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Indigenous arts take centre stage in Wesley Enoch's first Sydney Festival
The Sydney Morning Herald
A concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of Australia's 1967 Indigenous rights referendum and Aboriginal language classes are among the highlights of the 2017 Sydney Festival, which will also feature concerts by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and PJ ...

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Indigenous arts take centre stage in Wesley Enoch's first Sydney Festival
The Sydney Morning Herald
A concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of Australia's 1967 Indigenous rights referendum and Aboriginal language classes are among the highlights of the 2017 Sydney Festival, which will also feature concerts by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and PJ ...

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Poor, remote Indigenous Australians have increased risk of sexually transmissible infections
News-Medical.net
A unique 21-year study of more than 2.4 million cases of infectious disease across Australia reveals a major social divide where being poorer, living remotely or being an Indigenous Australian means having an increased risk of sexually transmissible ...

Australia's coal politics are undermining democratic and Indigenous rights
The Conversation AU
These challenges sit outside the current powers of the Coordinator General and are at the intersection of Australia's native title system and the rights of Indigenous peoples under international law and conventions. For Indigenous communities, the mine ...

Moon Rock Aboriginal site in Sydney shows long association with astronomy and Dreamtime stories
The Sydney Morning Herald
"It's just fabulous that we are standing here at such an amazing site less than 15 kilometres from the CBD of Australia's largest city," said Nathan Moran, chief executive of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, which owns the 5.8-hectare site.

Rhodes Scholar Rebecca Richards aims to improve SA Museum Aboriginal collection
ABC Online
Australia's first Aboriginal Rhodes Scholar says being selected for the South Australian Museum Pathways cadet program has taken her full circle in life. Rebecca Richards, 29, grew up among the Adnyamathanha and Barngarla people of South Australia's ...

While fermented food is all rage at the moment, it's cultural heritage goes back thousands of years. Contrary to all teachings, Australia's first alcohol wasn't brought here by boat, it came from Aboriginal people fermenting their own special drink from tree sap. While fermented food is all rage at the moment, it's cultural heritage goes back thousands of years. Contrary to all teachings, Australia's first alcohol wasn't brought here by boat, it came from Aboriginal people fermenting their own special drink from tree sap and many other flowing plants and honey. This program features First Nations people using tree sap as a fermenting process. More Here: http://sovereignunion.mobi/content/revealing-science-first-nations-fermentation-processes ABC RN Afternoons with Michael Mackenzie mp3 Download file: http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2016/03/ras_20160304_1306.mp3

ABC Online
Rottnest Island: Black prison to white playground
ABC Online
The inmates buried here were among almost 4,000 men and boys from all across Western Australia imprisoned in the Aboriginal-only Rottnest Island Prison between 1838 and 1931. When the first white settlers came sailing up the Derbarl Yerrigan, or Swan ...

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ABC Online
Rottnest Island: Black prison to white playground
ABC Online
The inmates buried here were among almost 4,000 men and boys from all across Western Australia imprisoned in the Aboriginal-only Rottnest Island Prison between 1838 and 1931. When the first white settlers came sailing up the Derbarl Yerrigan, or Swan ...

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Business Insider Australia
Some Australians are furious with a new lamb ad for diversity, saying it's 'racist' and offensive to white people
Business Insider Australia
“It's easy to associate the Australian aboriginal with only eating kangaroo but with this current social need for 'integration' in Australia, this advert falls horribly short. “I found this advertisement offensive in the racist manner it portrays a ...

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ABC Online
Australia Day award change: venue shortage forces shift not Aboriginal sensitivities
ABC Online
A Tasmanian mayor says his council is shifting the date of its Australia Day awards because of a venue shortage rather than Aboriginal sensitivities. Kingborough Council has voted five to four to move the ceremony from January 26 to earlier in the ...

Honi Soit
Andy Mason visited the Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-operative.
Honi Soit
Founded in 1986 in the old mission church hall, using contributions from the pensions of local elders who were concerned about the declining use of their language, Muurrbay has become a model for Aboriginal language revitalisation across Australia.

The Stringer
Dhu, Morrison, Ward, Mandijarra, Briscoe, Doomadgee did not have to die
The Stringer
Yawuru Elder, Senator Pat Dodson recently accused the Australian nation of racism though by sleight of hand, “you cannot claim amnesia” when referring to the quarter century old recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in ...

Australians should be standing up for dissenters
The Australian
However, Bill Leak's concerns — and ours — is with the higher percentage of Aboriginal child incarceration and damage from parental alcohol and drug abuse, the kids on the streets all night and low school attendance, the drugs and alcohol awash in ...

The Australian
Indigenous dictionary project aims to keep endangered languages alive
The Australian
The prototype includes Anindilyakwa, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara speakers but has the potential to cover all of Australia's living languages. Each dynamic dictionary entry includes text, audio recordings and video of speakers. Indigenous ...

Phys.Org
Revealing the science of Aboriginal fermentation
Phys.Org
A cider gum (Eucalyptus gunnii) in central Tasmania. Cider gum produces a sugar-rich sap. Credit: John Reid, Redbeard Bakery, Victoria. Wine researchers at the University of Adelaide are investigating the traditional practices of Australian Aboriginal ...

ABC Message Stick
Aboriginal Astronomy
ABC Message Stick
Scientists think they may have found the world's oldest astronomical map right here in Australia. The sacred Aboriginal site is believed to have been made to map the position of the sun, moon and stars in the sky. And studies suggest it might be old ...

Billboard
Jessica Mauboy Becomes First Indigenous Artist to Debut Atop Australia's Albums Chart
Billboard
Jessica Mauboy has claimed a piece of history by becoming the first Indigenous Australian artist to debut at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. The 27-year-old Darwin-born singer and actor bows at the national chart summit with The Secret Daughter (Songs ...

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The Australian Financial Review
Lack of accountability letting down Indigenous Australians
The Australian Financial Review
Any stranger visiting Australia who was presented with a statistical snapshot of what is happening in some of our Indigenous communities could be forgiven for concluding that ours is an uncaring nation, indifferent to the plight of some of our most ...

Call for SA Aboriginal kids commissioner
The Australian
South Australia should have a children's commissioner specifically focused on the state's Aboriginal kids, the head of welfare group Anglicare SA says. CEO Peter Sandeman says the passing of legislation last week to establish a commissioner for ...

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