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Join the Great Book Swap to raise money this Indigenous Literacy Day - Herald Sun

Mon, 2017/09/04 - 9:24am

Herald Sun

Join the Great Book Swap to raise money this Indigenous Literacy Day
Herald Sun
According to 2016 NAPLAN data only 25 per cent of indigenous students in remote Australia meet the minimum standard for reading and writing, compared with 90 per cent of non-indigenous kids. The ILF is working to change this by exposing kids to the ...

Burke and Wills descendants speak out on plans to alter monument - The Australian

Mon, 2017/09/04 - 8:39am

The Australian

Burke and Wills descendants speak out on plans to alter monument
The Australian
Calls to recognise the indigenous Australians who explored the continent before Burke and Wills's 1860 expedition and the Aboriginal guides who helped the pair on their journey come as the latest Newspoll revealed 58 per cent of Australians don't want ...

Coalition won't rewrite history on Captain Cook: Morrison - SBS

Mon, 2017/09/04 - 7:12am

SBS

Coalition won't rewrite history on Captain Cook: Morrison
SBS
"However, our modern Australian story has not been without its failures, its shames and tragedies, in particular for indigenous Australians," Mr Morrison conceded. Greens MP Adam Bandt said calls to modify plaques on statues of colonial leaders like ...
Newspoll finds overwhelming support to leave statues aloneThe Australian

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Higher rates of dementia found in Indigenous Australians who suffered childhood trauma - ABC Online

Mon, 2017/09/04 - 3:45am

Higher rates of dementia found in Indigenous Australians who suffered childhood trauma
ABC Online
Researchers following a group of just over 300 Indigenous Australians in New South Wales say they are discovering an association between rates of dementia and those who reported a high level of childhood trauma. Doctor Kylie Radford from Neuroscience ...

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Coalition won't rewrite history on Cook - SBS

Mon, 2017/09/04 - 12:47am

SBS

Coalition won't rewrite history on Cook
SBS
Mr Morrison's op-ed follows weeks of debate around the appropriateness of colonial era statues, and Australia Day itself, considering the country's indigenous history. A statue of Captain Cook in Sydney's Hyde Park that was defaced last week has now ...

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Coalition won't rewrite history on Captain Cook: Morrison - SBS

Mon, 2017/09/04 - 12:47am

SBS

Coalition won't rewrite history on Captain Cook: Morrison
SBS
Mr Morrison's op-ed follows weeks of debate around the appropriateness of colonial era statues, and Australia Day itself, considering the country's indigenous history. A statue of Captain Cook in Sydney's Hyde Park that was defaced last week has now ...
Newspoll finds overwhelming support to leave statues aloneThe Australian

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An Endeavour for the age: Captain James Cook's epic voyage - The Australian

Sun, 2017/09/03 - 10:06pm

The Australian

An Endeavour for the age: Captain James Cook's epic voyage
The Australian
And that story cannot be told without the oral histories of indigenous Australians told alongside it; the views from the elders whose ancestors occupied the east coast of this glorious land long before Endeavour bobbed into their horizon. Today, part ...

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Noongar man Clinton Pryor walks from Perth to Canberra raise awareness of indigenous issues - The West Australian

Sun, 2017/09/03 - 10:05pm

The Canberra Times

Noongar man Clinton Pryor walks from Perth to Canberra raise awareness of indigenous issues
The West Australian
Over the past year he met with Aboriginal elders and community leaders across Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria and NSW. His walk included trekking through the Gibson Desert for two weeks in summer, where he had to ...
Clinton Pryor arrives in Canberra after walking from Western AustraliaThe Canberra Times

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Why I cherish Jan 26 in all its complexity - The Australian

Sun, 2017/09/03 - 2:15pm

The Australian

Why I cherish Jan 26 in all its complexity
The Australian
North of Brewarrina, not far from the ancient fish traps where I was just over a week ago, is the site of the Hospital Creek massacre, where 400 indigenous Australians were slaughtered in 1859. Unforgivably, just one of many such episodes that is part ...

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Dementia risk higher for abused Indigenous Australians - Gippsland Times

Sun, 2017/09/03 - 2:05pm

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 ...

Dementia risk higher for abused Indigenous Australians - The Transcontinental

Sun, 2017/09/03 - 2:05pm

The Transcontinental

Dementia risk higher for abused Indigenous Australians
The Transcontinental
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 ...

Dementia risk higher for abused Indigenous Australians - Crookwell Gazette

Sun, 2017/09/03 - 2:03pm

Dementia risk higher for abused Indigenous Australians
Crookwell Gazette
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 ...

Newspoll finds overwhelming support to leave statues alone - The Australian

Sun, 2017/09/03 - 2:01pm

The Australian

Newspoll finds overwhelming support to leave statues alone
The Australian
The survey finds those who want additional plaques on statutes to recognise indigenous Australians amount to only 19 per cent of voters, while those who want new inscriptions to replace existing plaques make up 11 per cent. Malcolm Turnbull has accused ...

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Dementia risk higher for abused Indigenous Australians - Bellingen Courier Sun

Sun, 2017/09/03 - 1:57pm

Dementia risk higher for abused Indigenous Australians
Bellingen Courier Sun
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 ...

Madeleine Madden: Indigenous actor doesn't want to see historic statues torn down - dailytelegraph.com.au

Sun, 2017/09/03 - 1:44pm

dailytelegraph.com.au

Madeleine Madden: Indigenous actor doesn't want to see historic statues torn down
dailytelegraph.com.au
But Madeleine Madden — who will soon appear in Foxtel's upcoming Picnic at Hanging Rock — does back calls to change the date of Australia Day from January 26. Australian actor Madeleine Madden wants a change to the date of Australia Day — but ...

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Dementia risk higher for abused Indigenous Australians - Ararat Advertiser

Sun, 2017/09/03 - 1:41pm

Dementia risk higher for abused Indigenous Australians
Ararat Advertiser
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 ...

Dementia risk higher for abused Indigenous Australians - Newcastle Star

Sun, 2017/09/03 - 1:41pm

Dementia risk higher for abused Indigenous Australians
Newcastle Star
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 ...

Indigenous man finishes walk for justice - The Australian

Sun, 2017/09/03 - 6:12am

The Canberra Times

Indigenous man finishes walk for justice
The Australian
The 27-year-old walked almost 6000km across the country for Aboriginal rights, arriving in Canberra on Sunday morning with a crowd of supporters from across Australia. He set out on September 8, 2016 and has since taken seven million steps and gone ...
Clinton Pryor arrives in Canberra after walking from Western AustraliaThe Canberra Times

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Risk of dementia three times higher for Indigenous Australians abused or part of Stolen Generations - The Sydney Morning Herald

Sun, 2017/09/03 - 4:59am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Risk of dementia three times higher for Indigenous Australians abused or part of Stolen Generations
The Sydney Morning Herald
Like his seven surviving siblings, 76-year-old Claude Timbery is sharp and enjoying life with no sign of dementia. Other than a "pair of dicky knees", he has few health problems and enjoys the weekly "yarn up" at the local Aboriginal community centre.

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Risk of dementia three times higher for Indigenous Australians abused or part of stolen generation - Bega District News

Sun, 2017/09/03 - 4:58am

Risk of dementia three times higher for Indigenous Australians abused or part of stolen generation
Bega District News
Dementia expert Dr 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 ...

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