Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

The West Australian
Future fund to bring indigenous benefits
The West Australian
“The new fund will place this important indigenous endowment fund on a sustainable footing so it can deliver on its purpose — to provide long-term funding to the Indigenous Land Corporation to purchase assets on behalf of indigenous Australians,” he said.

IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
The truth about the Kooriculum
IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
The topic of conversation, or controversy as Tom would have you think, was the addition of new elaborations to help teachers incorporate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures in the Australian Science curriculum. The reality, Tom ...

ABC News
Bilby survey finds vulnerable species holding steady, but feral cats continue to pose a problem
ABC News
The blitz has involved Indigenous rangers using tracking skills passed down through generations to find active burrows across the Northern Territory and Western Australia. "I was taught by my mum and dad, they showed me a bilby burrow," said Gladys ...

ABC News
Indigenous 'pop songs' travelled thousands of kilometres across Australia, research finds
ABC News
Traditional Indigenous songs used for entertainment by the Northern Territory's Gurindji people have travelled virtually unchanged thousands of kilometres across Australia, research has revealed.

The Adelaide Review
Meet the finalists for the 2018 Ruby Awards
The Adelaide Review
The Stevie Gadlabarti Goldsmith Memorial Award will honour the well-loved Kaurna leader by recognising the artistic or cultural achievements of a South Australia-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-focussed individual or organisation. A ...

ABC News
How explorer and pirate William Dampier's comments on Aboriginal people in 1697 set the tone for future sentiment
ABC News
While William Dampier is lauded as the first Englishman to set foot in Australia, he published a popular book with a derogatory description of Aboriginal people that would influence the foundations of our nation. "The inhabitants of this country are ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Anita Hess on advocating Indigenous literacy and men who have influenced her
The Sydney Morning Herald
In my latest book, Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia, I've edited the stories of as many Aboriginal voices as possible. Adam Goodes is in there with a great story; he is incredibly humble and wise, and a genuine leader of moving forward in a peaceful, ...

How explorer and pirate William Dampier's comments on Aboriginal people in 1697 set the tone for future sentiment  ABC News

While William Dampier is lauded as the first Englishman to set foot in Australia, he published a popular book with a derogatory description of Aboriginal people ...

ABC News
Indigenous artists stage sell-out show in Sydney to raise funds for leaking Iwantja Arts
ABC News
Iwantja Arts, based in the tiny town of Indulkuna in the APY Lands in South Australia's far north, have fostered award-winning artists for decades. But the building in the tiny community, almost 400 kilometres south of Alice Springs, has become run down.

ABC News
'Eagle Man' teams with remote outback school's two-way science program to boost attendance
ABC News
... a window for children to see into the desert's ecosystem. He has joined forces with the Wiluna Remote Community School and its two-way science program, which builds on the students' Aboriginal cultural knowledge to teach the Australian Curriculum.

The Guardian
Indigenous groups call for investigation into Scullion fund stoush
The Guardian
Former NT Indigenous affairs minister, Dr Jak Ah Kit, told Guardian Australia the decision to fund these groups with money set aside for addressing Indigenous disadvantage was “totally immoral and totally against the normal rules that apply”. “I think ...

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ArtsHub
What's in a name? NGV accused of disrespect and plagiarism
ArtsHub
She learned about the apparent appropriation of the title after receiving an out of office message from NGV Curator of Indigenous Art, Myles Russell Cook, on an unrelated matter. The exhibition had been curated by Cook and his ... Writing Blak to the ...

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RT
Guidelines to boosting indigenous research unveiled
University World News
Although completion rates remain low, Aboriginal Australians are enrolling in universities and graduating in greater numbers than ever before. New guidelines launched on Friday are aimed at assisting indigenous graduates who want to pursue research ...
'Thanks for putting up with invasion': Australia's former PM Abbott greets indigenous people (VIDEO)RT

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The Australian
Running for their lives
The Australian
In 2010, when the seeds of his foundation were being sown, de Castella saw it as a 10-year project; his goal was to have an indigenous long-distance runner in the 2016 Australian Olympic Team. But he was soon mugged by some grim realities. He'd grown ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Time to pull the curtain on memorial industry
The Sydney Morning Herald
It was to be 15 years after the war when the local community concluded that the freedoms people had fought for, and some had died for, included the right of Aboriginal Australians to live in the town, or to walk around it after dark. Perhaps Nelson has ...

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SBS
'Thank you for putting up with the invasion': Abbott tells an Indigenous community
SBS
Former prime minister Tony Abbott was greeted with a traditional welcome by the Anangu people when he arrived in Pukatja, one of South Australia's most remote Aboriginal communities. It was the last stop on a three-day visit to the state as part of his ...

SBS
Tony Abbott says: 'Thank you for putting up with the invasion'
SBS
Former prime minister Tony Abbott was greeted with a traditional welcome by the Anangu people when he arrived in Pukatja, one of South Australia's most remote Aboriginal communities. It was the last stop on a three-day visit to the state as part of his ...

The Guardian
Nigel Scullion gave Indigenous funding to his former fishing lobby group to fight land claims
The Guardian
Scullion told Guardian Australia the funding provided to the pastoral and fishing organisations could also be used “to develop education resources and training materials on Aboriginal land and sea country in the Northern Territory, Aboriginal land ...

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The Australian
Teach for Australia associate wins Rhodes scholarship
The Australian
Teach for Australia, the innovative scheme which fast-tracks talented non-teaching graduates into teaching roles in needy schools, has produced a Rhodes scholar and will go to Oxford next year. Previously Gia-Yen Luong, a UNSW science and law graduate, ...

ABC News
Cricket Australia to decide on next chair with Earl Eddings the favourite
ABC News
He is the managing director of Riskcom, a risk-management company, and a former first-grade batsman in Melbourne (as Peever was in Brisbane). Eddings is currently the co-chair of the National Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Cricket Advisory ...

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