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Top Australian diplomat backs Recognise campaign
New Zealand Herald
Australia's new high commissioner in London has used one of his first public speeches to back recognition of indigenous people in the constitution. Former foreign minister Alexander Downer, who recently replaced Mike Rann as Canberra's man in the UK, ...

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Downer supports constitutional recognition
Courier Mail
AUSTRALIA'S new high commissioner in London has used one of his first public speeches to back recognition of indigenous people in the constitution. FORMER foreign minister Alexander Downer, who recently replaced Mike Rann as Canberra's man in the ...

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Downer supports constitutional recognition
The Australian
AUSTRALIA'S new high commissioner in London has used one of his first public speeches to back recognition of indigenous people in the constitution. FORMER foreign minister Alexander Downer, who recently replaced Mike Rann as Canberra's man in the ...

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Alexander Downer urges Aussie expats to back constitutional recognition
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Alexander Downer. (AAP). Previous Next Show Grid. Previous Next Hide Grid. Image. 1/. Video. Audio. Australia's new high commissioner in London has used one of his first public speeches to back recognition of indigenous people in the constitution.
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Downer supports constitutional recognition
MSN NZ News
Australia's new high commissioner in London has used one of his first public speeches to back recognition of indigenous people in the constitution. Former foreign minister Alexander Downer, who recently replaced Mike Rann as Canberra's man in the UK, ...

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When Islam came to Australia
BBC News
Few Australians are aware that the country's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples had regular contact with foreign Muslims long before the arrival of Christian colonisers. And Islam continues to exercise an appeal for some Aboriginal peoples ...

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Australia: Aboriginal cave art 'only few years old'
BBC News
A piece of cave art resembling an ancient Aboriginal hand stencil, found near a controversial Australian coalmine project, has turned out to be less than four years old, it's been reported. The drawing was found by environmentalist Chris Jonkers in a ...
"Aboriginal" art stopping coal expansion found to be phonyFerret

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Howard plans constitutional recognition of Aborigines PRINT FRIENDLY EMAIL STORY PM - Thursday, 11 October , 2007 18:26:00 Reporter: Gillian Bradford MARK COLVIN: The Prime Minister has tonight announced a new agenda on reconciliation. John Howard says if re-elected the Coalition will hold a referendum to recognise Indigenous Australians in the preamble of the Constitution. For more on the Prime Minister's speech, I'm joined now from Canberra - http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2007/s2057317.htm

Roundup: Remote Indigenous Australia struggles for economic equality
GlobalPost
SYDNEY, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Indigenous Australia has remained a blind spot for successive governments and the drive for economic and social equality has come under renewed scrutiny in 2014, with a review into Indigenous jobs and training programs ...

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Roundup: Remote Indigenous Australia struggles for economic equality
GlobalPost
SYDNEY, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Indigenous Australia has remained a blind spot for successive governments and the drive for economic and social equality has come under renewed scrutiny in 2014, with a review into Indigenous jobs and training programs ...
​The tyranny of distance: Building better broadband for the bushCNET

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Field Museum Returning Aboriginal Skulls To Australia
CBS Local
CHICAGO (CBS) – A delegation from the Australian state of Tasmania was visiting Chicago to take home the remains of three Aborigines that have been in the collection of the Field Museum since 1958. “These were taken. I can't tell you exactly how, but ...
Field Museum Returns Human Remains to Their Descendants After DecadesDNAinfo

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Remote Indigenous Australia struggles for economic equality
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
SYDNEY, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Indigenous Australia has remained a blind spot for successive governments and the drive for economic and social equality has come under renewed scrutiny in 2014, with a review into Indigenous jobs and training programs ...

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Remote Indigenous Australia struggles for economic equality
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
SYDNEY, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Indigenous Australia has remained a blind spot for successive governments and the drive for economic and social equality has come under renewed scrutiny in 2014, with a review into Indigenous jobs and training programs ...
​The tyranny of distance: Building better broadband for the bushCNET

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Indigenous legal minds meet in Brisbane
ABC Local
Mr Creamer says the World Indigenous Legal Conference, which is held every two years, gives legal minds the chance to look at issues unique to Indigenous communities. He says Australia will be looking to the United States for their experience in ...

"Aboriginal" art stopping coal expansion found to be phony
Australian Mining
The Australian reported that the principal archaeologist for Aecom compared the painting to another aboriginal heritage site in the area, which had more than 20 hand-stencils in red ochre, while the single painting was done in white-grey pigment which ...

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"Aboriginal" art stopping coal expansion found to be phony
Ferret
The Australian reported that the principal archaeologist for Aecom compared the painting to another aboriginal heritage site in the area, which had more than 20 hand-stencils in red ochre, while the single painting was done in white-grey pigment which ...

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The Guardian (blog)
Pecan Summer: an opera for Indigenous Australia
The Guardian (blog)
Photograph: Jorge de Araujo and Richard Jefferson. As Australia's first Indigenous opera, Pecan Summer, prepares to open at the Adelaide Festival Centre for its fourth season, creator and composer Deborah Cheetham well remembers the opera's premiere.

The Guardian (blog)
Pecan Summer: an opera for Indigenous Australia
The Guardian (blog)
Photograph: Jorge de Araujo and Richard Jefferson. As Australia's first Indigenous opera, Pecan Summer, prepares to open at the Adelaide Festival Centre for its fourth season, creator and composer Deborah Cheetham well remembers the opera's premiere.

Failing Aboriginal Australians
CounterPunch
Several recent events in Australia have served to again highlight how little the peoples and cultures of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island nations feature on the national radar. Lack of formal education about Aborigines and a failure on the media ...

Failing Aboriginal Australians
CounterPunch
Several recent events in Australia have served to again highlight how little the peoples and cultures of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island nations feature on the national radar. Lack of formal education about Aborigines and a failure on the media ...