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Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal women's choir performs baroque hymns in Arrarnta language
Sydney Morning Herald
Today, the Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir spans five Aboriginal communities and they sing in six languages, including traditional Aboriginal languages, English, German and Zulu. Two honorary male members will accompany the 29 women on ...

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"Australia could not have a better group of ambassadors to represent us," said ... Today, the Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir spans five ...

The Guardian
Indigenous people fear being left out of recognition debate, academic says
The Guardian
In a keynote speech to the biennial National Rural Health Conference in Darwin on Monday, she said Indigenous people are concerned that a referendum, to be held in 2017, will result only in symbolic recognition without any real constitutional power.

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The Guardian
Australia developing first ever school curriculum for Indigenous languages
The Guardian
Jakelin Troy, director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research at the University of Sydney and a key writer of the curriculum, currently in draft stage, said it will mark the first time in the country's history that an Australian language ...
Mackay Regional Council to celebrate Reconciliation WeekMackay Daily Mercury

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The Guardian
Australia developing first ever school curriculum for Indigenous languages
The Guardian
Teaching language to Indigenous children empowers them to 'think along the lines' of their own culture and to see the 'incredible intelligence' of their own people, says Darug man and teacher Richard Green. Photograph: Peter Holmes A Court/AAP.
Mackay Regional Council to celebrate Reconciliation WeekMackay Daily Mercury

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Australia will soon have a national school curriculum for Aboriginal Languages ... It will be published by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and ...

The Hindu
Aboriginal art from Australia
Business Standard
An exhibition from Australia, which reveals the aboriginal history of the world's longest stock route through the deserts of Western Australia, has gone on display here. Titled 'Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route' the show provides a window to the ...
Aboriginal works that convey sacred storiesThe Hindu

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An exhibition from Australia, which reveals the aboriginal history of the world's longest stock route through the deserts of Western Australia, has gone ...

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Kudos: this week's winners
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This was the first land grant by colonial authorities to an Aboriginal person in Australia. Led by Mundine, a group of emerging and established Indigenous artists developed work inspired by the life and story of Bungaree, who was an important ...

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Awards and recognition for Australian playwrights and an Indigenous ... the first land grant by colonial authorities to an Aboriginal person in Australia.

... chairman Bernard Singer has been re-elected to an executive board that manages remote Aboriginal communities in South Australia's far north.

Remote APY Lands Aboriginal community uses marbles in board election to ... South Australia's acting electoral commissioner, David Gully, said an ...

The Guardian
Indigenous man's death in custody blamed on NT 'paperless arrest' powers
The Guardian
Jonathon Hunyor, principal lawyer at the North Australian Aboriginal justice agency (Naaja) said the arrest powers lacked accountability and safeguards, and had a greater impact on homeless and Aboriginal people. Naaja has previously challenged the ...
'Death in custody result of NT policy'9news.com.au

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The Guardian
Indigenous man's death in custody blamed on NT 'paperless arrest' powers
The Guardian
Jonathon Hunyor, principal lawyer at the North Australian Aboriginal justice agency (Naaja) said the arrest powers lacked accountability and safeguards, and had a greater impact on homeless and Aboriginal people. Naaja has previously challenged the ...
'Death in custody result of NT policy'Daily Mail

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Jonathon Hunyor, principal lawyer at the North Australian Aboriginal justice agency (Naaja) said the arrest powers lacked accountability and ...

The furore over Western Australia's plans to close up to 150 remote communities is the latest episode in a history of Aboriginal people fighting against ...

He played just 17 games over two seasons as the 12th Aboriginal player to play at ... Without doubt the most significant moment in Australian football's ...

National Reconciliation Week 2015 National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is celebrated across Australia each year between 27 May and 3 June. ... The campaign focuses on recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in ...

"Reconciliation is about building stronger relationships between Aboriginal and ... Islander peoples and the wider community for the benefit of all of Australia," ... "A yarning circle is a tool that has been used by Aboriginal people for ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner Mick ... Australia has in many respects failed to implement the principles of this UN ...