Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Guardian
Shane Howard sees irony in Australia Day award for song on Indigenous genocide
The Guardian
The singer-songwriter Shane Howard sees the irony in receiving an Australia Day award for a song about the genocide of Indigenous inhabitants upon white settlement. Howard wrote the 1982 hit single Solid Rock for his band, Goanna, about the settlement ...
Shane Howard Receives Australia Day Honour Then Calls For A RepublicNoise11

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Australia Day 2016: Google praised for 'shining a light' with Indigenous artwork
The Canberra Times
Search engine Google has been commended for weighing in on the controversy surrounding the Australia Day holiday, publishing a doodle depicting the stolen generation to mark the divisive day. The artwork, called "Stolen Dreamtime", was drawn by ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Australia Day 2016 Google doodle 'shining a light' on Indigenous culture
Sydney Morning Herald
Search engine Google has been commended for weighing in on the controversy surrounding the Australia Day holiday, publishing a doodle depicting the stolen generation to mark the divisive day. The artwork, called "Stolen Dreamtime", was drawn by ...
Australia Day Google Doodle depicts Indigenous Stolen GenerationDaily Mail
Google's Australia Day 'Google Doodle' is a powerful reminder of what today means for Indigenous AustraliansDaily Life
Google features Aboriginal themed artwork for Australia DayThe Australian

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dailytelegraph.com.au
Jess sings two versions of anthem
dailytelegraph.com.au
POP star Jessica Mauboy sang two versions of the national anthem atop the Sydney Harbour Bridge, marking Australia Day today. The first version was belted out in an indigenous dialect before she repeated it in English. Wearing an off-shoulder orange ...
Jessica Mauboy sings Indigenous version of national anthem on Australia Day – videoThe Guardian
Jessica Mauboy sings indigenous version of national anthem on Australia DayDaily Mail

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The Guardian
Notable speeches by Indigenous Australians: 'We refuse to be pushed into the background'
The Guardian
In the wake of overwhelming reaction to Stan Grant's speech on racism and the Australian dream, we've pulled together a list of speeches you may want to read next, by some of the most powerful voices in the long campaign for Aboriginal and Torres ...
CHANGE THE DATE: Read This If You Want To Know Why Australia Day Is So Offensive To Aboriginal PeopleNew Matilda

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Daily Mail
Australia Day Google Doodle depicts Indigenous Stolen Generation
Daily Mail
The significance of Australia Day has long been debated and the world's most recognised website has now waded into the discussion. On Tuesday, Google published one of its famous doodles depicting the Stolen Generation on a day that celebrates the ...

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The Age
No Australian should feel like a stranger in their own country
The Age
Australia Day seems a fitting day to declare that no Australian should feel like a stranger in their own country. It is a good day for immigrants, the descendants of immigrants and Indigenous Australians alike to declare that this is not just a white ...

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The Canberra Times
Australia Day Honours 2016: Matthew James awarded Public Service Medal
The Canberra Times
"With Indigenous affairs, sometimes people would be forgiven for thinking that nothing is getting better, that everything is static or getting worse and that's not true," Matthew James says. But without the work of Mr James and his team at the ...

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WA today
No Australian should feel like a stranger in their own country
WA today
Australia Day seems a fitting day to declare that no Australian should feel like a stranger in their own country. It is a good day for immigrants, the descendants of immigrants and Indigenous Australians alike to declare that this is not just a white ...

