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ABC Online
Red Centre park names to include Aboriginal heritage
ABC Online
The NT Minister for Parks and Wildlife says three parks in central Australia have had their names changed to include the local Aboriginal name. Emily and Jessie Gaps Nature Park is now Yeperenye / Emily and Jessie Gaps Nature Park, West MacDonnell ...
West MacDonnell National Park, Emily and Jessie Gaps, Ewaninga rock area ...The West Australian

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GlobalPost
Death of Aboriginal woman in custody sparks protests in Australia
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
The woman's grandmother, Carol Roe, has called for another Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody, with the first being conducted in 1991 under the Hawke Labor Government as protesters prepare for nationwide demonstrations on Thursday.
Death in custody of Ms Dhu: calls for fresh Indigenous royal commissionThe Guardian

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The Guardian
Indigenous jobs program may face cuts after 'comprehensive failure'
The Guardian
The Remote Jobs and Communities Program (RJCP), initiated by Labor, has helped 618 people in the past 15 months get a job, but Indigenous affairs minister Nigel Scullion has argued it is a failure because in the 2013-14 financial year only 277 ...

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Death in custody of Ms Dhu: calls for fresh Indigenous royal commission
The Guardian
The grandmother of a woman who died in a West Australian watchhouse while being detained for unpaid parking fines has called for a second royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody, as protesters prepare for nationwide demonstrations on ...
Death of Aboriginal woman in custody sparks protests in AustraliaShanghai Daily (subscription)

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Sydney Morning Herald
Gough Whitlam helped big things grow for indigenous people
Sydney Morning Herald
In Aboriginal communities across the nation there are people named Whitlam, in tribute to the man who might be regarded as Australia's first prime minister for indigenous affairs. "All of us as Australians are diminished while the Aborigines are denied ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Gough Whitlam helped big things grow for indigenous people
Sydney Morning Herald
In Aboriginal communities across the nation there are people named Whitlam, in tribute to the man who might be regarded as Australia's first prime minister for indigenous affairs. "All of us as Australians are diminished while the Aborigines are denied ...

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Hacked controversial emails spur furious ethical debate
The Canberra Times
... decision to publish by reference to Professor Spurr's public role as a consultant on the National School Curriculum and in particular, to his advice that indigenous Australian writing is over-emphasised, and the Judeo-Christian literary tradition ...
Bigoted Barry Spurr: Christopher Pyne's racist reviewerIndependent Australia
English review unlikely despite professor's suspensionABC Message Stick
Sydney University academic suspended over offensive emailsSydney City News
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Sydney Morning Herald
What did Gough Whitlam actually do? Rather a lot
Sydney Morning Herald
The policy also created the modern phenomenon of "mature-age students", with a rush of older Australians getting degrees in the 1970s. ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS. Paul Keating: "Gough Whitlam changed the way Australia thought about itself and gave the ...

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The Australian
Aboriginal leaders hail a Gough Whitlam as a true friend 'who freed us from ...
The Australian
Noel Pearson said Mr Whitlam was Australia's first modern leader on the issue of indigenous affairs. “He was Australia's greatest white elder and friend, without peer, to indigenous Australians,'' the founder of the Cape York Institute said ...

The Australian
Aboriginal leaders hail a Gough Whitlam as a true friend 'who freed us from ...
The Australian
Noel Pearson said Mr Whitlam was Australia's first modern leader on the issue of indigenous affairs. “He was Australia's greatest white elder and friend, without peer, to indigenous Australians,'' the founder of the Cape York Institute said ...

