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Hope is a powerful idea - Save The Children Australia

Thu, 2017/07/20 - 1:55pm

Save The Children Australia

Hope is a powerful idea
Save The Children Australia
But when I saw the organisation works with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community in an area I love dearly, I knew Australia was where I would begin my journey. Growing up in multicultural Broome, the remote Dampier Peninsula was a magical ...

The extraordinary science behind an Aboriginal history discovery 65000 years in the making - The Sydney Morning Herald

Thu, 2017/07/20 - 10:00am

The Sydney Morning Herald

The extraordinary science behind an Aboriginal history discovery 65000 years in the making
The Sydney Morning Herald
In the darkest hours of tropical nights, professor Zenobia Jacobs trekked into the scrub of Kakadu National Park in search of the tiniest of time-capsules. Her job was to collect grains of sand from an archaeological dig within an ancient Aboriginal ...

Yindjibarndi seek Fortescue Metals compensation after 'exclusive rights' Federal Court win - The West Australian

Thu, 2017/07/20 - 9:48am

The West Australian

Yindjibarndi seek Fortescue Metals compensation after 'exclusive rights' Federal Court win
The West Australian
Yindjibnardi Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Michael Woodley. Picture: Lee Griffith / The West AustralianPicture: WA News. A native title claimant group will seek compensation from Fortescue Metals Group after the Federal Court recognised it has ...
Pilbara native title claim surrounding Solomon Hub mine owned by Andrew Forrest's FMG upheldABC Online
Native title blow for Forrest's Pilbara mineThe Australian
Traditional owners win native title fight with FortescueThe Sydney Morning Herald
Perth Now -The Australian Financial Review -Business Insider Australia
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Community of Coen invert Australia's past to 'dissolve' divide - Brisbane Times

Thu, 2017/07/20 - 9:06am

Brisbane Times

Community of Coen invert Australia's past to 'dissolve' divide
Brisbane Times
Mr Semu hoped that by inverting the past he could stimulate and continue discussion of Australia's history. "We need to stop packaging this as an Aboriginal crisis or problem and we need to re-label it as an Australian owned and operated humanitarian ...

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Documentary highlights Indigenous football - FourFourTwo Australia

Thu, 2017/07/20 - 8:54am

FourFourTwo Australia

Documentary highlights Indigenous football
FourFourTwo Australia
A new documentary 'Australian Soccer's Dreaming' highlights how John Moriarty Football and the National Indigenous Football Championships are opening new pathways for young Indigenous footballers. The documentary was shown on NITV on Sunday ...

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Federal Court ruling to end Andrew Forrest's Solomon mines native title fight - ABC Online

Thu, 2017/07/20 - 8:34am

Financial Times

Federal Court ruling to end Andrew Forrest's Solomon mines native title fight
ABC Online
It has been a messy, drawn-out process centred on a multi-billion-dollar mining hub which has divided the north-west WA town of Roebourne and placed local Indigenous families at war. A long-running native title claim in the Pilbara over land where ...
Traditional owners win native title fight with FortescueThe Sydney Morning Herald
Native title blow for Forrest's Pilbara mineThe Australian
Native title winners seek Fortescue compoPerth Now
Financial Times -Business Insider -The Guardian
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Traditional owners win native title fight with Fortescue - The Sydney Morning Herald

Thu, 2017/07/20 - 8:32am

Financial Times

Traditional owners win native title fight with Fortescue
The Sydney Morning Herald
"Fortescue will continue its approach of providing training, employment and business development opportunities for Aboriginal people to ensure the strength of its business benefits the communities in which it operates." Western Australia's Aboriginal ...
Yindjibarndi seek Fortescue Metals compensation after 'exclusive rights' Federal Court winThe West Australian
Native title blow for Forrest's Pilbara mineThe Australian
Pilbara native title claim surrounding Solomon Hub mine owned by Andrew Forrest's FMG upheldABC Online
Perth Now -Financial Times -Business Insider
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Indigenous representative voice better enshrined in legislation – Ken Wyatt - The Guardian

Thu, 2017/07/20 - 8:28am

The Guardian

Indigenous representative voice better enshrined in legislation – Ken Wyatt
The Guardian
The government frontbencher, minister for aged care and Indigenous health, said he would support a people's convention to consider ways forward, compromised of anyone who wanted to attend – both Indigenous people and non-Indigenous Australians.

Pilbara native title claim surrounding $280b Solomon Hub mine owned by Andrew Forrest's FMG upheld - ABC Online

Thu, 2017/07/20 - 6:37am

ABC Online

Pilbara native title claim surrounding $280b Solomon Hub mine owned by Andrew Forrest's FMG upheld
ABC Online
The Federal Court has recognised an exclusive native title claim in WA's ore-rich Pilbara, potentially allowing an Indigenous group to sue Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group for millions of dollars in compensation.
Native title blow for Forrest's Pilbara mineThe Australian
Fortescue Metals Group Limited share price sinks on native title decisionMotley Fool Australia

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Australia's oldest human technology emerges from 65000 hidden years - Brisbane Times

Thu, 2017/07/20 - 6:23am

Australia's oldest human technology emerges from 65000 hidden years
Brisbane Times
Justin O'Brien, the CEO of the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation which represents the Mirrar, says archaeology is seen widely in Aboriginal Australia as exploitative. Some archaeologists held the view that ancient sites and artefacts were of universal ...

