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The vision splendid? A24 and its grassroots push for a new Australia - The Guardian

Thu, 2018/08/09 - 8:41am

The Guardian

The vision splendid? A24 and its grassroots push for a new Australia
The Guardian
That was the question civil society groups, unions, welfare groups and Indigenous representatives asked themselves nearly three years ago. Faced with competing world views of the US president, Donald Trump, One Nation, the Business Council of Australia ...

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Marching together: world's Indigenous peoples day in Sydney – in pictures - The Guardian

Thu, 2018/08/09 - 7:53am

The Guardian

Marching together: world's Indigenous peoples day in Sydney – in pictures
The Guardian
March for makarrata was also a call to non-Indigenous Australia. Photograph: Carly Earl for the Guardian. Facebook Twitter Pinterest · March for makarrata was also a call to non-Indigenous Australia.

What's behind high Aboriginal youth suicide rates? - Al Jazeera English

Thu, 2018/08/09 - 7:00am
What's behind high Aboriginal youth suicide rates?  Al Jazeera English

Pat Dudgeon explains why suicide rates among young Aboriginals are so high and what can be done to stem the tide.

Premier says NSW prepared to negotiate for 'better deal' with Aboriginal groups - The Guardian

Thu, 2018/08/09 - 6:50am

The Guardian

Premier says NSW prepared to negotiate for 'better deal' with Aboriginal groups
The Guardian
The New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, says her government is prepared to negotiate three priorities with the new coalition of peak Aboriginal organisations. Her commitment follows a march and rally by around 1,000 Aboriginal people outside ...

Health and self-determination on International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples - RACGP

Thu, 2018/08/09 - 5:03am

RACGP

Health and self-determination on International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
RACGP
'The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and health practitioners in Australia are the only ethnic-based health professions in the world that have legislation and regulation, as well as a national training curriculum, to support them ...
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples: 2018PRWire (press release)

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Amnesty urges Queensland to raise age of criminal responsibility to 14 - The Guardian

Thu, 2018/08/09 - 3:02am

The Guardian

Amnesty urges Queensland to raise age of criminal responsibility to 14
The Guardian
Queensland locks up more 10-to-13-year-olds than any other state; more than 70% are Indigenous. It means an Indigenous child is 30 times more likely to be sent to prison than any other Queenslander. “A child's chance at a bright future can be lost ...

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Tasmanian Indigenous artists to show off works at Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair - ABC News

Wed, 2018/08/08 - 11:03pm

ABC News

Tasmanian Indigenous artists to show off works at Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair
ABC News
"To go up there and pin that against Aboriginal artists who have been doing it for generations with their families, and seeing some of the artwork coming out of central Australia, I'm nervous ours won't be up to par." The idea of the Tasmanian stall ...

March for makarrata: NSW Aboriginal groups unite to demand a 'new agenda' - The Guardian

Wed, 2018/08/08 - 6:00pm

The Guardian

March for makarrata: NSW Aboriginal groups unite to demand a 'new agenda'
The Guardian
“We want to send a clear message to parliament,” the chairman of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council and the newly appointed chair of the prime minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, Roy Ah See, told Guardian Australia. “Walk with us. Talk with us. Sit ...

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The Gold Rush brought people from all over the world to live together in one big multicultural melting pot - Herald Sun

Wed, 2018/08/08 - 1:17pm

The Gold Rush brought people from all over the world to live together in one big multicultural melting pot
Herald Sun
The sudden rush of people from all over the world displaced* many Aboriginal Australians, who had lived on and looked after the land where gold was found for tens of thousands of years. The miners and their families didn't know much about Aboriginal ...

When did Aboriginal people first arrive in Australia? | Australian Times - Australian Times

Wed, 2018/08/08 - 11:48am

Australian Times

When did Aboriginal people first arrive in Australia? | Australian Times
Australian Times
SPECIAL FEATURE: Have Aboriginal people been in Australia for some 50,000 years or as long as 65,000 years? Either way, they have effectively been on ...

