Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

SBS
10 things you should know about January 26
SBS
You should know that... The first sanctioned marriage between an Aboriginal person and a convict, Robert & Maria Lock, occurred on the 26th January 1824. This union was performed on the 26th only by coincidence and has nothing to do with 'Australia Day ...

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The Advocate
Know Australia Day before you change it
The Advocate
Many Indigenous elders shudder at the mentioning of Australia Day as a time to celebrate this country, for the scars inflicted on their culture still show. There is a significant number of people – probably a majority of Australians – who will ...

Courier Mail
Where Australia Day means 'thankyou'
Courier Mail
... will dance the Rirratjingu clan's Wuyal dance that represents the suger bag man story on Australia Day to celebrate people from all walks of life coming together with Yirrkala's indigenous people. Pictured a Nuwul Beach in Yirrkala. Picture ...

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Where Australia Day means 'thankyou'
dailytelegraph.com.au
... will dance the Rirratjingu clan's Wuyal dance that represents the suger bag man story on Australia Day to celebrate people from all walks of life coming together with Yirrkala's indigenous people. Pictured a Nuwul Beach in Yirrkala. Picture ...

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The Advertiser
Where Australia Day means 'thankyou'
The Advertiser
... will dance the Rirratjingu clan's Wuyal dance that represents the suger bag man story on Australia Day to celebrate people from all walks of life coming together with Yirrkala's indigenous people. Pictured a Nuwul Beach in Yirrkala. Picture ...

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Herald Sun
Arnhem Land: Where Australia Day means 'thankyou'
Herald Sun
... will dance the Rirratjingu clan's Wuyal dance that represents the suger bag man story on Australia Day to celebrate people from all walks of life coming together with Yirrkala's indigenous people. Pictured a Nuwul Beach in Yirrkala. Picture ...

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The Australian
Indigenous hopes for heritage status for Lake Condah
The Australian
Yesterday, descendants of Victoria's southwest Aboriginal peoples heard Malcolm Turnbull grant them their wish — Australia's commitment to seek World Heritage status for the site. On the lake's shore, the Prime Minister told the crowd that he had been ...
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape: Ancient Aboriginal site a step closer to UNESCO World Heritage statusABC Online
Ancient Indigenous site Budj Bim a step closer to World Heritage status after a big day for Portland districtThe Age
Remarks at Budj Bim Cultural LandscapeSatellite PR News (press release)

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The Australian
Our day of dilemma
The Australian
The conversation won't stop until we do something about it because it makes too many people uncomfortable – a minority of Australians, aware that we've not listened hard enough to our Aboriginal brothers and sisters over several centuries. Disquiet ...

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The Advertiser
Waving the flag for right reasons?
The Advertiser
In 1988, with the Bicentennial First Fleet re-enactment in Sydney Harbour, every state and territory agreed to celebrate Australia Day on January 26 itself, rather than with a long weekend. This was the year indigenous Australians renamed Australia Day ...

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The Mercury
Waving the flag for right reasons?
The Mercury
In 1988, with the Bicentennial First Fleet re-enactment in Sydney Harbour, every state and territory agreed to celebrate Australia Day on January 26 itself, rather than with a long weekend. This was the year indigenous Australians renamed Australia Day ...

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Courier Mail
Waving the flag for right reasons?
Courier Mail
In 1988, with the Bicentennial First Fleet re-enactment in Sydney Harbour, every state and territory agreed to celebrate Australia Day on January 26 itself, rather than with a long weekend. This was the year indigenous Australians renamed Australia Day ...

dailytelegraph.com.au
Waving the flag for right reasons?
dailytelegraph.com.au
In 1988, with the Bicentennial First Fleet re-enactment in Sydney Harbour, every state and territory agreed to celebrate Australia Day on January 26 itself, rather than with a long weekend. This was the year indigenous Australians renamed Australia Day ...

'Not an animal or a plant': Putting a human face to 1967 Referendum
SBS
He hopes they humanize Indigenous Australians and their struggles to the wider society. "It really rams home the idea that we're not talking about history here, we talking about the lives of Aborigines,” he says. His show also explores specific events ...

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TravelersToday
Indigenous Artists Are Not Happy That Australia Is Selling Fake Aboriginal Souvenirs
TravelersToday
An astonishingly 80 percent of marketers in Australia was found out to be selling fake items. Sullivan and her team discovered thousands of arts and crafts that has the Aboriginal signature style to it but learned that it was created from different ...
Katter plans legislation to stop sale of fake Indigenous artABC Online
Bob Katter declares war on “fake” indigenous artworkThe Cairns Post

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ABC Online
Katter plans legislation to stop sale of fake Indigenous art
ABC Online
Organisations, including the Indigenous Art Code and Arts Law Centre, want a licensing scheme in place before the Commonwealth Games next year bring an anticipated flood of knock-off work. Mr Katter said he would introduce a private member's bill when ...

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ABC Online
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape: Ancient Aboriginal site a step closer to UNESCO World Heritage status
ABC Online
If the nomination is successful, Budj Bim would be the Australia's 20th World Heritage site and the only place listed solely for its Indigenous cultural value. It marks a significant turning point for the Gunditjmara traditional owners who have worked ...

ArtsHub (subscription)
Vale to artist who saw Aboriginal Australia with Holocaust eyes
ArtsHub (subscription)
The article reported a court hearing in Oodnadatta over a station manager who had chained his Aboriginal workers to a tree. Aborigines was Bergner's last painting in Australia of the subject, and the echoes of Nazi concentration camps in his portrayal ...

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ABC Online
Mutilated goannas spark animal cruelty fears, message to Indigenous hunters
ABC Online
A picture posted on social media showing a pile of decapitated goannas has prompted claims of cruelty and calls for Indigenous hunters to respect native animals. An Aboriginal culture centre in remote Western Australia has condemned the image of the ...

Junkee
Why Are We Fighting Islamophobia At The Expense Of Indigenous Australians?
Junkee
Earlier this week an Australia Day billboard sponsored by the Victorian government featuring an image of two young, Muslim girls was taken down after an Islamophobic backlash on social media. The sad but predictable reaction to the billboard, and the ...

ABC Online
Beyond the fact of our heritage and identity should being Indigenous really matter?
ABC Online
Mr Wyatt comes from an Indigenous community in a particular part of Western Australia — what does he know about Indigenous people in outer Melbourne or southern Queensland? What is this assumption that Indigenous people somehow share the same ...

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