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Jacqui Lambie's Indigenous heritage claims surprise members of Tasmania's ...
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"I acknowledge and pay my respects to Australia's Aboriginal traditional owners. I share their blood, culture and history through my mother's, Sue Lambie's, family," Senator Lambie said. "We trace our history over six generations to celebrated ...

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American Indians and Australian Aborigines Traveled a Similar Path
Huffington Post
Aborigines make up two percent of Australia's population of 22 million and, like their American Indian counterparts; they are their country's poorest, unhealthiest and most disadvantaged of all minorities. Both governments have spent millions of ...

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Applicants to miss out as Coalition shifts posts on indigenous funding
The Australian
The government's strategy streamlines 150 indigenous programs and activities into five broad programs covering jobs, land and economy; children and schooling; safety and wellbeing; culture and capability; and remote Australia strategies. “Organisations ...

Applicants to miss out as Coalition shifts posts on indigenous funding
The Australian
The government's strategy streamlines 150 indigenous programs and activities into five broad programs covering jobs, land and economy; children and schooling; safety and wellbeing; culture and capability; and remote Australia strategies. “Organisations ...

'We have got to stop the abuse'
The Australian
Fiona Arney, director of the Australian Centre for Child Protection at the University of South Australia, says many families in remote South Australian Aboriginal communities in need of support are not being well served by the system. “At the moment it ...

Dealer Joins Dots Between Climate and Aboriginal Art
Truth-Out
Instead, Newstead ended up becoming one of Australia's leading dealers in Aboriginal art - a panoramic life story he recounts in his provocatively-titled memoir The Dealer Is The Devil, which was released to wide critical acclaim this year. His study ...

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Stornoway Gazette
Grounded exhibition finds the Hebridean links to Aboriginal Australia
Stornoway Gazette
“Of course the weather doesn't compare, but in Australian aboriginal cultures the connection to the land is really intrinsic; the people and the land are very much one. All indigenous people have that important connection to land and that's been lost ...

Improve education, employment and community safety for indigenous Australians
The Australian
For indigenous Australians the national story is big on symbolism but light on results. It shouldn't be a choice of symbolism or solutions. We should have both. We should be able to settle the issue of the Constitution without losing a moment's work on ...

Northern Australia report: Aboriginal land compulsory acquisition paragraph ...
ABC Online
Northern Australia report: Aboriginal land compulsory acquisition paragraph withdrawn from NT Government Response. By Felicity James. Updated September 05, 2014 18:47:51. About 50 per cent of land in the NT is Aboriginal land. Photo: About 50 per cent ...

Addressing Aboriginal disadvantage — that's what I call a defining moment
The Australian
Recently, she spoke at a service in Westminster Abbey to dedicate a stone in memory of Arthur Phillip as the “founder of modern Australia”. On many occasions, Bashir has publicly lamented the enduring legacy of the mistreatment of Aborigines since ...

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Addressing Aboriginal disadvantage — that's what I call a defining moment
The Australian
IF NSW Governor Marie Bashir is known for one thing, it is her ability to praise the good in everyone. Recently, she spoke at a service in Westminster Abbey to dedicate a stone in memory of Arthur Phillip as the “founder of modern Australia”. On many ...

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Addressing Aboriginal disadvantage — that's what I call a defining moment
The Australian
Recently, she spoke at a service in Westminster Abbey to dedicate a stone in memory of Arthur Phillip as the “founder of modern Australia”. On many occasions, Bashir has publicly lamented the enduring legacy of the mistreatment of Aborigines since ...

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Addressing Aboriginal disadvantage — that's what I call a defining moment
The Australian
IF NSW Governor Marie Bashir is known for one thing, it is her ability to praise the good in everyone. Recently, she spoke at a service in Westminster Abbey to dedicate a stone in memory of Arthur Phillip as the “founder of modern Australia”. On many ...

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SBS
Australia accused of falling behind on Indigenous women's rights
SBS
The initiative, conceived by the Commonwealth of Australia and State of Victoria, has been launched ahead of the departure of an Indigenous delegation to the United Nation's World Conference on Indigenous People in New York that will feature women's ...
British Council helps Indigenous cultural leaders AccelerateArtsHub (subscription)
The panel: Tony Abbott, one year onThe Guardian

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SBS
Australia accused of falling behind on Indigenous women's rights
SBS
The initiative, conceived by the Commonwealth of Australia and State of Victoria, has been launched ahead of the departure of an Indigenous delegation to the United Nation's World Conference on Indigenous People in New York that will feature women's ...
British Council helps Indigenous cultural leaders AccelerateArtsHub (subscription)
The panel: Tony Abbott, one year onThe Guardian

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British Council helps Indigenous cultural leaders Accelerate
ArtsHub (subscription)
At the event, the Chair of the Australia Council for the Arts Rupert Myer also announced $355,700 in funding over the next three years, to help expand the Accelerate program, which provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with the skills ...
Australia accused of falling behind on Indigenous women's rightsSBS
The panel: Tony Abbott, one year onThe Guardian

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Winner of Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing announced
ArtsHub (subscription)
'All over Australia since the Mabo decision, the legal trappings around native title have divided Aboriginal communities. When you put that type of legal apparatus on top of communities that are already traumatized by colonisation, then it's a recipe ...

British Council helps Indigenous cultural leaders Accelerate
ArtsHub (subscription)
Bullen has been the Curator of Indigenous Art at the Gallery of Western Australia since 2005, and conducted many lectures, most recently in Next Wave festival's Blak Wave program. Lane has worked as a researcher and curator at a number of institutions ...

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Winner of Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing announced
ArtsHub (subscription)
'All over Australia since the Mabo decision, the legal trappings around native title have divided Aboriginal communities. When you put that type of legal apparatus on top of communities that are already traumatized by colonisation, then it's a recipe ...

Indigenous cultural leaders to Accelerate
ArtsHub (subscription)
At the event, the Chair of the Australia Council for the Arts Rupert Myer also announced $355,700 in funding over the next three years, to help expand the Accelerate program, which provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with the skills ...

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