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Sydney Swans star Adam Goodes has said a 'war dance' he used after scoring a goal was nothing more than a celebration of his heritage, but critics ...

The Age
The man who sparked Kevin Sheedy's fascination with Aboriginal Australia
The Age
I once asked Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy where his fascination with Aboriginal Australia began. He told me there was an Aboriginal player from Tasmania at Richmond during his playing days called Derek Peardon. Sheedy said Peardon was a very quiet ...

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I once asked Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy where his fascination with Aboriginal Australia began. He told me there was an Aboriginal player from ...

"National Reconciliation Week is celebrated to mark the rich culture and history of the first Australians - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples," ...

Indigenous aboriginal landowners in Australia's Queensland state on Friday announced a fresh federal court challenge to Indian mining firm Adani ...

He discovered northern Australia and that led in time to his relationship with Michael Long, which in turn led to changes in the character of Australian ...

The Guardian
No guarantees sought over NT remote Indigenous communities, Senate hears
The Guardian
A similar takeover of services in Western Australia led that state's government to announce it would shut several remote communities. The prime minister, Tony Abbott, backed the move saying the public purse should not prop up people's “lifestyle choices”.

[ May 29, 2015 12:45:00 ] Melbourne: Indigenous aboriginal landowners in Australia"s Queensland state on Friday announced a fresh federal court ...

The Central Australian Aboriginal Alcohol Programs Unit (CAAAPU) said it was prepared to provide treatment facilities for indigenous people suffering ...

The Guardian
Aboriginal landowners throw fresh legal challenge to Adani Group's Carmichael ...
Economic Times
W&J traditional owner and spokesperson Adrian Burragubba said, "First, we announce that we have filed an appeal and judicial review in the Federal Court of Australia. This court action challenges the decision of Australia's National Native Title ...
Adani overestimated Carmichael coalmine benefits, Indigenous group saysThe Guardian
Adani's Australian coal mine project faces new legal hurdleBusiness Today

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Australian Times
Origins Festival highlights Indigenous Australia in London
Australian Times
To coincide with the British Museum putting its Indigenous Australian treasures on display, the venue will host the ancient music of the Torres Straight Islands' Zugubal Dancers and the festival's cinema highlights include showcasing the films made by ...

MELBOURNE: Indigenous aboriginal landowners in Australia's Queensland state today announced a fresh federal court challenge to Indian mining ...

There is hope a new cultural awareness program in the Central West will lead to more Aboriginal people in Australian workplaces. TAFE Western ...

The Guardian (blog)
Book opens Pandora's box of sad tales but true of Indigenous experience
The Guardian (blog)
Observing and listening at close quarters was Barrie Dexter, the head of what was then the office in charge of implementing the commonwealth's new policies for Indigenous Australians. Dexter was also executive member, along with the brilliant economist ...

cried Australia's first federal minister for Aboriginal affairs. 'No minister,' Barrie Dexter told him. After two centuries of neglect, there were other priorities ...

At that referendum more than 90 per cent of Australians voted 'Yes' to give the Australian Government the power to make laws for Aboriginal and ...

Dyson Heppell at home among Indigenous Australians
The Age
In 2011, at the end of his first AFL season, he was invited to go on a trip to the Tiwi Islands along with five teammates including Courtenay Dempsey. "It was a chance to get to know what was going on in those parts of indigenous Australia and a chance ...

In 2013, he went to the troubled Aboriginal community of Wadeye following a murder in the community that had led to what Heppell calls a civil war.

... Aboriginal workforce. Hundreds of industry and community leaders have gathered for the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) ...

ABC Online
Rugby sevens seen as a path to more Indigenous Wallabies at Test level
ABC Online
Wallabies hooker Saia Fainga'a believes rugby sevens can serve as a key pathway to see more Indigenous Australians play at the Test and Super Rugby level. Fainga'a, and his twin brother Anthony, are two of only 13 Indigenous Australians to have ...

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