Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Guardian
Report on Australia's human rights record to be scrutinised by UN committee
The Guardian
Australia's human rights record will be critically assessed by a panel ofexperts this week, with controversial asylum policies and persistent indigenous issues highlighted as areas of significant concern. As Australia prepares to join the UN's powerful ...
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NEWS.com.au
New wave of indigenous issues in visual art at ACE Open exhibitions as part of Tarnanthi Festival
NEWS.com.au
As former director of the South Australian Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement, Saunders' works reflect her role in the Hindmarsh Island bridge affair (Women's Business 2000 and Lore vs. Law 2000) and ongoing political observations (Redfern Speech … and ...

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Rugby.com.au
One Percenters: Indigenous jersey honours family legacy
Rugby.com.au
Rugby was a constant part of his life when he returned to Australia, with Peter and his late brother Paul growing up with the game at Sydney's Northern Suburbs. Cecil Ramalli in his later years. Photo: Supplied A product of his time, Cecil was ...

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Huffington Post Australia
Family Of Namatjira Recover Copyright After 30 Year Battle
Huffington Post Australia
Namatjira, an Arrernte man from Central Australia, is recognised as Australia's greatest indigenous painter and the first to work in the western tradition. He is best known for his watercolour paintings of the outback and created about 2000 artworks ...

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One Percenters: Indigenous jersey honours family legacy
Rugby.com.au
Rugby was a constant part of his life when he returned to Australia, with Peter and his late brother Paul growing up with the game at Sydney's Northern Suburbs. Cecil Ramalli in his later years. Photo: Supplied A product of his time, Cecil was ...

SBS
Albert Namatjira's family recover copyright of his work
SBS
Namatjira, an Arrernte man from Central Australia, is recognised as Australia's greatest indigenous painter and the first to work in the western tradition. He is best known for his watercolour paintings of the outback and created about 2000 artworks ...

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Voice of America
Australian State Enacts Landmark Laws to Revive Aboriginal Languages
Voice of America
In Australia, a drive is on to restore the identity and culture of the country's native, non-European peoples. New South Wales is the first state to pass laws to recognize and revive indigenous languages. Dozens of languages and dialects are thought to ...

Namatjira copyright returns to family
SBS
Namatjira, an Arrernte man from Central Australia, is recognised as Australia's greatest indigenous painter and the first to work in the western tradition. He is best known for his watercolour paintings of the outback and created about 2000 artworks ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous artists from APY Lands use ancient techniques to create new rock art
ABC Online
A group of Indigenous artists from the remote APY Lands in the far north of South Australia have been using ancient techniques to create brand new work. They are using ochre to paint stories on rocks, then taking photos of it which they can sell. It is ...

ABC Online
Memories fade, but Aboriginal elders on mission to identify historic Noonkanbah protestors
ABC Online
The pioneers of the Aboriginal land rights movement in the Kimberley are working off a faded photograph to try to identify people who took part in the Noonkanbah land rights protests, which galvanised Indigenous resistance in the region almost 40 years ...

Daily Telegraph
Australia Day citizenship ceremonies: Inner West Council offers NAIDOC Week alternative
Daily Telegraph
... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The spokeswoman said 38 councils had held citizenship ceremonies during NAIDOC week this year (July 2-9, 2017) but Inner West would be the first to offer immigrants who did not like Australia Day the ...

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Daily Telegraph
Kurtley Beale the driving force behind Wallabies' ground-breaking indigenous jersey
Daily Telegraph
Both national songs are sung with verses in English and in indigenous languages, and regardless of their backgrounds, players and fans belt it all out with pride. Australia doesn't have a multilingual anthem but next week in Brisbane, the Wallabies ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous turtle nesting camp inspires next generation of marine leaders
ABC Online
Rangers from the Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation run what they describe as one of Australia's most remote turtle nesting camps, based 60 kilometres east of the Northern Territory border on Gunnamulla beach. They record species types, ...

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The Australian
Namatjira landscapes: copyright breakthrough opens way for wider audience
The Australian
(This new body represents the interests of the artist's descendants and their broader community in central Australia.) Namatjira, the first indigenous painter to work in a western tradition, died in 1959 in tragic circumstances, and is still arguably ...

ABC Online
Indigenous students from NT granted Aladdin wish thanks to generous teacher
ABC Online
A group of Indigenous students from a remote part of the Northern Territory has had a close encounter with the bright lights of Melbourne's theatre scene, and it is due to the generosity of their teacher, and her friends. Sue Davidson paid over $3,500 ...

Griffith News (press release)
AEL awards recognise remarkable alumni
Griffith News (press release)
Born in Cloncurry and a descendent of the Waanyi people, Gordon is one of the leading Australian artists of his generation and is known for politically charged work that explores the intersections between Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultures.

Restoring the art of the deal
The Australian
But it is especially important that this justice has been restored for a man who bridged — at times uncomfortably and ultimately tragically — a gulf between indigenous and non-indigenous Australia in the 1950s, just as he straddled the divide between ...

The Australian
Troubled Cape York school's results plunge
The Australian
Aurukun, 2400km north of Brisbane, was a proving site for Direct Instruction teaching of indigenous children. Good to Great Schools Australia, which operates Mr Pearson's Cape York Aboriginal Academy, ran the program in partnership with the state ...

Further native title law changes planned
The Australian
Native title ministers meeting in Canberra on Friday discussed a range of issues relating to the system and agreed to pursue changes to section 31 of the act in consultation with indigenous communities and industry. The consultation process will ...

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The West Australian
Focus on breast cancer awareness
The West Australian
In light of the upcoming event, Cancer Australia have announced the release of a video, Lots To Live For, which aims to increase early detection of breast cancer and improve survival, particularly in indigenous and Torres Strait Island women. Cancer ...