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The Guardian
What would alternatives to Anzac day look like?
The Guardian
The undeniable facts of Indigenous dispossession and oppression, which underpin this country's prosperity, are smothered beneath the more palatable origin stories white Australians have created for themselves. One such tale is told by Paul Keating, who ...
Sacrifice of war — the pain of never knowing if their boys were okayCourier Mail
ANZAC DayNeos Kosmos

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Brisbane Times
Remember indigenous Queenslanders who have fought for our nation
Brisbane Times
Another was Warrant Officer Leonard Waters, the first Indigenous Australian to earn his "wings" as a pilot, and whose Kittyhawk aircraft was named 'Black Magic'. For most of the twentieth century, Australia's Indigenous servicemen and women weren't ...
Minister Elmes Urges Respect For Indigenous War HeroesThe Cairns Post
OPINION: Aboriginal servicemen ignored for far too longNewcastle Herald
Comment: On Anzac Day, we remember the Great War but forget our first warSBS (blog)

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SBS (blog)
Comment: On Anzac Day, we remember the Great War but forget our first war
SBS (blog)
On a day when stories of the Great War will be retold, Australia seems unable to incorporate the story of its first war - the war for possession of the continent - into its military history. Source. The Conversation. UPDATED 1 HOUR AGO. By Peter ...
What would alternatives to Anzac day look like?The Guardian
Sacrifice of war — the pain of never knowing if their boys were okayCourier Mail
ANZAC DayNeos Kosmos

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Minister Elmes Urges Respect For Indigenous War Heroes
The Cairns Post
“Indigenous Australians have served the country in conflicts going back to the Boer War, and many have died protecting Australian and Commonwealth interests,” Mr Elmes said. “Many of them had been treated as equals for the first time in their lives as ...
OPINION: Aboriginal servicemen ignored for far too longNewcastle Herald

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Minister Elmes Urges Respect For Indigenous War Heroes
The Cairns Post
“Indigenous Australians have served the country in conflicts going back to the Boer War, and many have died protecting Australian and Commonwealth interests,” Mr Elmes said. “Many of them had been treated as equals for the first time in their lives as ...
OPINION: Aboriginal servicemen ignored for far too longNewcastle Herald

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Brisbane Times
OPINION: Aboriginal servicemen ignored for far too long
Newcastle Herald
This related to the hoary myth that indigenous people had made no contribution to service of the nation in the many overseas wars that have involved Australia since the 19th century. Professor Langton also spoke that evening about the importance of ...
Remember indigenous Queenslanders who have fought for our nationBrisbane Times

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Brisbane Times
OPINION: Aboriginal servicemen ignored for far too long
Newcastle Herald
This related to the hoary myth that indigenous people had made no contribution to service of the nation in the many overseas wars that have involved Australia since the 19th century. Professor Langton also spoke that evening about the importance of ...
Minister Elmes Urges Respect For Indigenous War HeroesThe Cairns Post
Remember indigenous Queenslanders who have fought for our nationBrisbane Times

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The Canberra Times
Lest we forget, wars undeclared
The Canberra Times
We are uncertain of the size of the indigenous population when settlement began. We have no idea how many people died in the smallpox epidemic that swept across south-eastern Australia in advance of settlement. We are unsure what the population was ...

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Royal couple receive traditional Aboriginal welcome in Australian Outback ...
StarPhoenix
SYDNEY - Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate, have received a traditional Aboriginal welcome during a visit to the Australian Outback. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived Tuesday in the tiny town of Yulara, near the bright red sandstone ...

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Royal couple receive traditional Aboriginal welcome in Australian Outback ...
The Province
SYDNEY - Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate, have received a traditional Aboriginal welcome during a visit to the Australian Outback. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived Tuesday in the tiny town of Yulara, near the bright red sandstone ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Gallipoli not the only war to define Australian warfare
Sydney Morning Herald
As an Aboriginal person who had family serve in World War I, I am acutely aware that there are many Aboriginal families who had relatives who fought at Gallipoli. I am nevertheless always deeply concerned each Anzac Day about the way in which Gallipoli ...
Anzac Day's disjuncture from the bloody failure it representsCrikey
Anzac Day: 2014SBS (blog)

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Sky News Australia
Sacrifice of war — the pain of never knowing if their boys were okay
Courier Mail
ENGLISHMAN John Simpson Kirkpatrick, AKA “Simpson”, found fame but not fortune as an Australian stretcher bearer at Gallipoli, but recently historians have found another side to the beloved war casualty which is providing an insight into the lives of ...
On Anzac Day, we remember the Great War but forget our first warThe Conversation
ANZAC DayNeos Kosmos
What would alternatives to Anzac day look like?The Guardian

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The Guardian
Rio Tinto's stance on Kakadu cleanup alarms Indigenous owners
The Guardian
It's a long way from central London to Kakadu national park in Australia's Northern Territory. When Rio Tinto's chief executive, Sam Walsh, addressed shareholders at the company's annual general meeting last week, there was a strong sense of the distance.
Australian Company refuses to clean up uranium mining siteThe Voice of Russia

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Sky News Australia
Call to remember Australia's indigenous soldiers
Gladstone Observer
Minister with responsibility for the Centenary of Anzac commemorations and Indigenous Affairs Minister Glen Elmes said most Australians were familiar with the achievements of Australia's indigenous sportspeople and entertainers, but there was little ...
ANZAC – a time to remember all veteransMy Sunshine Coast (press release)

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Call to remember Australia's indigenous soldiers
Bundaberg News Mail
QUEENSLANDERS are being encouraged to recognise the many indigenous Australians who have served in the military on the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. Minister with responsibility for the Centenary of Anzac commemorations and ...

Sydney Morning Herald
ANZAC – a time to remember all veterans
My Sunshine Coast (press release)
Minister with responsibility for the Centenary of ANZAC commemorations and Indigenous Affairs Minister, Glen Elmes, said most Australians are familiar with the achievements of Australia's Indigenous sportspeople and entertainers, but there's little ...
Gallipoli beckons as dawn breaksThe Australian
Comment: On Anzac Day, we remember the Great War but forget our first warSBS (blog)
Anzac Day 2014: Thousands attend services worldwide to commemorate Anzac ...Radio Australia
The Guardian
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Daily Life
Aboriginal scientific achievements recognised at last
Daily Life
Just one generation ago Australian schoolkids were taught that Aboriginal people couldn't count beyond five, wandered the desert scavenging for food, had no civilisation, couldn't navigate and peacefully acquiesced when Western Civilisation rescued ...

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Aboriginal scientific achievements recognised at last
WA today
Just one generation ago Australian schoolkids were taught that Aboriginal people couldn't count beyond five, wandered the desert scavenging for food, had no civilisation, couldn't navigate and peacefully acquiesced when Western Civilisation rescued ...

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Aboriginal scientific achievements recognised at last
The Age
Just one generation ago Australian schoolkids were taught that Aboriginal people couldn't count beyond five, wandered the desert scavenging for food, had no civilisation, couldn't navigate and peacefully acquiesced when Western Civilisation rescued ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal scientific achievements recognised at last
Sydney Morning Herald
Just one generation ago Australian schoolkids were taught that Aboriginal people couldn't count beyond five, wandered the desert scavenging for food, had no civilisation, couldn't navigate and peacefully acquiesced when Western Civilisation rescued ...

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