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Indigenous service celebrated in new AWM exhibition - The Canberra Times

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 6:44am

The Canberra Times

Indigenous service celebrated in new AWM exhibition
The Canberra Times
While Australian War Memorial curator Amanda Jane Reynolds is passionate about all the exhibits she has drawn together for the first exhibition devoted solely to the military experience of Australia's first peoples, Len Waters' flying helmet speaks to ...
War memorial explores indigenous serviceNEWS.com.au

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Cultural incompatibility hindering public policy in remote Western Australia, indigenous leaders say - ABC Message Stick

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 6:18am

ABC Message Stick

Cultural incompatibility hindering public policy in remote Western Australia, indigenous leaders say
ABC Message Stick
The current work for dole scheme, or the community development program (CDP), does not work, according to police and community leaders in remote Western Australia. There are huge language barriers, real jobs are scarce, and relocating is not an option ...

War memorial explores indigenous service - Courier Mail

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 5:35am

War memorial explores indigenous service
Courier Mail
As many as 1000 indigenous men fought for Australia during World War I, even though their enlistment was technically forbidden. They served in every conflict since, receiving the same pay and same treatment as every other soldier. Memorial director ...

War memorial explores indigenous service - 9news.com.au

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 5:08am

War memorial explores indigenous service
9news.com.au
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experience of military service is explored in the new For Country, For Nation exhibition at the Australian War Memorial. Mr Mundine, a Bundjalung man from Grafton in northern NSW and brother of former Labor ...

'Heartbreaking' poll: Victorian Muslim leaders fed up - The Age

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 4:57am

The Age

'Heartbreaking' poll: Victorian Muslim leaders fed up
The Age
Unless an Indigenous Australian tells Betul Tuna to leave the country, she's not going anywhere. The Turkish-Australian lives in northern Victoria, in the federal seat of Murray, where Pauline Hanson's One Nation won more support than anywhere else in ...

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The NRL grand final has been dragged into the ongoing national anthem protest storm - NEWS.com.au

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 4:21am

NEWS.com.au

The NRL grand final has been dragged into the ongoing national anthem protest storm
NEWS.com.au
Indigenous greats of the game have called on indigenous players from the Sharks, Cowboys, Storm and Raiders to stage a protest when Advance Australia Fair is performed before kick-off at the NRL decider to be held at ANZ Stadium on October 2.
Former NRL player urges Indigenous stars to 'chuck a Kaepernick'The Roar

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John Mulvaney, former ANU professor and Australia's 'father of archaeology', dies aged 90 - ABC Online

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 1:45am

ABC Online

John Mulvaney, former ANU professor and Australia's 'father of archaeology', dies aged 90
ABC Online
Professor Mulvaney was the first university-trained prehistorian to study Australia. He worked at the Australian National University and pioneered the study of the pre-history of Indigenous people. Professor Colin Groves, who worked with Professor ...

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John Mulvaney, former ANU professor and Australia's 'father of archaeology', dies aged 90 - ABC Online

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 1:31am

ABC Online

John Mulvaney, former ANU professor and Australia's 'father of archaeology', dies aged 90
ABC Online
Professor Colin Groves, who worked with Professor Mulvaney, said one of his greatest legacies was the respect he gave to Indigenous people in Australia. "He was of course a person who treated Indigenous people as people, not as just study subjects," he ...

Justice denied: Indigenous women and children still face a legal system stacked against them - ABC Online

Thu, 2016/09/22 - 12:13am

ABC Online

Justice denied: Indigenous women and children still face a legal system stacked against them
ABC Online
At a time when media attention is quite rightly focused on ending family violence, Aboriginal women and girls still face unacceptably high levels of assault, homicide and intimidation. Research shows that Aboriginal mothers in Western Australia are 17 ...

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World-first genomic study of Aboriginal Australians - Australian Geographic

Wed, 2016/09/21 - 11:10pm

Australian Geographic

World-first genomic study of Aboriginal Australians
Australian Geographic
ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S most important genomic questions has been answered, with a new study finding that Aboriginal Australians and Papuans separated from Europeans and Asians thousands of years earlier than previously thought. The study, published ...
Indigenous Australians descend from the oldest culture on the planet: study9news.com.au
DNA study sheds new light on ancestry of Aboriginal AustraliansSBS
Indigenous Australians most ancient civilisation on Earth, extensive DNA study confirmsTelegraph.co.uk
The Guardian -Aussie Network News -Mashable -The Guardian
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World-first genome study reveals rich history of Aboriginal Australians - ABC Online

