Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

The West Australian
Weaving wonderful words
The West Australian
This Tuesday, arguably one of WA's most significant cultural projects in recent times kicks off at Fremantle's historic Moores Building. Running for a week, the free Aboriginal Australian Kids Story Festival, or Woylie Festival, celebrates Aboriginal ...

ABC Online
Aboriginal flag designer questions why the town that inspired it refuses to fly it
ABC Online
In May 2017, Acting Deputy Commissioner of Veterans Affairs Lance Johnson wrote to council. "The proposal to fly the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags alongside the Australian and Northern Territory flags on Anzac Hill would be most ...

The Guardian
Warragamba dam wall plan 'would flood 50 Aboriginal heritage sites'
The Guardian
The briefing was held in northern Sydney, more than a three-hour drive in peak-hour traffic from Brown's home in Warragamba. Infrastructure NSW said the briefing was “not a mandated part of that consultation process” but invitations were issued to ...
Western NSW leads immunisation rates for five-year-old childrenWellington Times
Remote Australian city bridging health resource gap but still has a long way to goABC Online

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The Guardian
Indigenous STI rates sign of government failure rather than child abuse, experts say
The Guardian
There was an upward trend for children and young people over 12, concentrated in the age group of 13-19, but this was “likely to be a reflection of teenage sexual activity which begins around the same median age for all Australians at 15 years”, rather ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
HSC course leads to major family discoveries for Jaime
The Sydney Morning Herald
An HSC course led Jaime Ribeiro, 17, to an unmarked grave and the discovery that her family is linked to the first Aboriginal man to circumnavigate Australia. As part of an eight-month research project for her accelerated Aboriginal Studies course ...

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Brisbane Times
The $200m industry of cheap fakes ripping off Indigenous artists
Brisbane Times
Ms Sutton said that a total ban of fake aboriginal merchandise would greatly benefit and support Aboriginal artists and would reopen the market. The Meeanjin Markets event organiser, Troy Casey, said that the markets are an initiative of the Gold Coast ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
The $200m industry of cheap fakes ripping off Indigenous artists
The Sydney Morning Herald
Ms Sutton said that a total ban of fake aboriginal merchandise would greatly benefit and support Aboriginal artists and would reopen the market. The Meeanjin Markets event organiser, Troy Casey, said that the markets are an initiative of the Gold Coast ...

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Daily Telegraph
Samantha Harris will front indigenous label's collection at Commonwealth Games
Daily Telegraph
“I regard myself as a modern indigenous Australian,” the model said. “I respect and admire my cultural heritage but I live the life of an everyday Australian living in a modern society. I felt so privileged to have shot for Kirrikin. I think about all ...
A local's guide to Perth, Western AustraliaThe Guardian

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ABC Online
Remote Indigenous artists open up own gallery to stop 'dodgy' art dealers
ABC Online
An Indigenous art collective from outback Australia has opened up its own art gallery in Sydney, in a bid to bypass "dodgy" art dealers who are "ripping them off". The APY Lands Art Centre Collective gallery in Darlinghurst opened in the inner-city ...
A New Gallery Brings Art from the Heart of Australia into the Heart of SydneyBroadsheet

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Science catching up to Indigenous healing practices
The Sydney Morning Herald
Likewise, traditional healing practices, such as herbal ointments, can have a place within modern medicine. The Monash Indigenous Studies Centre director will appear in a panel on Australia's history at the World Science Festival in Brisbane on Sunday ...

SBS
Residents in 'someone else's land': How interaction with Indigenous Australians gave new meaning to these migrants ...
SBS
“When I first heard about it, I didn't really grasp truly the extent of what he (Clinton) was actually doing, because all I knew is that there was this Aboriginal man walking from Perth to Canberra,” Alfred tells me. “It's actually really amazing how ...

The Age
Eyes across nation on Victoria as quest begins for Aboriginal treaty
The Age
Put simply, a treaty is a formal agreement between Indigenous peoples and those who have colonised their land. It's not a new concept; since colonisation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have asserted their sovereignty and demanded ...

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The Australian
A Big Australian plan to protect and preserve nation's remote heart
The Australian
Mr James' group, with deep knowledge of the Gibson Desert — along with other Aboriginal Australians who live in our vast interior — are part of an ambitious plan to preserve, protect and create economies in the most remote parts of our nation. It is ...

The Conversation UK
The lost children of the Empire and the attempted Aboriginal genocide
The Conversation UK
The inquiry has looked into the cases of children who were sent to Australia and parts of the British Empire from 1945 to 1970 by charities and the Catholic church. Its findings are damning. But if society is looking for a fuller social and historical ...

ArtsHub
The ACCC takes 'fake' Aboriginal art to Court
ArtsHub
ACCC reported that the products displayed a combination of words and artwork including 'hand painted', 'handcrafted', 'Aboriginal Art', and 'Australia'. Court said: 'In the lead up to the Commonwealth Games in Australia next month, with tens of ...

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The Queensland Times
Aboriginal crafts 'made in Indonesia', ACCC claims
The Queensland Times
"Neither the products nor the relevant labels or packaging included any reference to them being made in Indonesia,'' it says. "The artwork or designs on each of the products reproduced visual images, symbols and styles which are recognised as being ...

ABC Online
Australia's longest-running land claim clears final hurdle, but concerns NT anglers
ABC Online
Australia's longest-running Aboriginal land claim has cleared its final hurdle, but the details left some accusing the NT Government of "subpar communication". Key points. The Kenbi land claim on the Cox Peninsula was settled in 2016 after 37 years; As ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
ACCC launches legal action over 'Indonesian made' Aboriginal art
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian consumer watchdog has launched legal action against a prolific Aboriginal art wholesaler, claiming many of the souvenirs it sells are made in Indonesia. Queensland-based Birubi Art Pty Ltd has drawn the ire of the Australian Consumer and ...
Made In Indonesia: 'Aboriginal Art' Company Lands In Federal Court ...New Matilda
ACCC claims Brisbane's Burindi Art supplier sold Aboriginal items ...Courier Mail

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New Matilda
Made In Indonesia: 'Aboriginal Art' Company Lands In Federal Court Over Alleged Misleading Conduct
New Matilda
With a highly distinctive 'Aboriginal art' style , you've probably seen Birubi products in tourist shops all over the country. Everything from 'hand-made' and 'hand-painted' boomerangs and didgeridoos, to bull roarers and even drink coasters. And you ...
ACCC launches legal action over 'Indonesian made' Aboriginal artThe Sydney Morning Herald
ACCC claims Brisbane's Burindi Art supplier sold Aboriginal items that were made in IndonesiaCourier Mail
'White Australia needs to know it has a very black history'Warwick Daily News
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The Guardian
Consumer watchdog cracks down on sale of 18000 fake Indigenous objects
The Guardian
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleges Birubi Art contravened federal consumer law by selling over 18,000 Aboriginal cultural objects such as boomerangs, bull roarers and didgeridoos with false or misleading representations that ...
ACCC launches legal action over 'Indonesian made' Aboriginal artThe Sydney Morning Herald
Made In Indonesia: 'Aboriginal Art' Company Lands In Federal Court Over Alleged Misleading ConductNew Matilda
ACCC claims Brisbane's Burindi Art supplier sold Aboriginal items that were made in IndonesiaCourier Mail
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