Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

Aussie of the Year a Goodes choice
NEWS.com.au
``Thank you Australia for this award. This is a huge honour,'' Goodes told the crowd at the ceremony in Canberra. Goodes said growing up as an indigenous Australian he had seen his fair share of racism. ``I believe racism is a community issue which we ...

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Australian of Year 2014: Adam Goodes, Sydney Swans footballer, recognised for ...
ABC Online
Aboriginal AFL player and anti-racism campaigner Adam Goodes has been named the 2014 Australian of the Year. Prime Minister Tony Abbott presented Goodes with the award at a ceremony on the lawns outside Parliament House attended by a large ...

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Indigenous footballer Adam Goodes named Australian of the Year
SBS
For more than a decade Adam Goodes has been part of the Sydney Swans pack and now he's been recognised for kicking goals off-field as an indigenous ambassador. The 34-year-old AFL superstar has been named Australian of the Year for 2014 for his ...
Dementia, disability and aged care are key challenges, Buttrose warnsThe Australian

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Goodes pushes for indigenous recognition
Sky News Australia
Australian of the Year Finalist, football superstar Adam Goodes, sees Australia Day as a survival story and a chance to celebrate his Aboriginal culture. Goodes joined other state and territory finalists at a special lunch in Canberra on Saturday ahead ...

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Adam Goodes pushes for indigenous recognition ahead of Australia Day
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian of the Year Finalist, football superstar Adam Goodes, sees Australia Day as a survival story and a chance to celebrate his Aboriginal culture. Goodes joined other state and territory finalists at a special lunch in Canberra on Saturday ahead ...
Champions of indigenous advancementThe Australian
Indigenous footballer Adam Goodes named Australian of the YearSBS
SPORTS STARS NAMED AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEARHerald Sun
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Goodes pushes for indigenous recognition
Ninemsn
People should enjoy celebrating what it means to be Australian but also show empathy towards indigenous people who may find the day painful, Goodes said. "There is a bit of heartache and sorrow out there," the dual Brownlow medallist told reporters in ...

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Australia Day: What's on around the country?
SBS
The raising of the Australian and Aboriginal flags on the Sydney Harbour Bridge launches New South Wales' Australia Day celebrations. The WugulOra Indigenous ceremony commemorates Australia's Indigenous past while celebrating its future. 7:30-8:00am ...
Sydney Harbour to launch Australia DayThe Australian

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The Guardian
Defining the Australian Aboriginal business
The Conversation
How we define Aboriginal business determines how well we recognise the level of indigenous entrepreneurship. Kodja Place WA. In 2006 the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) estimated that there were around 7,000 self-employed indigenous Australians ...
Most want original cultures celebratedThe Australian
How Indigenous Australians map their worldABC Online (blog)
Australia Day ambassador to add inspiration and prideMy Sunshine Coast (press release)
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The Guardian
Why it's time to redefine Australia Day
The Guardian
This happened just months after thousands of Indigenous Australians marched in protest of Australia Day, as the tall ships in Sydney Harbour simultaneously re-enacted what Aboriginal leaders called “Invasion Day”. I was aware of tragedies such as those ...

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Most want original cultures celebrated
The Australian
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians feel even more strongly that their cultures should be recognised and celebrated as something that makes Australia unique, with 82 per cent support. Mr Abbott used his New Year's Day message to urge a ...
How Indigenous Australians map their worldABC Online (blog)
Australia Day ambassador to add inspiration and prideMy Sunshine Coast (press release)
Q&A with Kirstie Parker: on acts of kindness and Indigenous survivalThe Guardian

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Champions of indigenous advancement
The Australian
Beyond that cusp is a future where indigenous Australians close the gap on black and white numbers in employment, incarceration and education. Grab yourself a pen green, gold, red, black, yellow and scribble the words of Mr Mundine across your 2014 ...
Australian of the Year: NSW candidate Adam GoodesABC Online

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Debate revived on what Australia Day means to Indigenous Aussies
SBS
As millions of Aussies prepare to celebrate Australia Day this weekend, the debate on what the day means to Indigenous Australians has been revived. By. Tara Callinan. Source. NITV News. UPDATED 3 MINS AGO. On January 26, 1788 Captain Arthur ...

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The Guardian
Push intensifies for Indigenous recognition in constitution
The Guardian
The Indigenous leader charged with building community consensus to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution says the issue should be dealt with in this term of government, and considered separately from the next federal election. Tanya ...

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'Invasion Day' debate resurfaces
SBS
To some Indigenous Australians, January the 26th is "Invasion Day" - the day in 1788 when the First Fleet of British settlers arrived on Australian shores. By. Marina Freri. Source. World News Australia Radio. UPDATED 29 MINS AGO. To some Indigenous ...
Australia Day is not a cause for celebration for allFraser Coast Chronicle
Should we shift our Australia Day?Central Queensland news
Australia Day – celebration of a nationMyguidon

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The Guardian
How Indigenous Australians map their world
ABC Online (blog)
Their culture is complex and diverse, having the oldest living cultural history in the world going back at least 50,000 years. The Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures have survived for so long mainly due to their ability to adapt ...
Q&A with Kirstie Parker: on acts of kindness and Indigenous survivalThe Guardian

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Indigenous soldiers remembered: the research behind Black Diggers
The Conversation
Black Diggers premiered at the Sydney Festival last weekend – and initial inspiration came from the discovery by festival director Lieven Bertels, that a young Aboriginal soldier, Private Rufus Rigney from Raukkan in South Australia, was buried in the ...

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SBS
Indigenous football ambassador on mission to find new stars
SBS
In the same year, he also became the first to lead an Australian club side to domestic success, after Newcastle Jets won the A-League championship. A proud indigenous Australian and FFA ambassador North is passionate about encouraging indigenous ...

Crikey
Razer's class warfare: Aboriginal Australia needs capital, not bullshit feelings
Crikey
Razer's class warfare: Aboriginal Australia needs capital, not bullshit feelings. by Helen Razer. There is one of those things I believe the expert photoshoppers call a “macro” currently circulating madly online. I am all for a critique of that ...

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The Guardian (blog)
Archie Roach still a powerful voice for Indigenous justice
The Guardian (blog)
Yet Roach's music has had a more overtly political voice which speaks directly to issues affecting Australia's Indigenous people, drawing on stories from his life. Roach credits forerunners like Little and Bob Randall – whose 1970 song Brown Skin Baby ...

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Razer's class warfare: Aboriginal Australia needs capital, not bullshit feelings
Crikey
It is time for a real Treaty ratified by the Australian Parliament and by a referendum of all Indigenous people. If Indigenous people really want the Constitution to be 'completed' that can be agreed in the Treaty as well. by Boerwar on Jan 23, 2014 at ...

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