Wed, 2016/09/21 - 10:39pm

Cosmos

World-first genome study reveals rich history of Aboriginal Australians
ABC Online
The most comprehensive genomic study of Indigenous Australians to date has revealed modern humans are all descendants of a single wave of migrants who left Africa about 72,000 years ago.
Indigenous Australian ancestry traced to founding populationCosmos
Genomes confirm Aborigines as first AustraliansThe Australian
World-first genomic study of Aboriginal AustraliansAustralian Geographic
The Guardian -Telegraph.co.uk -YouTube
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World-first genome study reveals rich history of Aboriginal Australians - ABC Online

Wed, 2016/09/21 - 6:49pm

ABC Online

World-first genome study reveals rich history of Aboriginal Australians
ABC Online
The most comprehensive genomic study of Indigenous Australians to date has revealed modern humans are all descendants of a single wave of migrants who left Africa around 72,000 years ago.
Indigenous Australian ancestry traced to founding population ...Cosmos
How early Aboriginal Australians journeyed from AfricaThe Sydney Morning Herald
Genomes confirm Aborigines as first Australians - The AustralianThe Australian
Irish Times -BT.com -New Scientist -Nature
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Indigenous Australians most ancient civilisation on Earth, DNA study confirms - The Guardian

Wed, 2016/09/21 - 5:33pm

The Guardian

Indigenous Australians most ancient civilisation on Earth, DNA study confirms
The Guardian
Claims that Indigenous Australians are the most ancient continuous civilisation on Earth have been backed by the first extensive study of their DNA, which dates their origins to more than 50,000 years ago. Scientists were able to trace the remarkable ...
Geneticists attempt to heal rifts with Aboriginal communitiesNature.com

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Indigenous Australian ancestry traced to founding population - Cosmos

Wed, 2016/09/21 - 5:03pm

Cosmos

Indigenous Australian ancestry traced to founding population
Cosmos
Indigenous Australians descended from common ancestors who lived 10,000 to 32,000 years ago, a genetic study shows. The first-of-its-kind study, published today in the journal Nature, describes genomic findings from 83 Aboriginal Australians from the ...
Genomes confirm Aborigines as first AustraliansThe Australian
How early Aboriginal Australians journeyed from AfricaThe Sydney Morning Herald
Humans Spread From Africa in a Single Migration, Studies FindNew York Times

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How early Aboriginal Australians journeyed from Africa - The Age

Wed, 2016/09/21 - 5:01pm

How early Aboriginal Australians journeyed from Africa
The Age
Aboriginal Australians have the closest genetic links to highland Papua New Guinea populations, the largest DNA study of its kind has found, providing new insights into the movement of early humans following their dispersal from Africa. The study also ...

Parrtjima light show in Central Australia 'could cause wallabies to miscarry' - ABC Online

Wed, 2016/09/21 - 10:20am

ABC Online

Parrtjima light show in Central Australia 'could cause wallabies to miscarry'
ABC Online
A $2 million laser light show for tourists in Central Australia has caused a storm of controversy, after being criticised by environmentalists and local Aboriginal people. Parrtjima: A Festival In Light has been billed as Australia's biggest light ...

Use keywords to search content on this website - The Cairns Post

Wed, 2016/09/21 - 1:52am

The Cairns Post

Use keywords to search content on this website
The Cairns Post
THE Apunipima Australian Indigenous All Stars will be after a hat-trick of trans-Tasman wins over New Zealand Maori in Cairns next year. The Aussie squad retained the trans-Tasman Challenge after a three-point win over the NZ Maori National team in the ...

Indigenous recognition deserves serious debate. Andrew Bolt shouldn't be part of it - The Guardian

Wed, 2016/09/21 - 12:35am

The Guardian

Indigenous recognition deserves serious debate. Andrew Bolt shouldn't be part of it
The Guardian
Instead, this show complies with a general mainstream media failure (with some notable exceptions) to explore the many complex arguments against Recognise within Indigenous Australia – arguments that bear no relation whatsoever to Bolt's assertion that ...

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Torres Strait beauty shines in Australia's first Aboriginal Model Search - Catholic Leader

Wed, 2016/09/21 - 12:09am

Catholic Leader

Torres Strait beauty shines in Australia's first Aboriginal Model Search
Catholic Leader
INDIGENOUS beauty Temanu O'Brien-Schmidt is planning to put the “small islands” of the Torres Strait on the map if she becomes Australia's next Aboriginal Supermodel. The Torres Strait Islander and Lourdes Hill College Year 8 student was selected as a ...

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Legal bodies laud reforms to expand WA sentencing options - Lawyers Weekly

Tue, 2016/09/20 - 7:01pm

Lawyers Weekly

Legal bodies laud reforms to expand WA sentencing options
Lawyers Weekly
The Law Society of Western Australia and the Australian Bar Association (ABA) have welcomed a bill intended to reduce the number of Indigenous people being imprisoned for failure to pay fines. WA Attorney-General Michael Mischin introduced the ...

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