Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

The West Australian
Anzac Day 2018: Combined corroboree and haka mesmerises Kings Park crowd
The West Australian
A moving merging of an Aboriginal corroboree and the haka had a crowd of thousands mesmerised at Kings Park after this morning's Anzac dawn service. The performance, involving dozens of performers on the grass near Fraser Avenue, was a poignant symbol ...

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ABC Online
Anzac Day 2018: Perth's Kings Park dawn service includes historic combined haka and corroboree
ABC Online
Hundreds of dancers of all ages took part in the performance, which is believed to be the first time the two dances have been performed together. Their energetic show was watched on by a large crowd that surrounded the performance on all sides, who ...
Anzac Day 2018: Combined corroboree and haka mesmerises Kings Park crowdThe West Australian
Thousands attend Anzac dawn services across PerthThe Sydney Morning Herald
Cultures unite for emotional Anzac Day haka and corroboree9news.com.au

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The Conversation AU
Clarrie Combo, Mrs Brown and Aboriginal soldiers in WW2
The Conversation AU
During the second world war, a young Aboriginal soldier, Private Clarrie Combo from New South Wales, exchanged mail with Mrs F. C. Brown from Loxton, South Australia — a white woman whom he had never met. Very few letters penned by Aboriginal soldiers ...

ABC Local
Anzac Day 2018: Indigenous diggers' stories shared through augmented reality app
ABC Local
A new augmented reality app has been developed to share the seldom-told stories of Australia's Indigenous servicemen. Called Dilly Bag, the app works by interacting with the Boys from Barambah exhibition on display at the Ration Shed Museum in ...

The Cairns Post
Cairns performer returns to France for centenary of Anzac sacrifice
The Cairns Post
This year's service will mark the centenary of the April 24-25, 1918, battle at Villers-Bretonneux, which claimed 1200 young Australian lives. “It's a huge highlight for me,” says David, who played there on Anzac Day 2017 and again at the Battle of ...
Call for respect on Anzac DaySBS

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The Australian
Anzac Day: the indigenous fight after war to find lasting peace
The Australian
Taken from his parents as a child, and put into the Stolen Generations brutality of the Kinchela Boys Home in northern NSW, Cook began a long series of lessons about self-identity through an institutional war being waged on indigenous Australia. Even ...

The Age
“A woman does love her own little home”: How Anzac mother's dream was dashed
The Age
Mrs Saunders is all but forgotten these hundred years after her struggle ended in bitter tears, though she is the ancestor of generations of Australian soldiers. She would not live to see it, but her boy Chris would come home and father one of ...

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SBS
'It was hot, humid, helicopters flying overhead': Uncle Graham Atkinson, Aboriginal Vietnam Veteran
SBS
According to the Australian War Memorial and Indigenous veteran's groups, around 500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men served in Vietnam, at a time in which the protests for civil rights raged in both the United States and Australia. Graham ...

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Pro Bono Australia
Funding Boost for Remote Indigenous Housing in NT
Pro Bono Australia
Despite these funding announcements, the Labor Party said Indigenous housing in Australia was still under threat without a national agreement. In a joint statement, Labor Senators Doug Cameron and Patrick Dodson said the government's announcement was a ...

Courier Mail
First Aboriginal fighter pilot remembered in military biography
Courier Mail
INALA war hero Leonard 'Len' Waters was the first and only Aboriginal fighter pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. But to eldest daughter Lenise Schloss he was always just “Father”. She said it was the respectful title that he ...

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2GB (press release)
Grandson of fallen indigenous solider breaks down sharing his story
2GB (press release)
Indigenous Australians played a role in World War One, but it's a story rarely covered. 1500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders served Australia in the war despite, 100 years ago, not even having the right to vote. They weren't allowed to enlist to ...
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One man's emotional Anzac Day journey to say thank you | SBS NewsSBS

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InDaily
SA Aboriginal child incarceration an “ongoing tragedy”
InDaily
This is despite Aboriginal children representing only 4.5 per cent of the state's child population. “I consider these statistics an ongoing tragedy – they represent a generational loss because these children are our children,” Wright said. “These ...

The Mandarin
Australia's First People to the UN: govt statements are 'hypocritical in the extreme'
The Mandarin
National Congress of Australia's First Peoples Co-Chair Jackie Huggins delivered an intervention at the United Nations in New York on Thursday April 19 during the 17th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). Last ...

The West Australian
Video takes Aboriginal culture to Britain
The West Australian
“It has very much been a collaborative work and the friendship has grown over time as well.” These collaborations are now the basis of her PhD studies at Kings College London, and Ms Kantaria said she returned to Geraldton frequently where she and Mr ...

Pro Bono Australia
Client Testimonials for Big Cares
Pro Bono Australia
“Recently, WACHS used one of the videos made with the Aboriginal Children's Therapy Team to present at a national conference on rural health on the important role of the Aboriginal Health Worker in the care of Aboriginal children with speech and ...

Teacher Magazine
Miss Chen's blog: Understanding Australia's animals
Teacher Magazine
Little J & Big Cuz is an animated children's series that follows two Aboriginal children who live with their nanna and lovable dog. The 13 episodes explore the unfamiliar world of school and how, with the help of their teacher Miss Chen, Little J and ...

The Guardian
WA accused of undermining Burrup peninsula's world heritage listing
The Guardian
Any plans to increase industrial development on Western Australia's Burrup peninsula could damage the rock art and undermine efforts to secure world heritage listing, advocates have said. The Burrup peninsula, or Murujuga, near Karratha in the north ...

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ABC Online
Ancient virus lurking in remote Australia, affecting thousands of Aboriginal adults
ABC Online
The virus is thought to have arrived in Australian from Indonesia, but it continues to affect Aboriginal communities in the heart of the country. Researchers from the Baker Institute for Heart and Diabetes in Alice Springs estimated 45 per cent of ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Court win recognises Wajarri community native title in WA's Mid West
The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous Australians in WA's Mid West region have had a native title win in the Federal Court. The Part B determination recognises the native title of the Wajarri community over an area of about 12,252sqkm in the Murchison and Gascoyne regions. It ...
Native title win in WA's Mid WestSBS

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SBS
How an Indigenous POW and his interrogator became friends
SBS
I would like to show my people the Gentleman who is very good enough to call me friend.” Roland Carter's daughter, Lorraine Wilson told SBS News her father never spoke much about the war, but his experience in Europe was an unusual one. “I remember him ...