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The Guardian
Shane Howard sees irony in Australia Day award for song on Indigenous genocide
The Guardian
The singer-songwriter Shane Howard sees the irony in receiving an Australia Day award for a song about the genocide of Indigenous inhabitants upon white settlement. Howard wrote the 1982 hit single Solid Rock for his band, Goanna, about the settlement ...
Shane Howard Receives Australia Day Honour Then Calls For A RepublicNoise11

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Australia Day 2016: Google praised for 'shining a light' with Indigenous artwork
The Canberra Times
Search engine Google has been commended for weighing in on the controversy surrounding the Australia Day holiday, publishing a doodle depicting the stolen generation to mark the divisive day. The artwork, called "Stolen Dreamtime", was drawn by ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Australia Day 2016 Google doodle 'shining a light' on Indigenous culture
Sydney Morning Herald
Search engine Google has been commended for weighing in on the controversy surrounding the Australia Day holiday, publishing a doodle depicting the stolen generation to mark the divisive day. The artwork, called "Stolen Dreamtime", was drawn by ...
Australia Day Google Doodle depicts Indigenous Stolen GenerationDaily Mail
Google's Australia Day 'Google Doodle' is a powerful reminder of what today means for Indigenous AustraliansDaily Life
Google features Aboriginal themed artwork for Australia DayThe Australian

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The Guardian
On this Invasion Day, I am angry. Australia has a long way to go
The Guardian
This is a prime example of white Australia's denial and guilt. Maybe it's just too close to home, too unsettling for them to acknowledge that the land they stand on was stolen, drenched in the blood and suffering of our Aboriginal ancestors. The longer ...
Protesters condemn Australia Day 'invasion' and reject recognition campaignHerald Sun
Australia Day protest at Vic parliament9news.com.au
Australians Protest Against Invasion DayteleSUR English

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Jess sings two versions of anthem
dailytelegraph.com.au
POP star Jessica Mauboy sang two versions of the national anthem atop the Sydney Harbour Bridge, marking Australia Day today. The first version was belted out in an indigenous dialect before she repeated it in English. Wearing an off-shoulder orange ...
Jessica Mauboy sings Indigenous version of national anthem on Australia Day – videoThe Guardian
Jessica Mauboy sings indigenous version of national anthem on Australia DayDaily Mail

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The Guardian
Notable speeches by Indigenous Australians: 'We refuse to be pushed into the background'
The Guardian
In the wake of overwhelming reaction to Stan Grant's speech on racism and the Australian dream, we've pulled together a list of speeches you may want to read next, by some of the most powerful voices in the long campaign for Aboriginal and Torres ...
CHANGE THE DATE: Read This If You Want To Know Why Australia Day Is So Offensive To Aboriginal PeopleNew Matilda

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ABC Online
Australia Day honours: Leonora Aboriginal leader receives award for child health and language work
ABC Online
She said now more than ever Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal people needed to be able to listen and learn from one another, so they could live in what she saw as a new, bicultural Australia. With her mother Luxie Hogarth and other members of her ...

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Daily Mail
Australia Day Google Doodle depicts Indigenous Stolen Generation
Daily Mail
The significance of Australia Day has long been debated and the world's most recognised website has now waded into the discussion. On Tuesday, Google published one of its famous doodles depicting the Stolen Generation on a day that celebrates the ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
An Australian republic 'could benefit Aborigines'
MWC News
A leading Australian academic and Aboriginal activist has supported a renewed campaign for Australia to become a republic if it recognises the sovereignty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander citizens and gives them more political representation.
The world's oldest living culture forms centrepiece of a modern Australia DaySydney Morning Herald
Universal values define our national characterWA today
Australia Day: the least we can do is accept our own historyOn Line opinion
The Australian
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ABC Online
Australia Day honours Western Australian community leaders
ABC Online
An Aboriginal woman who has dedicated years of her life to preserving her people's language, a botanical painter who has captured the nation's rare flora with vivid accuracy and a council shire president helping prisoners stay connected to the community.

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Daily Mail
The World's Most Popular Website Just Ripped The Rug Out From Under Australia Day
New Matilda
It's hard to imagine a more pointed political statement – reminding non-Aboriginal Australians on Australia Day of the price that other people have paid for their privilege. One of the judges for the Google Doodle is renowned Aboriginal artist Bronwyn ...
Australia Day Google Doodle depicts Indigenous Stolen GenerationDaily Mail

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The Age
No Australian should feel like a stranger in their own country
The Age
Australia Day seems a fitting day to declare that no Australian should feel like a stranger in their own country. It is a good day for immigrants, the descendants of immigrants and Indigenous Australians alike to declare that this is not just a white ...

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The Canberra Times
Australia Day Honours 2016: Matthew James awarded Public Service Medal
The Canberra Times
"With Indigenous affairs, sometimes people would be forgiven for thinking that nothing is getting better, that everything is static or getting worse and that's not true," Matthew James says. But without the work of Mr James and his team at the ...

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WA today
No Australian should feel like a stranger in their own country
WA today
Australia Day seems a fitting day to declare that no Australian should feel like a stranger in their own country. It is a good day for immigrants, the descendants of immigrants and Indigenous Australians alike to declare that this is not just a white ...

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Education the key for Aboriginal Australians, says IAC Chair
3AW
Australia Day is a common springboard for discussions about how to improve the state of Aboriginal Australia. But Tom Elliott doesn't think calling for symbolic gestures is sensible. "The government standing up and saying sorry, maybe declaring a ...

Coffs Coast Advocate
NSW Aboriginal Land Council Chair reflects Day of Mourning
Coffs Coast Advocate
ON the eve of Australia Day celebrations, NSW Aboriginal Land Council Chair Roy Ah-See has appealed to Aboriginal people to continue to fight for self-determination by taking inspiration from the leaders of the 1938 Day of Mourning. Coinciding with ...

SBS
Mt Druitt Indigenous Choir prepares for Australia Day performance
SBS
It was preparation before they sing in their native language - Dharug - during Australia day celebrations in Sydney tomorrow. "What a better way to give these little kids an identity by singing their language. The beauty of it is these little fellahs ...

New Matilda
'A White Australia Safari': Aamer Rahman And Briggs Discuss Australia/Invasion Day
New Matilda
“Like a white Australia safari,” Rahman says. In the short clip the pair also discuss the Australian flag, the absence of Aboriginal history in schools, and explain why they won't stand for the national anthem. “Number one, it doesn't represent me or ...
Australia's Annual Celebration of Genocide and ConquestteleSUR English

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ABC Online
Australia Day: Sombre time for Aboriginals, Jannawi Dance Clan artistic director says
ABC Online
Australia Day may mark the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 and the founding of our nation, but for many Aboriginal Australians there is little to celebrate and 'Invasion Day' or 'Survival Day' as it is known is one filled with mixed emotions. "I've ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Journalist calls for Australians to embrace Indigenous history
ABC Online
ELEANOR HALL: Our political leaders might be calling for us to break away from the monarchy, but are Australians ready to become a republic if we're still ignorant of much of own history of conflict with Indigenous Australians? One of Australia's most ...
Stan Grant's speech on racism: Is this Australia's 'Martin Luther King moment'?Sydney Morning Herald
Stan Grant's speech on racism and the Australian dream goes viralThe Guardian
Here's how Australians are reacting to Stan Grant's speech on racism 'killing the Australian dream'Business Insider Australia
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