Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Advocate
Ashleigh Gardner to captain first Indigenous women's cricket team on tour of India
ABC Online
Australia's first national Indigenous women's cricket team has been selected for a tour of India in May. Sydney Sixers teenager Ashleigh Gardner will captain the side while ACT 19-year-old Sally Moylan has been appointed vice-captain. Selection ...
First Australian Indigenous Women's Team Selected for Tour of IndiaTheSportsCampus.com

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MuMbrella
Press Council's Plan aims to build trust between Indigenous Australians and the media
MuMbrella
Australian Press Council logo The Australian Press Council is looking to build more trust between Indigenous Australians and the media as it adopts its first Reconciliation Plan which aims to improve relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous ...

SheKnows.com
New app reveals local indigenous history of Australia
SheKnows.com
From SheKnows Australia. An app has been created to educate people about the local history of Indigenous Australia and the traditional owners of the land. More than 500 nations existed in Australia prior to colonisation and the app, called Welcome to ...

Wellington Times
Three Wellington cricketers make history - in first ever Australian Indigenous cricket side
Wellington Times
Sara Darney, Sally Moylan and Samantha Gordon will represent Australia. ACT Meteors player Sally Moylan will vice captain the team. The wickets expected to suit the spinner. Sara Darney who is good with the bat and ball would probably play in the ...
Sydney Sixers teenager Ashleigh Gardner to captain first Australian Indigenous women's teamHerald Sun

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Sydney Sixers teenager to lead Australia
dailytelegraph.com.au
The team will build on the success and opportunities that the men's national indigenous side has enjoyed, helping our most talented female indigenous cricketers reach new heights through additional high performance opportunities,'' said Cricket ...
First Australian Indigenous Women's Team Selected for Tour of IndiaTheSportsCampus.com
Ashleigh Gardner to captain first Indigenous women's cricket team on tour of IndiaABC Online
NT girls in Australia squadNT News
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Times Higher Education (THE)
Indigenous students up in Australia but concerns remain
Times Higher Education (THE)
A rise in Indigenous student enrolments in Australia should not obscure the need for “culturally appropriate and continuous support” to improve low completion rates, one academic has cautioned. Recent federal government figures showed that Aboriginal ...

Australia Network News
University Alters National Anthem with Indigenous Twist
Australia Network News
The real twist was the emphasis given to Australia's indigenous heritage in the lyrics. The new lyrics had assertions like “honouring the Dreaming” and “combine our ancient history and cultures everywhere.” Bleijie rebuffed the university's contention ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Call for national day of remembrance for Australian frontier wars
Sydney Morning Herald
A Ngunnawal elder believes the true reconciliation cannot be achieved in Australia until the government recognises the existence of the frontier wars between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The Aboriginal Tent Embassy is calling on the ...
Talking to my Country – The book that every Australian should readThe Stringer

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Sydney Morning Herald
Lily Shearer honoured by Australia Council for work with Indigenous theatre
Sydney Morning Herald
For her three decades as a leader in Aboriginal cultural development, arts management and theatre making in Sydney and regional NSW, Lily Shearer has been awarded one of the eight Australia Council Awards for outstanding achievement in the arts.

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Mashable
This app teaches Australia about its 500 Indigenous first nations
Mashable
When Kevin Rudd was prime minister of Australia, Ngarluma man Tyson Mowarin was struck that the Mandarin-speaking leader could say hello at the foot of the Great Wall of China, but could not say hello in the local indigenous language at the foot of Uluru.

The Guardian
Murrumu: one man's mission to create a sovereign Indigenous country inside Australia
The Guardian
But also article 36 of the United Nations declaration of rights of indigenous peoples says that indigenous people have the right to travel overseas for religious, economic or political reasons and the state must assist in that process.” Even though the ...

Daily Mail
'In a few decades half of Australia will be Aboriginal'
Daily Mail
An Aboriginal land council says people are falsely claiming to be indigenous to cheat the system. The Sydney-based Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council says as many as one in 15 people - or more - claim to be Aboriginal when they aren't, in a bid ...

New Matilda
Treaty, Yeah! The Undeniable Case For A National Settlement With Australia's First Peoples
New Matilda
Treaty, yeah! Treaty now! Liam McLoughlin makes the case for supporting a treaty with the mob. In 1832, Governor of Van Diemen's Land, George Arthur, said it was a “fatal error… that a treaty was not entered into” with Aboriginal people. In 2016 ...

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The Australian (subscription)
An Australian Indigenous Museum? That's a dream to lift the nation
The Australian (subscription)
An Australian Indigenous Museum with an area housing repatriated objects would be a visionary achievement for any federal government, as defining as Kevin Rudd's Stolen Generations apology. Even, perhaps, if it had a local branch of the British Museum ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Pat Dodson and Linda Burney will boost the national conversation on Indigenous people in Federal Parliament
Sydney Morning Herald
A referendum to recognise Australia's first people in the constitution might still be several years away but this week their representation in Federal Parliament took a big leap forward, with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's announcement of two ...

The Conversation AU
How community-based innovation can help Australia close the Indigenous gap
The Conversation AU
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is calling for innovation to improve the lives of Indigenous people, but must beware of causing instability with new policies that dismiss everything before them. AAP/Mick Tsikas ...

The Guardian
Indigenous leaders praise Victoria's commitment to talk about treaty
The Guardian
Indigenous leaders have praised the Victorian government for agreeing to sit down and talk about a treaty, after a meeting of about 500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Melbourne voted unanimously against the constitutional recognition ...

Australian Geographic
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Australian Geographic
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS Aboriginal people have performed a type of 'Welcome to Country' ceremony when one tribal group sought to enter the lands of another. This traditional protocol took many forms, it could be spoken, sung, performed and possibly ...

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ABC Message Stick
Reviving Indigenous languages through old novels, dictionaries and documents
ABC Message Stick
Indigenous languages in Australia could number between 300 and 700, depending on the definition of language versus dialect, she said. However, only 13 languages are believed to be still spoken by children. "If a language isn't spoken by children, then ...

BuzzFeed News
Indigenous Australians Want A Meeting With Malcolm Turnbull, Not His Tears
BuzzFeed News
The National Congress of Australia's First People, Australia's peak Indigenous elected representative body, has called out Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over an interview in which he shed tears, questioning his true commitment to Aboriginal affairs.

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