Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SBS
How AI is helping preserve Indigenous languages
SBS
Australia's Indigenous population is rich in linguistic diversity, with over 300 languages spoken across different communities. Some of the languages can be as distinct as Japanese is to German. But many are at risk of becoming extinct because they are ...

ABC Online
Remote NT school reopens after Indigenous ceremony removes 'curse'
ABC Online
On Groote Eylandt, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Indigenous residents readily acknowledge the existence of curses. So when one was placed on Angurugu School, supposedly by a man after a fight with his wife, it closed for the next 13 days. But the 159 ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal reconciliation and what we can learn from a French philosopher
ABC Online
What can a French historian and philosopher tell us about reconciliation between black and white in Australia? More than a century ago, when in Australia it was still widely presumed that Aboriginal people were a dying race, Ernest Renan was grappling ...

Architecture AU
We need to stop innovating in Indigenous housing and get on with Closing the Gap
Architecture AU
The tenth anniversary of the launch of the Council of Australian Governments' (COAG) Closing the Gap agenda came and went, with the usual (often exasperated) commentators noting the lack of progress. The Australian Human Rights Commission was ...

TIMES NEWS GROUP (press release) (blog)
Australia's Best Indigenous Surfers carve up Bells
TIMES NEWS GROUP (press release) (blog)
Some of the country's best Indigenous surfers congregated on Bells Beach over the weekend for the seventh annual Australian Indigenous Surfing Titles. Surfing Victoria's Jordie Campbell, one of the event's organisers, said the competition had gone from ...

The West Australian
Indigenous mental health a vital focus for Pilbara NGOs
The West Australian
Pioneering Aboriginal psychologist and WA Australian of the Year winner Tracy Westerman visited Karratha last week to deliver specialised training in indigenous mental health to psychologists and social workers from across the region. Over a two-day ...

The Australian
Reconciliation needs to be a two-way street
The Australian
It is National Reconciliation Week, that time of the year intended to build “positive, respectful relationships between the broader Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for the benefit of all Australians”. The ...

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Broadsheet
An Indigenous Story That Desperately Needs Telling
Broadsheet
Content warning: this article discusses suicide. The rate of suicide among young Indigenous Australian men is the highest in the world, according to a 2016 report by the Australian Youth Development Index. It's a sobering reality. But for most ...

PS News
ANU to make Indigenous learning history
PS News
The Australian National University (ANU) is to be the first university in the country to use a new online learning module focused on Australian Indigenous culture. The module aims to educate and build greater understanding of Aboriginal and Torres ...
More Aboriginal staff will empower the community: nurseThe Northern Daily Leader

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Gippsland Times
Dementia risk higher for abused Indigenous Australians
Gippsland Times
Dementia expert Kylie Radford, who led the research published in the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, says she hopes the study could go some way to explaining why the rate of dementia in Australia's Indigenous population is three to four ...

The Conversation AU
We need to stop innovating in Indigenous housing and get on with Closing the Gap
The Conversation AU
The tenth anniversary of the launch of the Council of Australian Governments' (COAG) Closing the Gap agenda came and went, with the usual (often exasperated) commentators noting the lack of progress. The Australian Human Rights Commission was ...

ABC Online
Rottnest Island 'tent land' closure an important day for Aboriginal people
ABC Online
It would be correct to say, moreover, that this is the largest mass burial site in Australia. The Act to Constitute Rottnest Island as a Legal Prison 1841 was designed to ensure that the "Aboriginal race… may be instructed in useful knowledge and ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous sides ready to re-trace steps of pioneers
The Sydney Morning Herald
She grew up in Sydney, and is now an Indigenous leader. But because of her mother's disjointed childhood, the star Australian all-rounder is still learning about her heritage. Gardner though, is part of history. Later this week she flies out to England ...

Geelong Advertiser
Graham “Polly” Farmer and Sir Doug Nicholls honoured with murals ahead of the Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round
Geelong Advertiser
“Both Dad and Polly's work helped to improve the lives of indigenous Australians and will continue to do so in the future as we celebrate their legacy.” The Sir Doug Nicholls Round will continue to be celebrated through all matches of Round 11 ...

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Golf Australia
Second shot for First Nations
Golf Australia
Golf Australia and the PGA of Australia are again joining forces to back an initiative to provide indigenous students from across the country the chance to compete on the big stage. On the back of its previous success, the First Nations team will ...

SBS
Gold medal awarded to Australian Green Ant Gin
SBS
Green ants have traditionally been used by Indigenous Australians as medicine, but Something Wild first harvested them for René Redzepi's Noma Australia pop-up in 2016. The demand from restaurants has since exploded, with a kilo of green ants now ...

ABC Local
Hobart should adopt dual Aboriginal name nipaluna passed on by leader Wooreddy, community says
ABC Local
Australia's second-oldest city was named after Colonial Secretary Lord Hobart. While the adoption of kunanyi for Mount Wellington has been embraced by the community, the suggestion to build a Truth and Reconciliation Art Park at Macquarie Point has ...
Will Hobart take on an Indigenous name?SBS

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National Indigenous Times
Deadly virus sparks meeting in Alice
National Indigenous Times
Representatives of Aboriginal community-controlled health services in Central Australia, Alice Springs Hospital and key research groups will meet in August as an $8 million taskforce is launched to tackle the potentially deadly HTLV-1 virus in Australia.

ABC Online
'I was told I couldn't do it because I was Aboriginal': Erika Chapman-Burgess's journey to becoming a doctor
ABC Online
Life expectancy: Close the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation; Employment: Halve the gap in employment by 2018; Reading and writing: Halve the gap in reading and numeracy for Indigenous ...

National Indigenous Times
Lovers of design: pull up a chair
National Indigenous Times
Top Indigenous designers from around Australia and the Torres Strait have been invited to show their creations. Work will include graphic design by Marcus Lee Designs in Victoria, Balarinji Designs in New South Wales and Galimbaa Designs in Queensland.