Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Bega District News
Bermagui Survival Day call for Australia Day date change
Bega District News
However, formation of Phillip's penal colony, under King George III, was not made official until February 7, and it wasn't until 24 years ago that Australia Day was created a national public holiday. A.B. Original's song January 26 has helped bring the ...

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Changing the date for Australia Day would be a "backwards step"
Warrnambool Standard
CHANGING the date of Australia Day would be a backwards step, according to two well-known Aboriginal leaders. Warrnambool's Adeline McDonald believes Australia Day should be held on January 26 and residents should consider it a day of reflection. LEAVE ...

The Border Mail
Indigo mayor Jenny O'Connor has said she personally would like Australia Day no longer held on January 26, but ...
The Border Mail
Cr O'Connor's comments follow Greens federal leader Richard Di Natale saying his party was “redoubling” its effort to change the date of Australia Day. “By throwing our support behind the community groups and local councillors doing the hard yards on ...

Brag Magazine
The terrible, intoxicating lie of Australian patriotism
Brag Magazine
White Australians have aids to help us, so that we might forget the widespread and systemic murder and displacement of Indigenous Australians. Intense patriotism, often disguised as a form of all-encompassing, harmonious national unity, is one of them ...

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ABC Online
Skull found at Tasmanian beach 'very old' and 'Aboriginal in origin', police say
ABC Online
Human remains found at Lauderdale Beach near Hobart are possibly "decades old" and are "Aboriginal in origin", police say after preliminary examination. The discovery was made by a local resident while walking dogs just before 8:00pm on Sunday. Police ...
Human bones found at Tas beach 'very old'NEWS.com.au

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ArtsHub
Close Encounters
ArtsHub
Fez Fa'anana is himself an Australian of Samoan descent and Close Encounters now also includes Dale Woodbridge-Brown, an Aboriginal man who went through 'Blakflip,' the Circus Oz mentoring program designed to develop young Aboriginal performers and ...

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ABC Online
Sydney's Australia Day celebrations should be moved, says independent MP Alex Greenwich
ABC Online
He said an Indigenous ceremony at Barangaroo would be an important part of Sydney's official celebrations on January 26. Ms Anu, a presenter on ABC Radio Sydney who has Torres Strait Islander heritage, said she wanted the conversation about what the ...

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Latrobe Valley Express
Ready to record Aboriginal voices
Latrobe Valley Express
The Bairnsdale-born songwriter moved from Lake Tyers to Morwell when he was five, then hitchhiked to Adelaide in 1979 where the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music equipped him with the basics of reggae and led him to co-found No Fixed Address. The ...

4BC
Amanda Vanstone hits back at 'change the date' movement
4BC
Former Liberal Senator Amanda Vanstone has criticised calls to change the date of Australia Day, saying we need to look forward not backward. Ms Vanstone tells Mark Levy Australia Day is about celebrating the nation rather than celebrating the arrival ...

The Australian
Australia Day: Greens leader Richard Di Natale steps up campaign to change date
The Australian
“By throwing our support behind the community groups and local councillors doing the hard yards on the ground, we want to kick start a national conversation about the legacy of January 26th and what a more inclusive Australia Day looks like as part of ...

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The Conversation AU
Indigenous ranger programs are working in Queensland – they should be expanded
The Conversation AU
Impacts include mining, cattle and weeds, which then impacts on our flora and fauna. Our strong and diverse presence on country presents an opportunity to work with Indigenous biocultural knowledge systems and Western science. Participants for the ...

The Conversation AU
The stories behind Aboriginal star names now recognised by the world's astronomical body
The Conversation AU
Four stars in the night sky have been formally recognised by their Australian Aboriginal names. The names include three from the Wardaman people of the Northern Territory and one from the Boorong people of western Victoria. The Wardaman star names are ...

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)
Mental health care “grossly underfunded”: AMA
Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)
Indigenous adults are 2.7 times as likely as non-Indigenous adults to suffer these levels of distress. General practitioners manage mental health problems for Indigenous Australians at 1.3 times the rate for other Australians, and mental health-related ...

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The Border Mail
Sport unites on national day as community and police come together
The Border Mail
UNITED: Albury Chief Inspector Kim Sorensen believes Australia Day will be a peaceful affair on the border. He believes the Border is an example of inclusiveness where Indigenous Australians play an important role in Australia Day ceremonies. As ...

PerthNow
Tennis legend Pat Cash reveals why he won't be celebrating Australia Day
PerthNow
“As an Australian who brought two Davis Cups home, representing my country, January 26 is not a day of celebration for me. People who really look into it would question that. “That is not going to be a celebration for me, it's like an Invasion Day ...
Why Pat Cash won't be celebrating Australia Day: Tennis legend says he was 'reduced to tears and embarrassed' after ...Daily Mail

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NEWS.com.au
Tennis legend Pat Cash reveals why he won't be celebrating Australia Day
NEWS.com.au
“As an Australian who brought two Davis Cups home, representing my country, January 26 is not a day of celebration for me. People who really look into it would question that. “That is not going to be a celebration for me, it's like an Invasion Day ...

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ABC Online
Facebook page 'Blackfulla Revolution' hacked ahead of Australia Day, say admins
ABC Online
The administrators of a popular Aboriginal Facebook community claim their page was hacked and taken offline in an attack they believe was racially motivated. "Blackfulla Revolution" was launched in 2014 and had 157,000 likes before it was removed last ...

The Sunshine Coast Daily
Mental health is top concern for our young
The Sunshine Coast Daily
We have a duty to support all young people to reach their potential and we are calling for a long-term commitment to addressing the concerns Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people have identified. We need a more inclusive and consultative ...

NT News
Michael Gunner: Darwin CBD needs to represent the best of Northern Australia
NT News
We begin shading Smith St all the way to Myilly Point, where a new Museum of the Northern Territory will tell our incredible 60,000-year story: Aboriginal, Asian and European migration; war and cyclone; destruction and growth. On Cavenagh St, we grow a ...

Aboriginal Art Directory News
SWEET COUNTRY
Aboriginal Art Directory News
Oh boy, has Warwick Thornton set us a series of virtually unanswerable ethical questions in his latest film as director and cinematographer! 'Sweet Country', his successor in terms of its examination of the Aboriginal condition in Central Australia to ...