Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Conversation AU
The politics of public monuments: it's time Australians looked at what, and whom, we commemorate
The Conversation AU
O'Neill also took aim at Australia's Yarra Council for its recent decision to no longer celebrate Australia Day on January 26. This a result of ongoing calls from Indigenous groups to change the date of the national day. This is because it marks the ...

The Australian
Ideologues 'have captured' school history curriculum
The Australian
School curriculums have been “captured by ideologues'' and history lessons are burdening students with a “strong sense of guilt'' over the past treatment of indigenous Australians, experts argued yesterday amid the latest wave of “invasion day'' politics.

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'You can't rewrite history': Sydney indigenous leader says Australia Day date change will divide nation
Yahoo7 News
A Sydney indigenous leader has hit out at plans to move Australia Day, describing the proposal as divisive and saying you can't rewrite history. Community debate is raging over January the 26 after some councils dumped the date with others considering ...
NSW opposition calls for public holiday honouring Indigenous ...The Guardian
Some regional NSW councils ready to consider Australia Day date ...ABC Local
Moving Australia Day: brave or futile?SBS
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Labor: Replace Queen's Birthday with day commemorating Indigenous culture
The Sydney Morning Herald
NSW Labor has proposed axing the Queen's Birthday holiday in June and replacing it with a day commemorating Indigenous culture and loss as an alternative to moving Australia Day, which critics say is synonymous with white invasion. Debate on the ...
NSW opposition calls for public holiday honouring Indigenous AustraliansThe Guardian
Some regional NSW councils ready to consider Australia Day date change, while others are notABC Local
NSW Labor looks at replacing Queen's BirthdaySky News Australia

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Clover Moore refers concerns about Macquarie statue to Indigenous panel
The Sydney Morning Herald
"There have been too many people in mainstream Australia ready to make judgment on these issues without consulting Indigenous communities, and whether well-meaning or not, it's often done more harm than good," she said. The council has already ...

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National Indigenous Times
High fives for hip hop heavies
National Indigenous Times
The awards night was also a tribute to Dr G. Yunupingu, who died in July and was Australia's most prominent Indigenous music artist and the most awarded artist in NIMA's nine-year history. The National Indigenous Music Awards compilation The Sound of ...

SBS
Kyle Anderson: The first Indigenous Australian to win a World Series of Darts title
SBS
Anderson, who says his nickname is the 'The Original' to pay homage to his Aboriginal heritage, says he designed his shirt with Aboriginal art for the competition and walked out to a remix of 'Solid Rock' by Goanna. "I thought let's bring something ...

The Guardian
NSW opposition calls for public holiday honouring Indigenous Australians
The Guardian
The New South Wales opposition leader, Luke Foley, wants to create a new day honouring Indigenous Australians on the Queen's birthday public holiday. But Foley resisted emulating the position of two Melbourne councils in moving Australia Day ...

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ABC Local
Some regional NSW councils ready to consider Australia Day date change, while others are not
ABC Local
"If we held an event the day before Australia Day and in particular the night before Australia Day, symbolically it would say to the rest of the country we believe Indigenous people are as valued a member of our community as anyone else," he said.
Australia Put on 'Culture War' Footing Over Plan to Scrap National DaySputnik International

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National Indigenous Times
STEM scholarships up for grabs
National Indigenous Times
A search is on for Indigenous Australians who will play a role in building a smarter economy. Two full residential scholarships to undertake a degree in engineering or science at the University of New South Wales are being offered through the Origin ...

STEM scholarships up for grabs
National Indigenous Times
A search is on for Indigenous Australians who will play a role in building a smarter economy. Two full residential scholarships to undertake a degree in engineering or science at the University of New South Wales are being offered through the Origin ...

National Indigenous Times
Esteemed educator accepts UK fellowship
National Indigenous Times
Prominent Aboriginal educator Professor Lester Irabinna-Rigney is set to take up a fellowship at leading research university Kings College in London. The University of South Australia professor is the recipient of an inaugural Aboriginal and ...

National Indigenous Times
Indigenous bright sparks are London-bound
National Indigenous Times
“Six years ago, there had never been an Indigenous Australian studying for a full-time degree at either Oxford or Cambridge universities,” Mr Potok said. “Now, thanks to the Charlie Perkins and Roberta Sykes Scholarships, there have been 37 Indigenous ...

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National Indigenous Times
Indigenous bright sparks are London-bound
National Indigenous Times
“Six years ago, there had never been an Indigenous Australian studying for a full-time degree at either Oxford or Cambridge universities,” Mr Potok said. “Now, thanks to the Charlie Perkins and Roberta Sykes Scholarships, there have been 37 Indigenous ...

Football Australia (press release)
Get to know Lydia Williams
Football Australia (press release)
She grew up in the frontier mining town of Kalgoorlie, spending much of her childhood travelling to remote parts of Western Australian with her father, an Indigenous tribal elder. ▻ She moved to Canberra at the age of 11 and only played goalkeeper ...

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The Guardian
Captain Cook statue: Sydney refers 'discovery' claim to Indigenous board
The Guardian
The City of Sydney council has referred to its Indigenous board concerns about a statue inscription claiming Captain James Cook discovered Australia. The Cook statue in Hyde Park has been criticised for ignoring tens of thousands of years of Indigenous ...
Stan Grant: It is a 'damaging myth' that Captain Cook discovered AustraliaABC Online
Correct Captain Cook history, says Stan GrantSBS

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Australia Day date hot topic for Central Coast Council candidates
dailytelegraph.com.au
The issue has sparked community debate after Yarra and Darebin councils in Victoria voted to dump Australia Day citizenship ceremonies and replace them with events respectful to indigenous Australians. Samantha Coad and Son Xavia of Long Jetty at The ...

Get to know Lydia Williams
Matildas (press release)
She has American heritage as well as an Indigenous Australian family background. ▻ She grew up in the frontier mining town of Kalgoorlie, spending much of her childhood travelling to remote parts of Western Australian with her father, an Indigenous ...

ABC Online
Stan Grant: It is a 'damaging myth' that Captain Cook discovered Australia
ABC Online
Who would have thought the mere suggestion that Captain Cook did not in fact discover Australia would be so controversial? It seems to have taken some people by surprise, the idea that people were here for more than 60,000 years before the Endeavour ...

NT News
Indigenous Economic Development Forum to be held in Darwin in October
NT News
It is recognised as one of the largest Indigenous economic development events in Australia. The forum will provide a platform to enhance discussions held between Indigenous businesses and other stakeholders during the recent Economic Summit series and ...