Native title blow for Forrest's Pilbara mine - The Australian

Thu, 2017/07/20 - 5:31am

The Australian

Native title blow for Forrest's Pilbara mine
The Australian
The Federal Court has found a major indigenous group in the Pilbara is entitled to exclusive native title rights over land on which Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group has built its multibillion-dollar Solomon iron ore mine, paving the way for a ...
Traditional owners win native title fight with FortescueThe Sydney Morning Herald
Federal Court ruling to end Andrew Forrest's Solomon mines native title fightABC Online
Native title winners seek Fortescue compoPerth Now
Motley Fool Australia
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Indigenous prison crisis: Ms Dhu a 'tragic consequence' of WA fine laws - WAtoday

Thu, 2017/07/20 - 5:01am

WAtoday

Indigenous prison crisis: Ms Dhu a 'tragic consequence' of WA fine laws
WAtoday
"Stakeholders suggested that the Western Australian fines legislation has particularly significant consequences for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. The legislation provides for a series of escalating consequences that, when combined with ...

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$4m Federal grant for Port Adelaide Football Club's new Aboriginal excellence centre - The Advertiser

Thu, 2017/07/20 - 4:06am

The Advertiser

$4m Federal grant for Port Adelaide Football Club's new Aboriginal excellence centre
The Advertiser
“I am backing in the Port Adelaide Football Club because of its strong track record and partnership with Aboriginal communities across South Australia.” The Coalition Government is also investing $60,000 through the Regional Anangu Services Aboriginal ...

If Aboriginal culture was 24 hours old, white people have been in Australia five minutes - The Sydney Morning Herald

Thu, 2017/07/20 - 3:55am

The Sydney Morning Herald

If Aboriginal culture was 24 hours old, white people have been in Australia five minutes
The Sydney Morning Herald
The discovery that Aboriginal people have lived in Australia at least 65,000 years, 18,000 years longer than was known previously, has blown the minds of archaeologists worldwide and challenged many previously held assumptions. It's a hard number to ...

Indigenous archaeological find in Kakadu recasts Australian history – video - The Guardian

Thu, 2017/07/20 - 2:54am

The Guardian

Indigenous archaeological find in Kakadu recasts Australian history – video
The Guardian
A dig at Madjedbebe on the traditional lands of the Mirarr people in northern Australia has unearthed thousands of artefacts, some as old as 80,000 years. The discovery upends decades-old estimates about the human colonisation of the continent ...

Albert Namatjira paintings donated to National Gallery of Australia - The Canberra Times

Thu, 2017/07/20 - 2:34am

The Canberra Times

Albert Namatjira paintings donated to National Gallery of Australia
The Canberra Times
At the same time as Margaret Preston was advocating the use of Aboriginal patterns in "civilised" applied arts, an Aboriginal artist appeared "who could paint like a white fella" and for a time he became the most famous living artist in Australia. Elea ...

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Innovation grants focus on improving indigenous home care - Australian Ageing Agenda

Thu, 2017/07/20 - 12:18am

Australian Ageing Agenda

Innovation grants focus on improving indigenous home care
Australian Ageing Agenda
Other successful projects include initiatives to improve the diagnosis of dementia among Aboriginal communities, boosting support for informal carers in rural Australia and a randomised controlled trial of the CSIRO's Smarter Safer Homes platform.

There Is Now 65000 Year Old Evidence Of Aboriginal Life - Gizmodo Australia

Wed, 2017/07/19 - 10:22pm

Gizmodo Australia

There Is Now 65000 Year Old Evidence Of Aboriginal Life
Gizmodo Australia
Once again, science is proving what Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have always known. To put this evidence into context, this means people were here before the extinction of the Australian megafauna, the giant animals that ...
Indigenous rock shelter in Top End pushes Australia's human history back to 65000 yearsABC Online
Aboriginal archaeological discovery in Kakadu rewrites the history of AustraliaThe Sydney Morning Herald
Buried tools and pigments tell a new history of humans in Australia for 65000 yearsThe Conversation AU
9news.com.au -Huffington Post Australia -UQ News -Science
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Kakadu archaeological discovery proves First Australians arrived at least 65000 years ago - NEWS.com.au

Wed, 2017/07/19 - 9:12pm

NEWS.com.au

Kakadu archaeological discovery proves First Australians arrived at least 65000 years ago
NEWS.com.au
NEW proof has been found showing Aboriginal people lived in Australia up to 18,000 years earlier than once thought, at the same time now-extinct species of giant animals roamed the land. A team of archaeologists have uncovered a treasure trove of ...

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