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National Portrait Gallery's 20th anniversary exhibition presents Australia's hidden histories - ABC News

Wed, 2018/08/08 - 5:30am

ABC News

National Portrait Gallery's 20th anniversary exhibition presents Australia's hidden histories
ABC News
Most artists looked to the past: Carol McGregor's possum skin cloaks reconstruct Aboriginal histories that have been riven, broken and ignored; Bern Emmerichs' painted ceramics humorously bring to life the 180 convict women who sailed to Tasmania in ...

Things you only know if you're an Indigenous astronomer - Time Out

Wed, 2018/08/08 - 12:18am

Time Out

Things you only know if you're an Indigenous astronomer
Time Out
Indigenous Australians were the first people on our continent to look up and take meaning from the night sky, and while a lot of it is spiritual, there is science in it as well. I just released a research paper on the role of planets in Aboriginal ...

When did Aboriginal people first arrive in Australia? - Phys.Org

Tue, 2018/08/07 - 11:11am

Phys.Org

When did Aboriginal people first arrive in Australia?
Phys.Org
Analysis of maternal genetic lineages revealed that Aboriginal populations moved into Australia around 50,000 years ago. They rapidly swept around the west and east coasts in parallel movements—meeting around the Nullarbor just west of modern-day ...

New indigenous inspired artwork to take pride of place in Sydney - 9news.com.au

Tue, 2018/08/07 - 10:12am

9news.com.au

New indigenous inspired artwork to take pride of place in Sydney
9news.com.au
Despite the animus that has existed between first and colonial Australia, Aboriginal people want modern Australia to know and to appreciate indigenous history. As NSW Governor David Hurley recalled at today's launch, he was having a discussion with a ...
These giant fish hook sculptures will be Sydney's next major public artworkTime Out

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When did Aboriginal people first arrive in Australia? - UNSW Newsroom

Tue, 2018/08/07 - 7:00am
When did Aboriginal people first arrive in Australia?  UNSW Newsroom

Aboriginal Australians have effectively been on their country as long as modern human populations have been outside of Africa. shutterstock_628816736.jpg.

Cold comfort from ancestors as Indigenous monument revealed - The Sydney Morning Herald

Tue, 2018/08/07 - 6:35am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cold comfort from ancestors as Indigenous monument revealed
The Sydney Morning Herald
As an icy southerly gale tore across the northern end of the Domain, a small crowd gathered on the Tarpeian Lawn yesterday to hear about plans for a massive new public artwork celebrating Australia's First Peoples. As most of those present ...

Program announced for Australian Indigenous Tourism Conference - CIM Newsmagazine (press release) (blog)

Tue, 2018/08/07 - 6:16am

Program announced for Australian Indigenous Tourism Conference
CIM Newsmagazine (press release) (blog)
Current features on the program include a chance to hear about the Camping with Custodians program, which is an Australian-first initiative that builds campgrounds on Aboriginal lands. Attendees can also hear about the four-year Aboriginal Tourism ...

Indigenous children don't need to be fixed – they need rights and opportunities - The Guardian

Tue, 2018/08/07 - 4:40am

The Guardian

Indigenous children don't need to be fixed – they need rights and opportunities
The Guardian
Our kids need to grow up as Aboriginal children with rights and opportunities, with a voice and the ability to control their own destination. I am mix-matched – a creation by others who decided they knew what was best for me. I am a product of ...

'Don't leave people behind': plea from stolen generation galvanises Garma - The Guardian

Tue, 2018/08/07 - 4:30am

The Guardian

'Don't leave people behind': plea from stolen generation galvanises Garma
The Guardian
With the voice to parliament proposal stalled in a new joint select committee, Garma's key forums and fireside discussions debated the other ways to reach the end goal: substantive change for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia ...

When did Aboriginal people first arrive in Australia? | UNSW ... - UNSW Newsroom

Tue, 2018/08/07 - 2:43am

UNSW Newsroom

When did Aboriginal people first arrive in Australia? | UNSW ...
UNSW Newsroom
Aboriginal Australians have effectively been on their country as long as modern human populations have been outside of Africa. shutterstock_628816736.jpg.
When did Aboriginal people first arrive in Australia?The Conversation AU
When did Aboriginal people first arrive in Australia? | MENAFN.COMMENAFN.COM (press release)

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