Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Area News (blog)
Art exhibition commemorates Indigenous service men and women in Australia
Area News (blog)
Military service stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women aren't ones often discussed, yet since the dawning and evolution of social media, Australians are becoming more and more aware of the service and sacrifice of those ...

NEWS.com.au
Billboards for Victorian Government indigenous awareness campaign scrapped
NEWS.com.au
Aboriginal Victoria launched its Deadly Questions website recently asking simple questions non-indigenous Australians have been too embarrassed to ask indigenous Australians. Questions include “why should I say sorry for something I didn't do?” and ...

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The Guardian
Melbourne electorate of Batman renamed after Indigenous activist
The Guardian
The former head of the prime minister's Indigenous advisory council Warren Mundine also welcomed the decision. Cooper helped establish the Australian Aborigines League in 1935, serving as its secretary, and petitioned King George V to give Aboriginal ...
Australia Is Saying Goodbye To Batman And Is Renaming The Electorate After An Aboriginal ActivistBuzzFeed News
Australia Loses Batman And Won't Get 'Cox'ten daily
AEC to rename Ged Kearney's Melbourne seat from Batman to CooperThe Australian
Herald Sun
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ArtsHub
Government invests $150000 into digital labeling to combat fake Aboriginal art
ArtsHub
Poster from the Fake Art Harms Culture campaign; image Arts Law Centre of Australia. This week, the Australian Government confirmed that it will commit $150,000 to a pilot program to test digital codes to label authentic Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

Radio New Zealand
Blackbirding: Vanuatu's Aboriginal Australian descendants
Radio New Zealand
A historian says its plausible that Aboriginal Australian orphans were brought home by blackbirded ni-Vanuatu in the early 20th century. As many as 4000 descendants of Aboriginal Australians could live in Vanuatu, some of whom are trying to trace their ...

ten daily
Australia Loses Batman And Won't Get 'Cox'
ten daily
The division of Batman is no more, after the Australian Electoral Commission decided to shed the superhero-reminiscent name in favour of honouring an indigenous political pioneer. But the AEC has resisted renaming another electorate 'Cox', after some ...
AEC to rename Ged Kearney's Melbourne seat from Batman to CooperThe Australian
Verdict in on Victorian electorate name changesHerald Sun

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ABC News
New digital book delivers Tasmania's history to classrooms across Australia
ABC News
Mr Broun expected the Aboriginal history unit would be widely accessed by teachers. "Australians know very, very little about Tasmania's first people and, even worse, there's not enough known right here," he said. "The first resource attempts to ...

ABC News
Warakurna welcomes first all-Indigenous police station, aiming to repair a community's mistrust
ABC News
The first entirely Indigenous-run police station in Australia is using cultural ties to gain the trust of a remote Aboriginal community. Not far from the Northern Territory border, Warakurna in Western Australia is policed by two Aboriginal officers ...

Fox Sports
Angus Crichton, Josh Addo-Carr, and Latrell Mitchell's trip to Arnhem Land.Source: FOX SPORTS
Fox Sports
He wants you — yes, you, the average Australian — to know more about this country's indigenous history. He doesn't care what colour your skin is or which part of the country you grew up in. He says it's time Australia knows and understands the ...

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cricket.com.au
Aussies' special guest continues rare journey
cricket.com.au
Still coming to terms with the blow, Christian led the Australian Aboriginal side with distinction on their trip commemorating the sesquicentenary of the 1868 Indigenous tour, Australia's first-ever sporting team to travel abroad, by topping both the ...

The Murray Valley Standard
South Australia's rejection of Aboriginal treaties 'devastating' for Ngarrindjeri, other nations, former minister ...
The Murray Valley Standard
Welcome to country: Kyam Maher, right, catches up with Ngarrindjeri elder Ellen Trevorrow during a visit to the Murraylands on Friday. Photo: Kyam Maher/Twitter. Opposition Aboriginal affairs spokesman Kyam Maher has described as "devastating" the ...

SBS
Katter 'serves notice' on parties over fake Aboriginal art
SBS
Katter's Australian Party leader @RealBobKatter is joined by a delegation of Indigenous mayors in Canberra this week to push through legislation to stop the sale of inauthentic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and art products #auspol @NITV ...
Why we need an Indigenous Voice in ParliamentCrikey

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ABC News
'Our kids need proper water': Families plead for action over uranium in drinking water
ABC News
At least three communities in central Australia have levels of uranium in drinking water that exceed health guidelines; Dozens of other communities not meeting aesthetic guidelines, which ensure taste, feel and smell are up to standard; Residents fear ...

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Travel Weekly
New Aussie travel staple: The guide to Indigenous Australia
Travel Weekly
The ABC reports that a new book, titled Welcome to Country, by Marcia Langton will be the first travel guide to Indigenous Australia, providing tourists with a reference guide to travelling through Australia with respect to culture and sacred lands.

The Australian Financial Review
Rich Lister Gerry Ryan opens Aboriginal art gallery at Mitchelton wine estate
The Australian Financial Review
The latest Rich Lister to join the vine and art movement is Gerry Ryan, the Jayco caravan billionaire, who has added Australia's largest commercial Aboriginal art gallery to the already attractive Mitchelton winery complex outside Nagambie in Victoria.

ABC News
Welcome to Country: A landmark travel guide to Indigenous Australia
ABC News
A new book, Welcome to Country by prominent public figure Marcia Langton, could be the first travel guide to Indigenous Australia — a handy reference for how tourists might best travel through different cultures and sacred lands. It could be the ...

The Guardian
Alarm raised over huge number of Indigenous children without birth certificates
The Guardian
“It is well established that there is a gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in outcomes of child mortality, life expectancy, education, literacy, numeracy and employment. The presence of barriers to easily accessing the above services ...

The Conversation AU
Australia must embrace transformation for a sustainable future
The Conversation AU
The report highlights that Australia is a prosperous and generally healthy country. But it also acknowledges significant challenges, such as improving the health and prosperity of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and helping ...

ABC News
Artist Tony Albert focuses on issues of Indigenous visibility in his first major solo exhibition
ABC News
The series is the product of a recent collaboration between Albert and the remote community of Warakurna in Western Australia, near the Northern Territory border. The Townsville-born Sydney-based artist made the long journey (a three-hour drive from ...

Google News

Welcome to Country: A landmark travel guide to Indigenous Australia  ABC News

When can you take a photo on sacred Indigenous land? What about asking elders questions? Marcia Langton's landmark travel guide to Indigenous Australia ...