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The Advertiser
New call to move Australia Day
The Advertiser
... the beginning of oppression of Aboriginal people and the date needed to be changed to reflect modern views. She suggested Federation Day – January 1 – as a possible new date for Australia Day. “Aboriginal Australians have tended to feel excluded ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous education would suffer if Gonski funding scrapped, experts warn
The Guardian
Indigenous educators and members of the Australian Education Union (AEU) met a dozen members of parliament, including the education minister, Simon Birmingham, and the opposition leader, Bill Shorten, during a visit to Canberra on Wednesday.
Government 'confused' on school funding9news.com.au

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Domain News
Paul Pholeros, Indigenous housing advocate mourned by architectural world
Domain News
Starved of federal funds since 2011 to continue his multi-award winning 'housing for health' work in Australia's Indigenous communities, Pholeros and colleagues at environmental health and design studio Healthhabitat were still soldiering on ...
Tributes flow for deceased Paul Pholeros, architect, activist and 'source of inspiration for all'Architecture and Design

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Bruce Pascoe's most recent work presents a radically different picture of Australia's original inhabitants, and how they maintained their culture over millennia. From the journals and records of early explorers and surveyors, Bruce has accumulated astonishing descriptions of a pre-colonial Aboriginal life. Mitchell, Sturt and others describe scenes all around the country of Aboriginal people engineering sophisticated dwellings and irrigation systems. They also describe the cultivation of vast areas of land for yam fields; and the harvesting, storage and milling of grain crops. Bruce is of Tasmanian, Bunurong and Yuin heritage and he lives on country, deep in the Victorian bush. Source and more info: http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2016/02/01/4397892.htm#.Vq9BWE6zUbU.facebook

The Guardian
Paul Pholeros, architect who helped reduce Indigenous poverty, dies at 62
The Guardian
Tributes for the award-winning Sydney architect described him as a “courageous and compassionate advocate” and “irreplaceable” for his role in improving health outcomes in Aboriginal communities across Australia. Pholeros was the co-director of ...

Huffington Post Australia
The Torch Project Wins Fight For Aboriginal Inmates To Sell Art
Huffington Post Australia
Indigenous Australians are 13 times more likely to be imprisoned than non-Indigenous people, while the juvenile incarceration rate for the Indigenous community is 24 times that of the non-Indigenous community. Kent Morris, a curator and statewide ...
Indigenous artists to be allowed to sell work created in prisonSBS
Jeff Kennett secures law change to allow Aboriginal prisoners to sell artThe Australian Financial Review
Locked up but not locked down: Indigenous art sells behind barsArtsHub (subscription)

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The Guardian
Stan Grant says he is open to career in politics to advocate for Indigenous Australians
The Guardian
Grant replied that the response to a speech he gave last year on Indigenous Australians which went viral, prompted him to think about entering federal politics. “The response to the speech that I gave, I found so overwhelming and overwhelmingly ...

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Global Voices Online
An Interactive Digital Archive Helps Preserve Traditional Australian Aboriginal Literature
Global Voices Online
The following story was originally published as a case study of the Angkety digital resources map produced by First Languages Australia. It is republished here with permission. The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages project began with a commitment ...

Sampan
Indigenous Art from Australia at Harvard Art Museums on Feb. 4
Sampan
The special exhibition Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia is opening February 5, 2016, and will be on display through September 18, 2016 at the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA. A survey exhibition of Indigenous art from ...

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The Advertiser
Indigenous issue must stay in the spotlight
The Advertiser
The last referendum was on whether or not Australia should have an Australian head of state. That debate included the question of recognition of indigenous Australians in the Constitution. Both are issues whose time have come. I have written many times ...

Google News

On the 27th January 2016 the Premiere Screening of 'Star Stories of the Dreaming' was held at the Chauvel Cinema One at Paddington Sydney.

International Business Times AU
Increasing support for #changethedate of Australia Day - Will 2017 be the year? Six Australians have their say
International Business Times AU
But these aren't the only associations Aussies make, as more and more people each year oppose the celebration of Australia Day on January 26. In fact, many prefer to take to Invasion day marches all across Australia for the rights of Aboriginals. In ...
Two Victorian men dress up in BLACKFACE Aboriginal costumes to attend 21st birthdayDaily Mail

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International Business Times AU
Increasing support for #changethedate of Australia Day - Will 2017 be the year? Six Australians have their say
International Business Times AU
“Celebrating on this date is insensitive, and offensive to many Indigenous Australians . . . No-one is saying we shouldn't have a day to celebrate Australia . . . but the January 26th marks the beginning of white occupation, massacres and cultural ...
Two Victorian men dress up in BLACKFACE Aboriginal costumes to attend 21st birthdayDaily Mail

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Music Feeds
Artists Rally Against Racist Abuse Aimed At Indigenous Rapper Briggs
Music Feeds
Following calling out those two “redneck scumbags” for dressing up in blackface as indigenous men for at an Australian Icon themed party, First Australian artists Briggs proceeded to cop a tonne of abuse online. Not only that, but there is actually a ...

Newcastle Herald
Ballarat men dress up in Aboriginal black face, accused of being racists
Newcastle Herald
The Courier has chosen not to name or identify the duo at this point time. Picture: Facebook. UPDATE: A Respected Ballarat Aboriginal elder has condemned two young men for dressing up in black face as indigenous Australians for an 'Aussie Icon' party ...

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Newcastle Herald
Ballarat men dress up in Aboriginal black face, accused of being racists
Newcastle Herald
“'These 2 legends had the best costumes last night, I reckon they nailed the "Australian Icons" theme perfect! Top stuff lads!' read the post. The photo was reposted by a number of indigenous rights activists, slamming it for being overtly racist ...

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A proposed new flag that everyone's talking about … but what do Aboriginal people think about it?
The Conversation AU
John submitted an Aboriginal design which replaced the Union Jack with a dot painting from Aborigines in central Australia. He says this is “red and white Aboriginal art symbol for a campsite or a home country”. Then he says this flag would reflect ...

Ballarat men spark outrage after dressing up as indigenous Australians
3AW
Two Ballarat men have sparked outrage after dressing up as indigenous Australians at a weekend party. The men painted themselves in "black face" from head to toe and have come under fire from several high-profile indigenous people after a photo of the ...

NEWS.com.au
Blackface Aboriginal costume dress up: Adam Briggs slams 'redneck scumbags'
NEWS.com.au
That changed once she raised the point it was disrespectful to indigenous Australians. Ms Austin's post soon went viral and was picked up by high-profile indigenous rapper and Yorta Yorta man Adam Briggs who went on to share the post, and said anyone ...
Artists Rally Against Racist Abuse Aimed At Indigenous Rapper BriggsMusic Feeds

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Ballarat Courier
Ballarat men dress up in Aboriginal black face, accused of being racists
Ballarat Courier
The Courier has chosen not to name or identify the duo at this point time. Picture: Facebook. UPDATE. Respected Ballarat Aboriginal elder Ted Lovett has condemned two young men for dressing up in blackface as indigenous Australians for an 'Aussie Icon' ...