Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

BBC News
How Aboriginal Australians forged tools from early British ships
BBC News
It's an archaeological detective story that began on a building site in Sydney and ended on the banks of the River Thames in London. The BBC's Phil Mercer reports on the unlikely origin of recently found Aboriginal artefacts. For indigenous Australians ...

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artnet News
Is Damien Hirst's Latest Series a Ripoff of an Aboriginal Australian Artist? See the Works Side-by-Side
artnet News
In response to the kerfuffle, the New York-based dealer Emerald Gruin is organizing an exhibition at Olsen Gruin gallery featuring the work of Aboriginal artists Kathy Maringka, Polly Ngale, and Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi. Curated by Adam Knight, the ...

The Australian
Spike in child sex abuse charges turns spotlight on remote Aboriginal communities
The Australian
A 14-year-old boy from South Australia's remote Aboriginal lands has also been charged with the sexual assault of a child, believed to be a nine-year-old girl who was transferred to Alice Springs Hospital. A spokeswoman for NT Health was unable to give ...

The Australian
Rowen, Jasmine and 2000 others follow the dream
The Australian
The teens embody the emphatic success of a simple program that is helping almost 2000 Aboriginal students across Australia graduate from high school, sometimes in regions where school attendance is poor and expectations are low. Four days a week in ...

Google News

The Australian
Food boxes help bring Aboriginal children to school
The Australian
Food has become one of the most effective tools for truancy officers initially dispatched by Tony Abbott in 2013 in a bid to close the gap in school attendance between indigenous and non-indigenous children. The federal government's Remote School ...

Starts at 60 (blog)
'Aussies need to drop their win-lose mentality over refugees'
Starts at 60 (blog)
Where has our pride gone in owning that we, including our dear Aboriginal brothers and sisters, are all either first generation migrants or the descendants of earlier generations of migrants, who took refuge in Australia to obtain the freedom and fair ...

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Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Uluru Statement seeks change from the heart
Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Instead, government support has been for changes to merely recognise Aboriginal people in the Constitution - nothing more. However this has not stopped supporters of the Uluru Statement, such as Thomas Mayor, from seeking public support, which is ...

The Guardian
Coalition criticised for 'pathetic' response to Indigenous incarceration report
The Guardian
The ALRC report made 35 recommendations, many of which have been made before, including abolishing the practice of jailing people for unpaid fines — a law that disproportionately affects Aboriginal women — and introducing national targets to reducing ...

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Radio Australia
Can a morning yarn among students lead to classroom success?
Radio Australia
... and you can achieve whatever you set out to," she said. The Stronger Smarter Institute has done other work with schools in north and central Queensland, Victoria, and the Kimberley region in Western Australia. Models implemented at those schools ...

NEWS.com.au
Sunrise under investigation for 'racist' segment
NEWS.com.au
Protesters gather outside Sydney's Sunrise in Martin Place following a segment where three white panel members discussed white families adopting aboriginal children. March 16th 2018; 14 days ago; /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Network ...
Sunrise under investigation for THAT 'racist and offensive' panel chat that sparked furious protests outside their ...Daily Mail

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NEWS.com.au
Commonwealth Games Flashback: Cathy Freeman's Aboriginal pride sparked Arthur Tunstall's flag ban
NEWS.com.au
Source:News Corp Australia. He said all Australians had to compete under the one flag. It quickly became a worldwide scandal and opinion polls were divided about her actions but Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating was on side, sending a telegram ...
Five Commonwealth Games athletes who shocked the world with sporting switchesGold Coast Bulletin

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CIM Newsmagazine (press release) (blog)
Indigenous tourism a focus for Lorne
CIM Newsmagazine (press release) (blog)
Supported by Visit Victoria, the annual AITC event will include four days of trade and media education activities, workshops and industry insights with the focus of examining current and future travel trends. The theme for this year's conference is ...

ABC Online
Dialysis donation to revolutionise medical treatment in South Australia's APY Lands
ABC Online
"It's really significant because it shows people from Rotary around Australia and the world are keen to help us out. That makes us so happy." She said Kansas had a special connection to the plight of Aboriginal people seeking on-country treatment. "I ...

The Conversation AU
What we're looking for in Australia's Space Agency: views from NSW and SA
The Conversation AU
NASA, for example, runs 11 research centres, and the European Space Agency has nine centres or facilities, including the Kourou launch site in French Guiana. They support human spaceflight programs as well as deep space exploration. Both organisations ...

Listen to indigenous on reform: Labor
The Australian
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said addressing indigenous over-incarceration was a big issue for all Australian governments and would be included in the refreshed Closing the Gap agenda. "A huge part of this is ensuring we break the cycle of prison ...

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Australian Mining
Fortescue backs first Aboriginal-owned iron ore mine
Australian Mining
Australian Aboriginal Mining Corp (AAMC) is on track to become Australia's first Indigenous-owned iron ore miner. AAMC plans to acquire the Wonmunna iron ore project, about 80km from Newman in the Pilbara, from Ascot Resources. Perth-based AAMC is ...

9news.com.au
Listen to indigenous on reform: Labor
9news.com.au
Australian governments must listen to indigenous solutions to counter the over-incarceration "crisis point" in the nation's jails, Labor says. Indigenous Labor senator Pat Dodson says the findings of an Australian Law Reform Commission report ...

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ABC Online
Damien Hirst's latest artworks 'done exactly like my people's story ...
ABC Online
Indigenous artists from central Australia claim the latest works by Damien Hirst, one of the world's richest artists, strongly resemble their paintings, including those by the late grandmother of desert art Emily Kngwarreye. Hirst says his inspiration ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Surprising root of 250 Aboriginal languages discovered
Telegraph.co.uk
Researchers in Australia have discovered that the country's 250 Aboriginal languages – which vary widely - all derived from one source: a 12,000-year-old tongue that existed in a small part of northern Australia. Following years of debate about the ...
All Aussie languages have common sourceKhaleej Times

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The Australian
Bail overhaul 'needed to cope with indigenous prison rates'
The Australian
Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT chief executive Les Turner believes bail laws unduly harshly affect indigenous people, and reform is overdue. He said it could be particularly devastating for families when Aboriginal women were held on remand for long ...