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The British Museum to Display INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA Exhibit, 4/23 - Broadway World

Thu, 2015/01/22 - 8:14pm

The British Museum to Display INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA Exhibit, 4/23
Broadway World
In April 2015 the British Museum will open a major exhibition presenting a history of Indigenous Australia, supported by BP. This exhibition will be the first in the UK devoted to the history and culture of Indigenous Australians: both Aboriginal ...

British Museum exhibition reveals Australia's first ever UK cricket tour team ... - The Independent

Thu, 2015/01/22 - 8:11pm

The Independent

British Museum exhibition reveals Australia's first ever UK cricket tour team ...
The Independent
The exhibition will seek to tell the history of indigenous Australians, from diverse Aboriginal tribes to the Torres Strait Islanders. The objects on display run from a shield collected by Captain Cook's men in 1770 to a sign protesting land rights 200 ...

Aboriginal Heritage Strengthens Australia's Tourism - TravelPulse

Thu, 2015/01/22 - 7:09pm

TravelPulse

Aboriginal Heritage Strengthens Australia's Tourism
TravelPulse
Across Australia, hundreds of indigenous owned and operated tourism businesses are prospering, none bigger than Ayers Rock Resort. Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia manages the resort as well as the nearby Longitude 131, the Home Valley Station ...

Indigenous Australia on show in London - The Australian (blog)

Thu, 2015/01/22 - 2:47pm

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Indigenous Australia on show in London
The Australian (blog)
THE exhibition, entitled 'Indigenous Australia: enduring civilisation', will run from April 23 to August 2 and is thought to be the biggest and most significant of its kind to be held outside of Australia. Gaye Sculthorpe, the British Museum's curator ...
British Museum exhibit set to showcase Australian Indigenous history; includes ...ABC Online

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British Museum exhibit set to showcase Australian Indigenous history; includes ... - ABC Online

Thu, 2015/01/22 - 1:41pm

ABC Online

British Museum exhibit set to showcase Australian Indigenous history; includes ...
ABC Online
A shield collected after a skirmish at Botany Bay in 1770 is set to go on display at the British Museum as part of an "immensely important" exhibition devoted to the history of Indigenous Australia. The exhibition will draw on objects from the British ...
Indigenous Australia on show in LondonThe Australian (blog)

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Indigenous Barngarla Australians win land claim - BBC News

Thu, 2015/01/22 - 6:00am

BBC News

Indigenous Barngarla Australians win land claim
BBC News
Australia's indigenous Barngarla people have won a campaign, lasting nearly 20 years, for the law to recognise their right to traditional lands. The native title claim over a huge tract of land in South Australia has been mostly upheld by a federal court.

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Aboriginal Hepatitis C rising, prompting calls for improved services - The Guardian

Thu, 2015/01/22 - 5:57am

The Guardian

Aboriginal Hepatitis C rising, prompting calls for improved services
The Guardian
As rates of the disease decrease among Australians overall, Hepatitis C is three times higher and rising in Indigenous populations, according to a 2013 study by the Kirby Institute. The worsening problem is mainly due to higher rates of unsafe drug ...

Indigenous Barngarla Australians win land claim - BBC News

Thu, 2015/01/22 - 5:56am

BBC News

Indigenous Barngarla Australians win land claim
BBC News
Australia's indigenous Barngarla people have won a campaign, lasting nearly 20 years, for the law to recognise their right to traditional lands. The native title claim over a huge tract of land in South Australia has been mostly upheld by a federal court.

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We must look to our humanity to solve the crisis of Indigenous incarceration - The Guardian

Thu, 2015/01/22 - 5:07am

The Guardian

We must look to our humanity to solve the crisis of Indigenous incarceration
The Guardian
Against this background, it is very simple to impose policies for Indigenous Australians that do not signal any sense of belief in our humanity and own capacity to rise above the challenges we are confronted by. We are also mistaken if we assume that ...
Australia Day, Survival Day or Invasion Day? Why indigenous Australians can't ...Crikey
Who owns Indigenous stories?ArtsHub (subscription)
Tas premier slates native land hand-backs9news.com.au
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Constitutional recognition of Aboriginal people 'compatible' with treaty ... - ABC Online

Thu, 2015/01/22 - 2:32am

ABC Online

Constitutional recognition of Aboriginal people 'compatible' with treaty ...
ABC Online
A prominent advocate for Indigenous reconciliation in Tasmania believes recognising Aboriginal people in Australia's constitution is compatible with negotiating a treaty. Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman is considering supporting a move to "acknowledge ...

