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AC/DC and Jimmy Little classics named 2012 Sounds of Australia
NEWS.com.au
The 2012 Sounds of Australia are: Royal Telephone by Jimmy Little, the first recording by an Indigenous Australian to achieve mainstream chart success, 1963;. It's A Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) by AC/DC,1975;. A Track Winding Back ...

Sounds of then: This is Australia
ABC Online
MICHAEL EDWARDS: Luise Hercus' collection of more than a thousand hours of Indigenous languages from across the Australia recorded over four decades has also been selected. Her friend Grace Koch works at the Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

The Cairns Post
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair 'priceless' to Far Northern tourism
The Cairns Post
MORE than 16,000 people filed through the galleries of the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, proving the event's cultural and commercial worth to the Far North. Organisers estimate almost $600,000 worth of art was sold during the three-day exhibition series ...

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Brough accused of racism
The Sunshine Coast Daily
MAL Brough has been slammed for his "redneck tendencies" and has been accused of racism following his comments about Australia's leading indigenous affairs newspaper. Some have called for the newly endorsed candidate for Fisher's resignation from ...

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AC/DC and Jimmy Little classics named 2012 Sounds of Australia
NEWS.com.au
Royal Telephone by Jimmy Little, the first recording by an Indigenous Australian to achieve mainstream chart success, 1963;. It's A Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) by AC/DC,1975;. A Track Winding Back by Barry Humphries and Dick ...
Sounds of then: This is AustraliaABC Online
Classics From AC/DC, Nick Cave Preserved For Future Generations In National ...Tone Deaf
AC/DC classic added to national song registerYahoo!7 News

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AC/DC and Jimmy Little classics named 2012 Sounds of Australia
Herald Sun
The 2012 Sounds of Australia are: Royal Telephone by Jimmy Little, the first recording by an Indigenous Australian to achieve mainstream chart success, 1963;. It's A Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) by AC/DC,1975;. A Track Winding Back ...
AC/DC classic added to national song registerABC Online
AC/DC rock 'n' rolls way onto National Film and Sound Archives listCourier Mail

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Yarrabah and Opera Australia puts history on stage
The Cairns Post
YARRABAH has had its first taste of a landmark collaboration with Opera Australia which documents the indigenous township's history through music. A performance of Yarrabah! The Musical was held in the community for residents last night, and local star ...
Painful past inspires musical presenceThe Australian

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Aboriginal voters throw out Labor Party in Australia. What could we do in Canada?
Canada First Perspective
The Aboriginal vote which was in the hands of the Labour Party for years gave the 11 year government the heave-ho and established the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia as a political powerhouse. Much like Canada, Australia is a country rich in natural ...

Incidence and causes of end-stage renal disease among Aboriginal children ...
Canada First Perspective
The Aboriginal vote which was in the hands of the Labour Party for years gave the 11 year government the heave-ho and established the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia as a political powerhouse. Much like Canada, Australia is a country rich in natural ...

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He served in two world wars but only white soldiers got land: a son's $5m bill ...
The Australian
Lovett, who grew up at Lake Condah, had been a machine-gunner on the Western Front during World War I and served in Australia during World War II. He did not receive a reply, and the land was sold off to non-Aboriginal farmers. Sixty-seven years later, ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Under the skin of an enigmatic pioneer
Sydney Morning Herald
It is late April and a dozen of Australia's leading Aboriginal artists have gathered inside a former naval cottage at Georges Heights above Sydney Harbour for some brainstorming. Master of ceremonies is indigenous curator Djon Mundine, his signature ...

Cairns athlete uses New York Marathon experience to inspire others to run
The Cairns Post
A CAIRNS woman who was the first indigenous Australian female to cross the line in the world's most famous marathon is using the experience to inspire others. Nadine Hunt, 24, was a member of an 11-person squad that took part in the New York Marathon ...

Extracting the best for indigenous communities
The Australian Financial Review
Indigenous Australians make up 2.5 per cent of the Australian population and have the highest comparative unemployment rate in the country. If we are going to label anything as the biggest challenge facing our people, it should be employment and ...

The Age
A progressive decline
The Australian
Asked what implications the vote will have, Price tells The Australian, "It's a lesson that Aboriginal people out in the communities do want to be included in being part of the Territory, and to be acknowledged as part of the Territory. You just can't ...
Northern Territory Labor blames federal colleagues for election lossRadio Australia
Arrogant Indigenous policies that toppled NT Labor is a lesson for FedsThe Conversation
NT POLL-DANCE: CLP won the battle of the bush but could federal Labor win ...VEXNEWS
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Constitutional recognition dead in the water, says Mick Gooda
The Australian
Professor Langton, the chairwoman of Australian indigenous studies at the University of Melbourne, aired during her speech the explosive theory that the race power embedded in Australia's Constitution had engendered the rise of an "era of indigenous ...
Call for end to race-based social entitlementsSBS
Call for end to 'perverted' race-based welfareABC Online

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Australian, Nigerian Arts Showcased in Abuja
AllAfrica.com
The Australian High Commission in Nigeria recently showcased its indigenous cultural heritage through an art exhibition in partnership with National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Abuja. The exhibition featured both countries indigenous arts work and crafts.

SBS
Call for end to race-based welfare
SBS
Professor Marcia Langton, chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne, has called for an end to race-based entitlement, saying it's actually damaging Indigenous Australians. In a landmark speech at the Melbourne Writers ...

Race power leads to discrimination, indigenous culture of entitlement, says ...
The Australian
ABORIGINAL professor Marcia Langton has ignited a far-reaching debate on Australia's historical recognition of Aboriginal people in the constitution, arguing that the existence of race power has allowed discriminatory policy-making but has also created ...
Call for end to 'perverted' race-based welfareABC Online

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Indigenous snub a 'lesson for fed govt'
The Daily Telegraph
THE Northern Territory's new chief minister has warned the federal government needs to show more respect to Aboriginal people, accusing Labor of "sucking the life out of communities" in its handling of the intervention program. The Labor Party seems ...

Indigenous groups seeking Polynesian Leaders' membership
Radio Australia
Australia Network's Pacific correspondent, Sean Dorney, reports from the Cook Islands where the Polynesian leaders met on the eve of this year's Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting. DORNEY: The Polynesian Leaders Group was established only a few ...