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Hacked controversial emails spur furious ethical debate
The Age
Graham has been careful to justify his decision to publish by reference to Professor Spurr's public role as a consultant on the National School Curriculum and in particular, to his advice that indigenous Australian writing is over-emphasised, and the ...
English review unlikely despite professor's suspensionABC Message Stick
Sydney University academic suspended over offensive emailsSydney City News
Pyne backs review despite Spurr slursThe Australian
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NEWS.com.au
Whitlam's legacy in Aboriginal education in Western Australia
ABC Local
The decision to fund independent Aboriginal community schools set the standard for bilingual education in Western Australia. John and Gwen Bucknall cut their teeth in Aboriginal education on Elcho Island off the Arnhem Land coast in 1971, and then ...
Gough Whitlam: former PM was father of Aboriginal land rights in AustraliaNEWS.com.au
Indigenous Australians remember Gough Whitlam's Gurindji land rights legacyABC Online
Whitlam first PM for indigenous Australia9news.com.au

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Whitlam's legacy in Aboriginal education in Western Australia
ABC Local
The decision to fund independent Aboriginal community schools set the standard for bilingual education in Western Australia. John and Gwen Bucknall cut their teeth in Aboriginal education on Elcho Island off the Arnhem Land coast in 1971, where they ...

ABC Online
Whitlam first PM for indigenous Australia
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Mr Whitlam died on Tuesday, aged 98, leaving behind a legacy of driving change for Australia's indigenous people. He paved the way for indigenous land rights and legislated the Racial Discrimination Act. In the final weeks of his government, Mr Whitlam ...
Indigenous Australians remember Gough Whitlam's Gurindji land rights legacyABC Online
Gough Whitlam remembered: a true leader for Indigenous AustraliansThe Guardian
Whitlam Aboriginal rights under threatThe West Australian
Sydney Morning Herald
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The Guardian
Whitlam first PM for indigenous Australia
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The Central Land Council says Mr Whitlam was Australia's first prime minister for Aboriginal affairs, despite never holding the title officially. "We all know that's who he was," chair Francis Kelly said. "He didn't need to give himself that name ...
Gough Whitlam remembered: a true leader for Indigenous AustraliansThe Guardian
Whitlam Aboriginal rights under threatThe West Australian
Indigenous Australians remember Gough Whitlam's Gurindji land rights legacyABC Online
Pro Bono Australia
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SBS
Whitlam first PM for indigenous Australia
NEWS.com.au
ALMOST 40 years on, soil from the same land will be offered back to the Whitlam family to signal the former prime minister's importance in Aboriginal history. Mr Whitlam died on Tuesday, aged 98, leaving behind a legacy of driving change for Australia ...
Indigenous Australians pay tribute to Gough WhitlamSBS

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ABC Online
Whitlam first PM for indigenous Australia
9news.com.au
When Gough Whitlam famously poured soil into the hands of Gurindji leader Vincent Lingiari it became a symbol of his dedication to indigenous land rights. Almost 40 years on, soil from the same land will be offered back to the Whitlam family to signal ...
Gough Whitlam's life in picturesABC Online

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The Australian
Whitlam first PM for indigenous Australia
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When Gough Whitlam famously poured soil into the hands of Gurindji leader Vincent Lingiari it became a symbol of his dedication to indigenous land rights. Almost 40 years on, soil from the same land will be offered back to the Whitlam family to signal ...
Bill Shorten on Gough WhitlamSydney Morning Herald
Gough Whitlam praised from both sides of politicsThe Australian
The Gough Whitlam moments that changed your lifeYahoo!7 News
On Line opinion -The Guardian
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NEWS.com.au
Gough the hero of Aboriginal rights
NEWS.com.au
In 1992, national recognition finally came when the High Court heard the Mabo case and found the doctrine of terra nullius — of Australia as an empty land prior to white arrival — to be a myth. This led to the creation of Native Title law, which gave ...

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Gough Whitlam tribute: Indigenous leaders say former Labor leader a champion ...
Yahoo!7 News
Mr Lingiari's grandson Maurie Japarta Ryan said that moment marked a seminal point in Indigenous land rights. "It was enormous, it's like the equivalent to Armstrong walking on the moon. It was a giant step for him to do that on behalf of the ...