Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia review: The trials, tribulations - and pride  The Sydney Morning Herald

CHILDHOOD Growing up Aboriginal in Australia Ed., Anita Heiss Black Inc., $29.99. In the wake of the controversial segment on Channel Seven's morning show ...

Naracoorte Herald
Cultural Walks and Bush Food Talks has been a hit these holidays
Naracoorte Herald
Cultural Walks and Bush Food Talks, a pilot program out at the Naracoorte Caves that celebrates Aboriginal culture, has been a smashing success with kids and adults alike. “We're starting to put Aboriginal culture storylines in play here at the Caves ...

Gourmet Traveller
Sydney hosts its first MAD Mondays talk
Gourmet Traveller
MAD Symposium – the food forum created by Noma chef René Redzepi in 2011 – brought its spin-off conversation series, MAD Mondays, to Sydney this month for the first time, attracting 160-odd chefs, journalists, Aboriginal elders, producers and others ...

ABC Online
Alice Springs could face Tennant Creek-style grog restrictions in effort to curb alcohol-fuelled violence
ABC Online
Northern Territory Police say Tennant Creek-style alcohol restrictions are being considered for Alice Springs, in an effort to curb alcohol-fuelled violence. It comes as the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (CAAC) called for the NT Police ...
CAAC calls for Kershaw's scalp after town camp deathNT News

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Community Newspaper Group
New Murdoch University research centre aims to improve lives of indigenous Australians
Community Newspaper Group
A RESEARCH centre that could “change the life course” of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders has launched at Murdoch University. The Ngangk Yira Research Centre for Aboriginal Health and Social Equity, which the university says is the first of its ...

ESPN
From the MCG to New York: Richmond presents to the UN
ESPN
Last week, Richmond became the first sporting club to present at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. The Tigers' delegation, in partnership with the Korin Gamadji Institute and its director, Aaron Clark, spoke to the UN about their ...

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NT News
CAAC calls for Kershaw's scalp after town camp death
NT News
CENTRAL Australian Aboriginal Congress chief executive Donna Ah Chee has called for the resignation of Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw after the stabbing death of a woman at an Alice Springs town camp. A 62-year-old woman was killed late on Wednesday ...

South Burnett Times
Aboriginal art on display for good cause
South Burnett Times
A PRIVATE art collection will be on show, and for sale, this weekend to raise funds for an aged care facility. The Central Australian Aboriginal Art was collected over 25 years by current Blackbutt and Benarkin Aged Care Association secretary Roz ...

The Guardian
Morning mail: Beijing's campaign of intimidation
The Guardian
In an extract from Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia, the writer and Indigenous activist describes what it was like to be a child who looked white but felt black. “Growing up, I equated my identity with the colour of my skin, and in my head assessed ...

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The Canberra Times
No justice or humanity to spare for Aboriginal people in Canberra
The Canberra Times
Thirty years ago, the then prime minister of Australia, Bob Hawke, deeply troubled by the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were dying in custody, announced a Royal Commission. The Royal Commission was initiated five years ...

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The Canberra Times
No justice or humanity to spare for Aboriginal people in Canberra
The Canberra Times
Thirty years ago, the then prime minister of Australia, Bob Hawke, deeply troubled by the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were dying in custody, announced a Royal Commission. The Royal Commission was initiated five years ...

The Guardian
The day a stranger thought my dad had stolen me
The Guardian
... “Is that your baby?” He was worried I had been kidnapped. I don't know if that would happen today, given how diverse western Sydney is, but back then it must have been a shock to some to see a black man with a white baby. My mother is non ...

The Australian
Aborigines in Vanuatu living as second-class citizens, says South Sea islander
The Australian
Hundreds of South Sea Islanders living in Vanuatu complain they are being discriminated against because they have Aboriginal ancestry, and say they want official Australian recognition. One, Vanuatu policeman Pakoa Rudy Rolland, says the problem has ...

The Guardian
Victoria pledges record funds to keep Indigenous children in community care
The Guardian
Muriel Bamblett, chief executive of the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency, is currently the legal guardian of 34 Aboriginal children. The funding means more organisations will be able to take on the role. Bamblett said having Aboriginal ...

The Australian
Obituary: Dr Luise Anna Hercus AO
The Australian
Dr Luise Anna Hercus AO was born in Germany and came to Australia in 1954 and is famous for her work on Aboriginal languages. She took a holistic approach to languages and emphasised the significance of speakers in documenting languages and considering ...

Defence Connect
Defence prime to help restore Aboriginal cultural sites
Defence Connect
The sponsorship is part of Lockheed Martin's Go Green program which promotes business practices and facility processes that reduce environmental and operational risk. It comes on the back of Earth Day when Lockheed Martin celebrated its commitment to ...

TRT World
ANZAC Day: Australians recall 'The Frontier Wars' against Aboriginal people
TRT World
Initially conceived in 1916 to memorialise the loss of Australian and New Zealand soldiers killed in the 1915 Battle of Gallipoli in Turkey in the First World War, ANZAC Day in Australia now honours all who have undertaken military service in war or in ...

The Guardian
Most lung and bowel cancers being diagnosed too late, data shows
The Guardian
Researchers at Cancer Australia collaborated with all of the Australian cancer registries and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare to gather information on “stage at diagnosis” for the five most common cancers – female breast cancer, bowel ...
Most lung cancers diagnosed too lateThe Australian

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Narooma News
Award-winning author visits Shire
Narooma News
The big thing for me is that this story shows how Australia was already a country with different territories. Professor McKenna, an award-winning historian who lives in Towamba, said the men survived because they were fed by the First Australians they ...

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Narooma News
Award-winning author visits Shire
Narooma News
The big thing for me is that this story shows how Australia was already a country with different territories. Professor McKenna, an award-winning historian who lives in Towamba, said the men survived because they were fed by the First Australians they ...