Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Daily Telegraph
The man who invented Australian beer was a British petty thief
Daily Telegraph
... always accompanied his advice to the poor and unfortunate, and his name will long be pronounced with veneration by the grateful objects of his liberality. At least that was how the artist, forger and alcoholic Joseph Lycett recalled James Squire ...

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The Age
Business boost for Indigenous entrepreneurs
The Age
Richard Wormald from Mastercard says owning a business is a powerful way to gain economic independence. Photo: Louie Douvis. Richard Wormald, divisional president of Australasia at Mastercard, says historical policies in Australia have had a ...

ABC Online
North Stradbroke Island's campgrounds returned to Indigenous owners
ABC Online
... traditional owner manages the island's Adder Rock campsite near Point Lookout, which was transferred from the Redlands Shire Council into the hands of the local Aboriginal corporation. Ms Mewett comes from a long line of Quandamooka people who ...

ABC Online
Indigenous artist sharing Christmas nativity story with animation
ABC Online
The Christmas nativity as seen through the language and paintbrush of a Pitjantatjara woman has been turned into an animation. Artist Nyinta Donald hails from the remote Central Australian community of Areyonga — about 240 kilometres west of Alice ...

Courier Mail
Stolen generation returns as Cherbourg children taken by Child Safety
Courier Mail
Kelly, 45, said the women's stories would bring great shame to Australia and highlight the neglect of impoverished indigenous communities. She conceded that there were problems in black communities with alcohol and domestic violence. However, with ...

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ABC Online
2017 forced us to ask how far we have come in Indigenous affairs
ABC Online
This belief is evident every time you see someone say, "I can't believe this is happening in 2017!" in reference to something they believe should now be a relic of a bygone era. It was hoped that 2017 would enter the history books as another ...
Jaimie Fuller: Well done to a giant of Rugby league, JTInsidethegames.biz (blog)

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Aboriginal Art Directory News
The UN comes to Sydney Airport
Aboriginal Art Directory News
Sydney Airport CEO, Kerrie Mather said Sydney Airport was thrilled to support one of Australia's most singular artists and promote his work to the world. “Sydney Airport is proud to commission this vibrant artwork – a major installation of recent ...

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ABC Online
Lack of funding forces cancellation of Saltwater Freshwater Festival on NSW mid-north coast
ABC Online
A major Indigenous cultural festival on the New South Wales mid-north coast will not be staged next year due to a lack of funding. The Saltwater Freshwater Festival, which is run annually on Australia Day, allows non-Indigenous people to experience the ...

SBS
This young couple creates striking maternity shoot using songlines and stories
SBS
Tucked away in the Port Noarlanga bushland in South Australia, Antonia Weetra and her partner Shane Warren paid homage to their unborn child in a unique and striking tribute. Antonia, a proud Narrunga woman, wanted to ensure her child was aware of her ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Business boost for Indigenous entrepreneurs
The Sydney Morning Herald
Richard Wormald from Mastercard says owning a business is a powerful way to gain economic independence. Photo: Louie Douvis. Richard Wormald, divisional president of Australasia at Mastercard, says historical policies in Australia have had a ...

Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Indigenous languages matter
Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Local elders and other language speakers also continue to revive the language amongst the local Aboriginal community. All of these actions (declaring language as the 2017 NAIDOC theme, the passing of language legislation, the establishment of language ...

ArtsHub
Major Aboriginal artwork commissioned for Sydney Airport
ArtsHub
The MCA described in a statement: 'The distinctive graphic designs of the flags reflect the diversity of Aboriginal cultures in Australia. The gentle movement of the flags will produce a calming effect, creating a welcoming presence at Australia's ...

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The Guardian
Indigenous minister under fire over funding for remote housing
The Guardian
Funding to address overcrowding in remote Indigenous communities should take precedence over Nigel Scullion's push to introduce home ownership targets to Closing the Gap goals, the Western Australian and South Australian governments have said. Scullion ...

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National Indigenous Times
New policy chips away at WA contracts
National Indigenous Times
Western Australia is moving to increase the economic participation of Aboriginal people in the state with its first Aboriginal Procurement Policy. WA Finance and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ben Wyatt, who became Australia's first Indigenous treasurer ...

The Advertiser
Brian Oldman: To continue past success, SA Museum must continue to adapt and change
The Advertiser
These positions in our modern world-class museum don't replace the older ones, but signal a new era of Aboriginal involvement and empowerment in the priorities of the South Australian Museum. We are also recognising our responsibilities, both ...

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theMusic
Australian Music Label Head Blasts Triple M's 'Disgusting' Ozzest 100
theMusic
"There's plenty of evidence and discussion about what Australia Day means to Aboriginal people. For a company, radio station or anyone to say 'we don't care what Aboriginal people think, we're going to have our own Hot 100 because we think it's the ...

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Independent Australia
Teela Reid torches Malcolm Turnbull's misleading #QandA straw men
Independent Australia
But Australians refused to be fooled by the PM's performance. This was evidenced on social media and on many news platforms just moments after the #QandA episode. People were not only furious, but in utter disbelief at the PM's obtuse and belligerent ...

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The Conversation AU
Friday essay: dreaming of a 'white Christmas' on the Aboriginal missions
The Conversation AU
Aboriginal missions, which existed across Australia until the 1970s, are notorious for their austerity. Aboriginal people lived on meagre rations - flour, sugar, tea and tobacco - and later, token wages. At some missions, schoolgirls wore hessian sacks ...

The Australian
Like mother like son, Nova Peris's boy Jack makes his mark
The Australian
Ms Peris, the first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal as part of the 1996 women's hockey team, went on to win gold as a sprinter in the 1998 Commonwealth Games and now coaches her young son. Jack's father Daniel Batman also ran in the ...

The Advertiser
Aboriginal sisters Ellie Moore and Natalie Pink are joint Flinders Uni medical graduates — in a state first
The Advertiser
The pair this week graduated in medicine from Flinders University, in what is thought to be the first time in South Australia that indigenous sisters have achieved the feat at the same university in the same year. But it wasn't until the university ...

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