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ABC Online
Aboriginal artefacts returned to Albany country by British Museum for temporary exhibition
ABC Online
A showcase of some of the oldest Aboriginal artefacts in Australian history have been returned for a temporary exhibition by the British Museum, sparking calls for them to remain in Australia permanently. Yurlmun: Mokare Mia Boodja, meaning "returning ...

Telegraph.co.uk
Why are indigenous Australians threatening to 'close' Uluru?
Telegraph.co.uk
Like a morning mist, the cloak of controversy has long hung over Uluru (formerly known as Ayers Rock), which finds itself at the centre of a new row between indigenous groups and the federal government, with the former threatening to “close” the rock ...

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I'm offended by Human Rights Commission, not Bill Leak
The Australian
Leak's cartoon was informed by the Four Corners program and by related commentary, which included an opinion piece I had written for The Australian on August 2. My article was just as critical as Leak's cartoon of so-called “Aboriginal parenting styles ...

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BuzzFeed News
Why Indigenous Australians Have Joined The Global Standing Rock Movement
BuzzFeed News
Traditional owners in Australia's Northern Territory are hopeful that the widespread support for Standing Rock protesters will lead to greater awareness of a proposed Australian gas pipeline that locals claim will also destroy sacred sites and poison ...
A Maori performed this soul-stirring haka to protest the Dakota Access PipelineMashable

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NEWS.com.au
First Dates is back: 'I often get told that I'm sexy'
NEWS.com.au
Sure, they detour briefly with the fact that his moustache is crooked and that they both tick the “Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander” box when they're filling out forms, but basically this entire relationship is based on an educationally mutual ...

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ABC Online
Increased meth use devastating remote Aboriginal communities in WA, police and counsellors say
ABC Online
Inspector Hamish McKenzie, from the Goldfields-Esperance District Office, which coordinates officers across the world's largest police beat, said drug use was rife across Australia. "Unfortunately it's part of our everyday business now," he said. "Our ...

'Wholly void' election of Aboriginal member a 'landmark case'
Radio Australia
Darwin-based legal academic Dr Danial Kelly has studied the intersections of Australian law and Aboriginal customary law in Arnhem Land, and spoke to Mr Guyula about his case. "This case is a classic example of Australian law clashing with Aboriginal ...

WAtoday
Australia and the Netherlands – 400 years of shared history
WAtoday
These early journeys marked the beginning of engagement between the world's oldest living culture, Aboriginal Australians, and the new seafaring merchants of Europe. Within just 30 years, Dutch navigators (particularly Abel Tasman) had mapped nearly ...

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The Canberra Times
Australia and the Netherlands – 400 years of shared history
The Canberra Times
These early journeys marked the beginning of engagement between the world's oldest living culture, Aboriginal Australians, and the new seafaring merchants of Europe. Within just 30 years, Dutch navigators (particularly Abel Tasman) had mapped nearly ...

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The Age
Australia and the Netherlands – 400 years of shared history
The Age
These early journeys marked the beginning of engagement between the world's oldest living culture, Aboriginal Australians, and the new seafaring merchants of Europe. Within just 30 years, Dutch navigators (particularly Abel Tasman) had mapped nearly ...

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The breakup of Australia
Herald Sun (blog)
The Australian state has consistently failed to understand and to accept the right of its Indigenous people to be allowed the fullest rights to self-determination. It is little wonder that calls for a separate nation find ready adherents in the ...

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The breakup of Australia
Herald Sun (blog)
The Australian state has consistently failed to understand and to accept the right of its Indigenous people to be allowed the fullest rights to self-determination. It is little wonder that calls for a separate nation find ready adherents in the ...

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ABC Online
Researchers hunt 20th century Indigenous community newsletters for rare serials collection
ABC Online
... communities around Australia in the latter half of the 20th century. The newsletters were produced by schools, churches, language centres and other organisations to share information about the day-to-day activities, interests and concerns of ...

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ABC Online
Researchers hunt 20th century Indigenous community newsletters for rare serials collection
ABC Online
Researchers are on the hunt for copies of newsletters produced in Indigenous communities around Australia in the latter half of the 20th century. The newsletters were produced by schools, churches, language centres and other organisations to share ...

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ABC Online
'Wholly void' election of Aboriginal candidate a 'landmark case'
ABC Online
Darwin-based legal academic Dr Danial Kelly has studied the intersections of Australian law and Aboriginal customary law in Arnhem Land, and spoke to Mr Guyula about his case. "This case is a classic example of Australian law clashing with Aboriginal ...

ABC Online
'Wholly void' election of Aboriginal candidate could be 'landmark case'
ABC Online
Darwin-based legal academic Dr Danial Kelly has studied the intersections of Australian law and Aboriginal customary law in Arnhem Land, and spoke to Mr Guyula about his case. "This case is a classic example of Australian law clashing with Aboriginal ...

Herald Sun
Indigenous community threatens to 'close' Uluru if voices aren't heard
Herald Sun
The Australian Law Reform Commission will be asked to examine the factors leading to the over-representation of indigenous Australians in the country's prison system. Residents filled a whiteboard with ideas to help the community, and the first ...

NT News
Threat to close down Uluru
NT News
The Australian Law Reform Commission will be asked to examine the factors leading to the over-representation of indigenous Australians in the country's prison system. Residents filled a whiteboard with ideas to help the community, and the first ...

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Sputnik International
Could Aboriginal Australians Carry the DNA of an Unknown Human Species?
Sputnik International
A study conducted by a team led by Ryan Bohlender, a statistical geneticist from the University of Texas, suggests that aboriginal Australians and those from nearby Pacific islands may carry genes from a heretofore undiscovered hominid, in addition to ...

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The West Australian
Shane Howard fights them on the beaches - The West Australian
The West Australian
I woke up to the deep cosmology at work and the deep intelligence at work in Aboriginal Australia, and one you know you can't unknow. So I started writing Solid Rock at that time.” Back then few white Australians really got the message of the song: “It ...