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Friend or foe of indigenous culture? Jessica Mauboy as Australia Day poster girl - Daily Review

Thu, 2015/01/22 - 12:44am

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Friend or foe of indigenous culture? Jessica Mauboy as Australia Day poster girl
Daily Review
One of the more insidious ways in which indigenous Australian people have been colonised is through the rewriting of history. Alongside use of the more congenial term “settlement”, the common view is that Aboriginal people maintained little resistance ...
Who owns Indigenous stories?ArtsHub (subscription)

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Who owns Indigenous stories? - ArtsHub (subscription)

Thu, 2015/01/22 - 12:01am

ArtsHub (subscription)

Who owns Indigenous stories?
ArtsHub (subscription)
Maza said it was time the Australian theatre sector stopped viewing the world through a lens of white privilege and power; and stopped repeating old and deeply entrenched myths about Aboriginal people. 'We all are products of our upbringing, and we ...

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bottom line feels heat of visitor lull - The Australian

Wed, 2015/01/21 - 1:02pm

bottom line feels heat of visitor lull
The Australian
However, Sydney businessman David Baffsky, the former chairman of the Indigenous Land Corp-owned Ayers Rock Resort, said it was difficult to understand how, at a time when tourism generally in Australia was booming, particularly inbound tourism, some ...

elders: we aren't part of the sham - The Australian

Wed, 2015/01/21 - 1:02pm

ABC Online

elders: we aren't part of the sham
The Australian
As well, the state is accused of riding roughshod over Aboriginal groups in opening up 4WD tracks along the Tarkine coast, despite concerns about ancient indigenous midden, burial and rock-carving sites. However, as revealed in The Australian yesterday ...
Tasmanian Premier considers recognising Indigenous people as traditional ...ABC Online

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Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith gives Australia Day address - SBS

Wed, 2015/01/21 - 9:41am

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith gives Australia Day address
SBS
Ben Roberts Smith acknowledged it could be a difficult day for some Indigenous Australians. “We, particularly the National Australia Day Council, understand the sensitive nature of the 26th of January to Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander community ...

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Meat company accused of racism over Australia Day ad - SBS

Wed, 2015/01/21 - 7:27am

Meat company accused of racism over Australia Day ad
SBS
An Australia Day advertisement from Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has caused controversy for its failure to include any Indigenous Australians. The advertisement shows former Australian cricketer Richie Benaud trying to organise an Australia Day ...

Australia Day: Take a fresh look at our past - The Age

Tue, 2015/01/20 - 1:39pm

The Age

Australia Day: Take a fresh look at our past
The Age
Noel Pearson in his 2014 Quarterly Essay article suggested that two things are irrefutably part of Australia's history: Indigenous heritage and British heritage. He went on to say, "no matter how much white Australians might want to ignore it or black ...

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Australia Day a time to learn about good and bad in nation's past - The Age

Tue, 2015/01/20 - 1:39pm

The Age

Australia Day a time to learn about good and bad in nation's past
The Age
Noel Pearson in his 2014 Quarterly Essay article suggested that two things are irrefutably part of Australia's history: Indigenous heritage and British heritage. He went on to say, "no matter how much white Australians might want to ignore it or black ...

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Ray Stone, Executive General Manager – Sales, Marketing and Distribution for ... - Travel Trends

Tue, 2015/01/20 - 7:08am

Travel Trends

Ray Stone, Executive General Manager – Sales, Marketing and Distribution for ...
Travel Trends
Ray worked for Accor, for six years as Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing for Accor Asia-Pacific before taking on the role of Executive General Manager – Sales, Marketing and Distribution for Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia. Ray is driven ...

Indigenous athletics camp strikes balance between education and sport - The Guardian

Tue, 2015/01/20 - 6:53am

The Guardian

Indigenous athletics camp strikes balance between education and sport
The Guardian
The inaugural Raise the Bar summer camp program, a partnership between Athletics Australia and Melbourne University, offers Indigenous students from remote and regional areas the chance to learn from some of the country's highest achievers in sport.

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