Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Phys.Org
Aboriginal people lived in Australia's desert interior 50000 years ago, earlier than first thought
Phys.Org
The very early presence of people in the interior deserts of Australia, as well as their very early use of a backed microlith, changes how we understand the adaptive and technological sophistication of early Aboriginal peoples. The arid zone has often ...

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Aboriginal people lived in Australia's desert interior 50,000 years ago, earlier than first thought  The Conversation AU

New evidence shows that people have lived inland in Western Australia for more than 50,000 years. That's 10,000 years earlier than previously known for ...

Aboriginal people lived in Australia's desert interior 50,000 years ago, earlier than first thought  The Conversation AU

New evidence shows that people have lived inland in Western Australia for more than 50,000 years. That's 10,000 years earlier than previously known for ...

The Conversation AU
Aboriginal people lived in Australia's desert interior 50000 years ago, earlier than first thought
The Conversation AU
New evidence shows that people have lived inland in Western Australia for more than 50,000 years. That's 10,000 years earlier than previously known for Australian deserts. The finding comes from archaeological work performed at the request of the ...
Research finds Aboriginals lived in Western Desert 50000 years agoUniversity News: The University of Western Australia

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University News: The University of Western Australia
Research finds Aboriginals lived in Western Desert 50000 years ago
University News: The University of Western Australia
Archaeologists from The University of Western Australia working with Traditional Custodians from the Birriliburru Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) have recovered evidence that people lived in the Australian arid zone 50,000 years ago. This is 10,000 ...

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Australian Mining
Fortescue awards two Aboriginal-owned businesses $6m in contracts
Australian Mining
Fortescue Metals Group has signed contracts with two Western Australian Aboriginal businesses totalling $6 million as part of the company's Billion Opportunities program. Kooya Australia Fleet Solutions was awarded a three-year contract for vehicle ...

How ad agencies can better cater to Indigenous communities
AdNews
A RAP aims to build a bridge between the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and non-Indigenous Australians, through a series of tangible, long-term commitments. Our first commitment was the launch of a series of panel discussions on 'The ...

The Mandarin
Indigenous Affairs' latest shakeup brings in a former military chief
The Mandarin
A shakeup inside Australia's federal Indigenous Affairs bureaucracy will see its top official, Andrew Tongue, replaced with the recently retired Vice Chief of the Defence Force, Ray Griggs. Tongue, who has been Associate Secretary, Indigenous Affairs ...

The Mandarin
Indigenous Affairs' latest shakeup brings in a military chief
The Mandarin
A shakeup inside Australia's federal Indigenous Affairs bureaucracy will see its top official, Andrew Tongue, replaced with the recently retired Vice Chief of the Defence Force, Ray Griggs. Tongue, who has been Associate Secretary, Indigenous Affairs ...

Grafton Daily Examiner
Tasmanian Liberal backbencher Adam Brooks sides with Greens over anthem change
ABC News
"When it says 'we are young' it completely disregards the Indigenous Australians who were here before us for over 50,000 years," Harper said. "When it was originally written, Advance Australia Fair meant advance the white people of Australia." Ms ...
Advancing Australia with a new anthemGrafton Daily Examiner

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Grafton Daily Examiner
Advancing Australia with a new anthem
Grafton Daily Examiner
It certainly doesn't rejoice in the multicultural society that Australia has become, nor does it honour the contribution of indigenous Australians. Certainly there are people who believe the song is not inclusive of all Australians. Nine-year-old ...

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The Australian
Indigenous 'alien' case referred to High Court
The Australian
Lawyers for 39-year-old Daniel Love said he should not have been subject to the mandatory visa cancellation, and have filed for leave to challenge the decision in the High Court. Mr Love's indigenous father had Australian citizenship and he has lived ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
The long, long silence of James Cook's ship Endeavour
The Sydney Morning Herald
To Australians, however, the Endeavour was the ship sailed by Lieutenant (later Captain) Cook along the east coast of Australia to the northernmost tip of Cape York Peninsula where, on August 22, 1770, he raised the British flag and declared he was ...
Captain Cook's ship Endeavour may have been found off the US coastCNN

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National Indigenous Times
Key land rights organisation celebrates 40th birthday Kimberley-style
National Indigenous Times
In 1978 Aboriginal people faced off against a convoy of police and miners to protect their sacred land at Nookanbah in Western Australia's far north. On Monday, a re-enactment of the historic Nookanbah march marked the start of the Kimberley Land ...

EducationHQ Australia
Aboriginal Education Worker - Lumen Christi College - Pambula NSW
EducationHQ Australia
An exciting and rewarding opportunity exists for a Aboriginal Education Worker, to work as part of the supportive team, continuing to create a center which strives to be a place of excellence in teaching and learning. The role is responsible for ...

BBC News
Aboriginal man fights possible deportation from Australia
BBC News
An Aboriginal man has launched legal action against Australia over what he argues is an attempt to deport him to Papua New Guinea (PNG). Daniel Love, 39, was born in PNG but has lived in Australia since he was five. He has a PNG mother and Aboriginal ...

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ArtsHub
On the move: the latest appointments and resignations
ArtsHub
The Australia Council's Executive Director for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts, Lydia Miller said: 'Trish is well known for her passion, understanding and advocacy of First Nations art. Her appointment to this newly established role is a ...

ABC Local
French couple who have lived in Australia for 15 years 'gutted' at prospect of deportation
ABC Local
"[But] there has to be a benefit to Australia, and that usually means employment for Australians. "I know that Damien made several attempts to recruit locally within the Aboriginal community as well as local schools and children to do traineeships ...

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Junkee
Blackface stunt by Tasmanian footy players 'makes mockery' of non-white people: activist
ABC News
"There are more and more immigrants coming to Australia, to start a new life," he said. "They see this sort of behaviour and wonder what they've migrated to. "How many young Aboriginal players would want to go now to the Penguin Football Club or be ...
Please Reset Your 'Days Since Australia Has Had A Blackface Incident' Counter To ZeroJunkee
Outrage after Tasmanian footballers black up for Penguin's Mad MondayThe Sydney Morning Herald
Tasmanian footballers draw flak after donning blackface costumesStuff.co.nz

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IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
Remembering The Black Mist
IndigenousX (press release) (blog)
This exhibition is a vivid and reflective collation that is raising awareness of the impact of nuclear testing in Australia. The cost for British and Australian army personnel and civilians was high. More so for Aboriginal people, who often weren't ...