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WHEN Lester Adams looked over his shoulder and saw a sea of Aboriginal ... of the forced closures of Aboriginal communities in Western Australia.

But that doesn't mean he enjoys the limelight. His producer and bass player, Michael Hohnen, does all the talking for him. Gurrumul doesn't give any ...

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6 Shocking Facts About Indigenous Imprisonment In Australia
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In the past 10 years the rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imprisonment has increased by 88%, compared to the non-Indigenous imprisonment rate which has increased by 28%. Indigenous Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda says the ...
Change the Record campaign aims to cut Indigenous jail rates in a generationThe Guardian
National Justice Coalition launch strategy to reduce over-representation of ...ABC Online
Shining the spotlight on Indigenous pharmacy servicesPharmacy News
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Polarising forces threaten to derail bid for indigenous recognition
The Australian (blog)
The danger is that Australia faces a debacle in the campaign to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Constitution. The fear is that the indigenous referendum will suffer the same defeat as the republic referendum 15 years ago. This ...

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For over two centuries, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia have had to endure brutal agression against their societies.

The blind singer, who grew up on an island off the north coast of Australia, has been a star in his homeland since releasing his 2008 solo album, ...

“Our people, the rainforest Aboriginal people of far north Queensland, have lived with cassowaries for thousands of years or since Dreamtime.

Elton John joined him on stage in Australia, and Sting recorded a ... He is said to know hundreds of songs from his Aboriginal tradition but his music, ...

NEW YORK -- Gurrumul is painfully shy, blind and grants no interviews, but the indigenous Australian singer's music is so striking that he has won star ...

A poignant representation of the historic encounter between Aboriginal Australia and the British Empire, the shield elicits mixed reactions as evidence ...

... his youngest son, Prince Harry, had recently “gone walkabout” with the Australian army, alongside Aboriginal soldiers who patrol in the Top End.

The Australian
British Museum indigenous exhibition earns royal approval
The Australian
Muriata, a traditional basket-maker from north Queensland, was among a group of indigenous artists, curators and community leaders who met the prince on Thursday night at the launch of the British Museum exhibition Indigenous Australia: Enduring ...

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The Australian
British Museum indigenous exhibition earns royal approval
The Australian
Muriata, a traditional basket-maker from north Queensland, was among a group of indigenous artists, curators and community leaders who met the prince on Thursday night at the launch of the British Museum exhibition Indigenous Australia: Enduring ...

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Pwerle is an Aboriginal artist based in the Utopia region of Central Australia. ... “Avdo was dealing with Aboriginal art dealers at the time and was ...

The danger is that Australia faces a debacle in the campaign to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Constitution. The fear is that the ...

The Australian
Polarising forces threaten to derailbid for indigenous recognition
The Australian
The danger is that Australia faces a debacle in the campaign to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Constitution. The fear is that the indigenous referendum will suffer the same defeat as the republic referendum 15 years ago. This ...

The Australian
Aboriginal art in decline as critics and judges hold back
The Australian
No distinction between strains of Aboriginal identity can be drawn in polite discourse in Australia, and this complicates consideration of the relative strengths and merits of remote and urban indigenous art-making currents and their complex ...
The Australian children 24 times more likely to face jail than their peersSydney Morning Herald
Family harnesses power of social media to drive protests against forced ...ABC Online
Wollongong stages rally against forced closures of Aboriginal communitiesABC Local
TripleM Sydney -The Guardian -ArtsHub (subscription)
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Aboriginal art in decline as critics and judges hold back
The Australian
No distinction between strains of Aboriginal identity can be drawn in polite discourse in Australia, and this complicates consideration of the relative strengths and merits of remote and urban indigenous art-making currents and their complex ...

The Australian
Aboriginal art in decline as critics and judges hold back
The Australian
No distinction between strains of Aboriginal identity can be drawn in polite discourse in Australia, and this complicates consideration of the relative strengths and merits of remote and urban indigenous art-making currents and their complex ...
Indigenous communities closure: West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says 'no ...ABC Online
The Australian children 24 times more likely to face jail than their peersSydney Morning Herald
Australians Protest Indigenous Community ClosuresteleSUR English
ArtsHub (subscription) -The Press West Coast
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No distinction between strains of Aboriginal identity can be drawn in polite discourse in Australia, and this complicates consideration of the relative ...