Australian of the Year: Patricia Buckskin. An educator and passionate advocate of lifelong learning. Was appointed South Australia's first Aboriginal state manager of Aboriginal education workers in 1987. Instrumental in setting up the Kaurna ...

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Domain News
Australian style: meet the designers at the forefront of contemporary Australian design
Domain News
In the Aboriginal culture of Australia, art and design have been used as forms of communication and education for 50,000 years. Today, contemporary design concepts complement the traditional arts and crafts that have evolved over centuries.
Indigenous Homeless Hit Hardest By Funding UncertaintyPro Bono Australia

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SBS
NITV's 3LACK60 Sessions: #ChangeTheDate
SBS
NITV Channel Manager, Tanya Orman, said: “As part of our role as Australia's dedicated Indigenous broadcaster, NITV provides an important place for Indigenous voices to be heard on issues that matter to communities. For many Aboriginal and Torres ...
Aussie hip hop artists unite for 'Change the Date' trackABC Online

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Why I won't be partying on 26 January
Red Flag
“Australia Day is our national day”, a day when “history is put to one side”, he insisted. WA Labor's Aboriginal affairs spokesperson Ben Wyatt also turned on the council, telling the Australian, “cancelling fireworks is a facile response and likely to ...

Shepparton News
Date stirs up controversy
Shepparton News
For many, this is a symbolic time to reflect on Australia's colonisation, but for indigenous Australians January 26 can be a reminder of the hardship their people faced on that day and in the decades following. Earlier this month The News published an ...

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the AU review (blog)
Works by contemporary female artists from remote Aboriginal areas to tour North America for the next two years
the AU review (blog)
Miami's The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU will exhibit the work of nine contemporary female artists hailing from remote Aboriginal areas, in an exhibition called Making the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia ...