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Indigenous rally on Australia Day in Qld
Sydney Morning Herald
AAP. Australia Day has opened old wounds for Brisbane's indigenous population, who say their places of worship aren't being respected by authorities. About 300 indigenous Australians and their supporters rallied outside Parliament House on Saturday, ...

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Indigenous rally on Australia Day in Qld
The Age
Australia Day has opened old wounds for Brisbane's indigenous population, who say their places of worship aren't being respected by authorities. About 300 indigenous Australians and their supporters rallied outside Parliament House on Saturday, calling ...

Indigenous party rallies in Canberra
The Australian
Australian First Nation's Political Party (AFNPP) founder Maurie Japarta Ryan on Saturday led a group of Aboriginals and supporters to the steps of Old Parliament House, across the road from the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. Mr Ryan, who is from the ...

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Indigenous party rallies in Canberra
Yahoo!7 News
Australian First Nation's Political Party (AFNPP) founder Maurie Japarta Ryan on Saturday led a group of Aboriginals and supporters to the steps of Old Parliament House, across the road from the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. Mr Ryan, who is from the ...

Afghan refugee wins Young Australian of the Year
ABC Online
AKRAM AZIMI: I feel that my message and the kind of work I've been doing has struck a chord not only with Indigenous Australians but with the wider community, the non-Indigenous population. And my ideas basically are very simply. I had the chance to go ...

NEWS.com.au
Indigenous Australians mark 75 years since Day of Mourning protests
ABC Online
ASHLEY HALL: For many Indigenous Australians, today marks the 75th anniversary of the fight for Aboriginal rights and recognition. In 1938, a large group of Aboriginal people gathered in Sydney at a protest they called The Day of Mourning. The ...
Aboriginal flag raised on Harbour BridgeThe Australian
Small steps to reconciliation on Australia Day 2013NEWS.com.au
Australian, Aboriginal flags to fly in SydneyStuff.co.nz
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Indigenous rights movement as important as ever
ABC Online
For many Indigenous Australians, today marks the 75th anniversary in the fight for Aboriginal rights and recognition. In 1938, a large group of Aboriginal people gathered in Sydney at a protest they called the Day of Mourning, which marked 150 years ...
Aboriginal flag raised on Harbour BridgeNEWS.com.au

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Aboriginal flag raised on Harbour Bridge
NEWS.com.au
For the first time, the Aboriginal and Australian flags have flown together atop the Harbour Bridge. Source: AAP. THE Sydney Harbour Bridge has become a symbol to the nation's indigenous population on Australia Day, 225 years after the First Fleet arrived.

Brisbane Times
Former top cop and indigenous activist nab Australia Day honours
Brisbane Times
Eddie Mabo's wife and a former police commissioner will be among the five Queenslanders honoured as Officers (AO) in the Order of Australia on Australia Day. The award has been bestowed on Bonita Mabo for her lifetime of activism and service to the ...
Bonita Mabo's battle as vital as Eddie'sThe Australian
Mabo's life remembered in bitter-sweet momentThe Border Mail
Eminent Australians awarded top honoursYahoo!7 News
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Childers man awarded OAM for work with indigenous
Gladstone Observer
Mr Small said he had worked in a variety of different capacities, working with youths in detention, as a social worker, an academic and as a prison officer, to assist Indigenous communities of Australia on and off for 40 years. He said his key areas of ...

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Australia Day honours: Gunditjmara woman awarded for health work
Melbounre Times Weekly
“For an Aboriginal person to put their feet on their country it's like,” she pauses, “being rejuvenated”. Gallagher is an indigenous advocate – promoting health and fi ghting to preserve culture for more than four decades. On Australia Day, the 57-year ...

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The Canberra Times
Improving outcomes in Aboriginal health
The Canberra Times
She is also proud of her role in the return of 800 Aboriginal skeletons - the Murray Black Collection - from the Museum of Victoria and the National Museum of Australia to indigenous communities in northern Victoria and southern New South Wales for burial.

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Wesfarmers boss Richard Goyder's bid to tackle Aboriginal disadvantage
The Australian
WHEN Richard Goyder was growing up on a farm in Western Australia in the 1960s, he was a frequent witness to shameful episodes of racism and indigenous disadvantage. The boy from tiny Tambellup, 300km southeast of Perth, now runs Wesfarmers, ...

The Age
Improving outcomes in Aboriginal health
The Age
JILL Gallagher is humbled by her Order of Australia for distinguished service to Victoria's indigenous community. But she's not about to rest on her laurels. There's still a lot of work to be done. As head of the Victorian Aboriginal Community ...
Australia Day honours: Gunditjmara woman awarded for health workMelbounre Times Weekly

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Sydney Morning Herald
Improving outcomes in Aboriginal health
Sydney Morning Herald
She is also proud of her role in the return of 800 Aboriginal skeletons - the Murray Black Collection - from the Museum of Victoria and the National Museum of Australia to indigenous communities in northern Victoria and southern New South Wales for burial.
Penpix of ACT Resident of the YearBigPond News

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WA today
Improving outcomes in Aboriginal health
WA today
JILL Gallagher is humbled by her Order of Australia for distinguished service to Victoria's indigenous community. But she's not about to rest on her laurels. There's still a lot of work to be done. As head of the Victorian Aboriginal Community ...

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Indigenous business tackles multinational football maker Sherrin
The Australian
Former South Australian cricketer and social entrepreneur Chris Harms' Indigenous Footy Business program has secured major private and government backing to train 200 Aborigines in Outback and suburban centres to make 50 per cent of footballs used in ...

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Prison sentences less likely in Indigenous courts, study finds
Phys.Org
Researchers from QUT's School of Justice found Indigenous offenders in South Australia were significantly less likely to be imprisoned, or receive penalties that often led to jail, when sentenced in courts for Indigenous offenders. Dr Samantha Jeffries ...

NEWS.com.au
Refugee is Young Australian of the Year
NEWS.com.au
He was picked as an inspiration for his work mentoring people with disability and in indigenous communities, the latter beginning with a trip to a community in the Kimberley in Western Australia that he hoped would provide some adventure. "What I did ...
Young refugee in the running for Young Australian of the YearRadio Australia
West Australian Akram Azimi is Young Australian of the YearPerth Now

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Indigenous leader Australia's Local Hero
Adelaide Now
AUSTRALIA'S 2013 Local Hero Shane Phillips plans to share his award with his indigenous community in Sydney's Redfern. The 48-year-old father of three, who is a respected member of the Redfern community, received the honour at the Australian of the ...
Indigenous leader is Australia's heroThe Age

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