Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

The Cairns Post
CQU lecturer, Cairns woman, Yidinji elder Henrietta Marrie receives Order of Australia
The Cairns Post
A CULTURAL think tank, independently funded, and with the capacity to influence policies affecting indigenous Australians, will be one of the many legacies Henrietta Marrie will leave for her people. The Yidinji woman will be made a member of the Order ...

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SBS
Celebrations and protests on Australia Day
SBS
Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove is urging Australians to embrace Australia Day to celebrate the rich history and culture of indigenous people and the contributions of migrants. As disagreement intensifies over shifting the national day from the ...

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The Australian
Move the Australia Day date, it's hurtful to us: Johnathan Thurston
The Australian
National Rugby League champion Johnathan Thurston has called for the date of Australia Day to be moved, declaring it was not inclusive of indigenous Australians, as activists prepared to march in today's Justice Through Treaty March. The rugby league ...
Australian of the Year to be announced tonightTen Eyewitness News
Rugby league legend Johnathan Thurston says Australia Day date change inevitableNEWS.com.au
Who are the Australian of the Year award nominees?SBS
Inside Sport
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The Guardian
Australia Day honours: Evonne Goolagong-Cawley and Tracy Spicer on male-dominated list
The Guardian
Cuthbert, alongside tennis great and Wiradjuri woman Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, was appointed a companion of the Order of Australia, the highest category. Goolagong-Cawley has been recognised for her services to the game as a player and ambassador, and ...

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The Guardian
Evonne Goolagong-Cawley honoured for tennis and Indigenous advocacy
The Guardian
Forty-seven years after she came to international prominence by winning both the 1971 French Open and Wimbledon crowns, Evonne Goolagong-Cawley has been made a companion of the Order of Australia, the nation's highest honour. Recognised for her ...

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Daily Telegraph
Australia Day 2018: Flag changers want to drop 'colonist' Union Jack
Daily Telegraph
With the public still torn by the heated debate over holding our national day on the date the First Fleet arrived, The Daily Telegraph can reveal the peak lobby group wanting to ditch Australia's flag will unveil its new design on January 26. It comes ...

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The Times
Aboriginal activists step up campaign against Australia Day
The Times
Monuments to Captain Cook and other British explorers have been defaced in Melbourne as Aboriginal activists ramp up their opposition to Australia's national day. A statue of James Cook was covered in pink paint with the words “no pride” painted ...
Statue of Captain James Cook defaced and spray painted with Aboriginal flag ahead of Australia DayEvening Standard
Vandals demanding to change the date of Australia Day spray paint the Aboriginal flag and the words 'no pride' on ...Daily Mail
Captain Cook statue vandalised in Melbourne before Australia DayThe Guardian
Telegraph.co.uk -The Age -Junkee
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The Guardian
Victorian opposition leader tells councils to celebrate Australia day or face the sack
The Guardian
“I won't tolerate local government or any other part of government talking down Australia,” Guy told Melbourne talkback radio station 3AW. The policy mirrors a proposal by South Australian Liberal party, which has promised to ban councils from moving ...
Vic councils stand firm on Aust Day shunSBS

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How Australians can embrace Indigenous ingredients | SBS Food  SBS

ABC Online
Australia Day: 'Mixed emotions' as Aboriginal councils reveal opposing views on celebrations
ABC Online
From meat pie-eating and spear throwing competitions, to celebrating culture through Survival Day or abstaining from marking the day all together, Queensland's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island councils have differing views on how to mark Australia ...
NSW Labor plans to sign treaty recognising Indigenous ownershipThe Guardian
'About the future and the past': NSW Labor to ink treaty with Indigenous AustraliansThe Sydney Morning Herald
Greens don't care about 'real' indigenous issues, Liberal Sarah Henderson saysThe Australian
Community Newspaper Group -National Indigenous Times -SBS
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Channel NewsAsia
'We thought they were going to be massacred': 80 years since forced First Fleet re-enactment
ABC Online
"Then followed in the week before the celebrations an amusing battle of tactics between the Protection Board officers and the executive of the Aborigines' Progressive Association … Some Sydney relatives of a Peter Johnson from Menindee tried to see ...
Australia Day or Invasion Day? Thousands plan to protestChannel NewsAsia
Should we really feel guilty about celebrating Australia Day? The REAL story behind the white settlement on January ...Daily Mail
Should Australia Commemorate White Settlement?New York Times

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The Australian
Australia Day date: Johnathan Thurston calls for change
The Australian
NRL star Johnathan Thurston has called for a change in the date of Australia Day, declaring it was not a date that was inclusive to indigenous Australians. The North Queensland Cowboys halfback is Queensland's Australian of the Year and one of eight ...
Australian of the Year to be announced tonightTen Eyewitness News
Rugby league legend Johnathan Thurston says Australia Day date change inevitableNEWS.com.au
Who are the Australian of the Year award nominees?SBS (blog)
Inside Sport
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SBS
How to make your own Indigenous herbs and spices rack
SBS
“In my days, communities were stronger, family and culture was stronger, connection to land was stronger. So it made us really examine how we could help," she says. "We wanted to find pleasure somewhere to take us away from the terrible situation that ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
I used to love Australia Day. Now I get why it's an issue
The Sydney Morning Herald
A friend replied, "Sorry, Kelly, but my conscience cannot allow me to celebrate the day England invaded Aboriginal Australia and set forth a system based on racism and violence that promotes white rule on black land that our government still ...

Manning River Times
Biripi elder's perspective on Australia Day date debate
Manning River Times
Biripi elder: Russell Saunders OAM said he is happy for Australia Day to continue as it is, but recognises that not all Aboriginal people see it the same way. Photo: Scott Calvin. Biripi elder and pastor Russell Saunders OAM said the continuing ...

The Guardian
Australia Day: a guide to changing minds without ruining the barbecue
The Guardian
But the main objection to this argument is that it is falsely suggests that the negative impacts of colonisation suddenly stopped when we got an Australian prime minister. The impacts of colonisation are ongoing and manifest as the high rates of ...

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Manning River Times
Who were the world's first astronomers?
Manning River Times
As Australia has the oldest continuous culture on earth, the first Australians were very likely to have also been the first astronomers. Quite an accolade! Australian astronomers have been studying aboriginal culture and deciphering cave drawings to ...

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Crikey
How Australia Day echoes the 1948 exodus of Palestine
Crikey
So tell me this: will non-aboriginal Australians ever be recognised as Australians by the First Australians? If the answer to this is affirmative, then there is no solution. What about mixed-race Australians? Even if they choose to identify as First ...

Daily Mail
Vandals demanding to change the date of Australia Day spray paint the Aboriginal flag and the words 'no pride' on ...
Daily Mail
Meanwhile, the movement to change the date has been slammed by members of the Australian Government. Assistant Immigration Minister Alex Haug said this week he heard no 'reasonable argument' to support a date change. He said the patriotic celebration ...
Captain Cook statue vandalised in Melbourne before Australia DayThe Guardian
Pink paint poured on Captain Cook's statue on eve of Australia DayThe Age
Someone Dumped Pink Paint On A Statue Of Captain Cook To Protest Australia DayJunkee
SBS -The Australian -BBC News
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ABC Online
Indigenous director Warwick Thornton invites Australia to learn more about its history on January 26
ABC Online
"I don't like films that just let you dribble and you know who's going to win and what's going to happen" he says. It's no wonder then that his latest film is, at times, hard to watch. Released nationally on the eve of Australia Day, Sweet Country is a ...

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