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SBS
Mt Druitt Indigenous Choir prepares for Australia Day performance
SBS
It was preparation before they sing in their native language - Dharug - during Australia day celebrations in Sydney tomorrow. "What a better way to give these little kids an identity by singing their language. The beauty of it is these little fellahs ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Journalist calls for Australians to embrace Indigenous history
ABC Online
ELEANOR HALL: Our political leaders might be calling for us to break away from the monarchy, but are Australians ready to become a republic if we're still ignorant of much of own history of conflict with Indigenous Australians? One of Australia's most ...
Stan Grant's speech on racism: Is this Australia's 'Martin Luther King moment'?Sydney Morning Herald
Stan Grant's speech on racism and the Australian dream goes viralThe Guardian
Here's how Australians are reacting to Stan Grant's speech on racism 'killing the Australian dream'Business Insider Australia
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EducationHQ Australia
Re-building Indigenous identity in Canada
EducationHQ Australia
Lionel Cranenburgh travelled 17,000 kilometres from Perth to Canada last year to study first hand how two provinces in Canada tackle the 21st century curriculum. What he found has relevance to schools in Australia and New Zealand. This is the first of ...

Bega District News
Greens: Australia Day celebrations show disregard for Indigenous history
Bega District News
On January 26, many in the Bega Valley and across the seat of Eden-Monaro will come together to celebrate what they see as a day of national pride and Australian values. Greens candidate for Eden-Monaro Tamara Ryan has joined with Greens Senator for ...

InDaily
Protests and celebrations for SA's Aboriginal community
InDaily
While for most Australians, Australia Day is spent celebrating national pride, for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people it's a day for reflecting on culture and the past. On January 26, 1788, the first fleet raised the Union Jack at Sydney ...
The Presets Explain Why They Won't Celebrate Australia Day On Jan 26Pedestrian TV
It's time to change our traditionsThe Monthly (subscription)
Can Australia Day be reshaped?WA today
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Daily Life
How to show solidarity with Indigenous Australians this Invasion Day
Daily Life
In the lead-up to Invasion Day 2016, Buzzfeed Australia released a video entitled, Aboriginal People Respond To 'Australia Day'. Generally speaking, I haven't been much of a fan of the various Buzzfeed 'Respond' videos. Many of them seem to be focused ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Acknowledging how Indigenous Australians are still left behind this Australia Day
Sydney Morning Herald
For many Australians, January 26 will be marked by beers, barbecues and Australian flag bikinis. The Triple J Hottest 100 will blare from house parties around the country and pubs will swell with punters out to celebrate a rare Tuesday off work.

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ABC Online
Stan Grant's speech on racism and the Australian dream as part of IQ2 debate goes viral
ABC Online
A powerful speech by Indigenous journalist Stan Grant in which he says the "Australian dream is rooted in racism" has gone viral. Grant addressed an audience in Sydney on the impact of colonisation and discrimination as part of the IQ2 debate series ...
Stan Grant's speech on racism: Is this Australia's 'Martin Luther King moment'?Sydney Morning Herald
Stan Grant's speech on racism and the Australian dream goes viralThe Guardian
Here's how Australians are reacting to Stan Grant's speech on racism 'killing the Australian dream'Business Insider Australia
Mashable -SBS
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Sydney Morning Herald
Stan Grant's speech on racism: Is this Australia's 'Martin Luther King moment'?
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous journalist Stan Grant has declared racism is "killing the Australian dream", in an impassioned speech that has gone viral on social media. The powerful speech, delivered at the IQ2 Racism Debate in October, emerged online last week, with ...
Here's how Australians are reacting Stan Grant's speech on racism 'killing the Australian dream'Business Insider Australia
Stan Grant's speech on racism and the Australian dream goes viralThe Guardian
Stan Grant's speech: Raw, powerful, essential to watch todayStarts at Sixty

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SBS
Comment: Changing the date won't fix 'Australia Day'
SBS
And to be honest, I've never really understood why non-Indigenous Australia wouldn't want the opportunity to start afresh. The 26th of January also commemorates the day some of the poorest and most desperate citizens of Great Britain were dumped on the ...

The Canberra Times
The problem with Australia Day
The Canberra Times
Australia Day is our Confederate flag. It's not that a better date can't be found – a worse date can't be found. The great historical divide in this country is between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. No day brings that divide into sharper or ...