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Dirtsong speaks about Aboriginal Australia with individual and collective truths - Vancouver Sun

Sat, 2017/01/28 - 3:12pm

Vancouver Sun

Dirtsong speaks about Aboriginal Australia with individual and collective truths
Vancouver Sun
In September 2016, DNA testing results reported from a University of Copenhagen study lead by evolutionary geneticist Eske Willerslev proved Aboriginal Australians are the oldest continuous civilization on Earth. Tests of modern populations in ...
High Performance Rodeo: Black Arm Band's dirtsong brings universal scope to Australia's indigenous communitiesCalgary Herald

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Indigenous community members have weighed in on whether they think the day should be changed - Daily Advertiser

Sat, 2017/01/28 - 2:48am

Daily Advertiser

Indigenous community members have weighed in on whether they think the day should be changed
Daily Advertiser
“The young people definitely cannot deal with Australia Day on that date and changing the date would give us all the chance to celebrate this beautiful country without the negative implications.” It comes after Aboriginal activist Joe Williams demanded ...
Invasion Day marches only divide us: PriceSky News Australia

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The Human Zoo: Documentary sheds light on stolen Aboriginal people 'treated as animals' - ABC Online

Fri, 2017/01/27 - 9:39pm

ABC Online

The Human Zoo: Documentary sheds light on stolen Aboriginal people 'treated as animals'
ABC Online
The Indigenous community on Palm Island in far north Queensland will feature in an historical documentary about a relatively unknown aspect of colonisation. Up to 20 Aboriginal people were taken from northern Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries to ...

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Aboriginal Tent Embassy protesters call for treaty - The Canberra Times

Fri, 2017/01/27 - 5:50pm

The Canberra Times

Aboriginal Tent Embassy protesters call for treaty
The Canberra Times
Marbk Barkendjah at Aboriginal Tent Embassy on Australia Day. Photo: Jay Cronan. They then sat outside the front doors of the building for an hour as a line of police formed a guard blocking the entrance. "What do we want? Treaty. What have we got?

Australia Day date change won't end abuse of Aboriginal people - The Australian

Fri, 2017/01/27 - 1:00pm

NT News

Australia Day date change won't end abuse of Aboriginal people
The Australian
I keep hearing that Aboriginal people want to change the date of Australia Day. Well, what about the Aboriginal people who do not want to change the date? Do we not count because our opinions differ? And why aren't these people who protest about ...
Alice Springs councillor Jacinta Nampijinpa Price against changing ...NT News
Invasion Day marches only divide us: Price - Sky NewsSky News Australia

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'Fix present, not the past': Price - NT News

Fri, 2017/01/27 - 8:31am

NT News

'Fix present, not the past': Price
NT News
Ms Price said there was no need to change Australia Day and people who celebrated on January 26 need not feel guilty. “I keep hearing that aboriginal people want to change the date of Australia Day, well what about the aboriginal people who don't want ...

Snake Valley farmer and OAM speaks about conservation, reconciliation - Ballarat Courier

Thu, 2017/01/26 - 10:27pm

Ballarat Courier

Snake Valley farmer and OAM speaks about conservation, reconciliation
Ballarat Courier
Neville Oddie is a Snake Valley farmer, long time CFA volunteer, conservationist and Aboriginal rights activist. He received an Order of Australia Medal on Australia Day. Here he accepts his award in his own words. I humbly acknowledge the personal ...

'The US has no better friend than Australia': Trump's Australia Day message - The Sydney Morning Herald

Thu, 2017/01/26 - 7:01pm

The Sydney Morning Herald

'The US has no better friend than Australia': Trump's Australia Day message
The Sydney Morning Herald
What's Australia Day like for an Aboriginal community? Aboriginal people lived on the land now known as Lake Tyers, also known as Bung Yarnda, for at least 50,000 years before the campaign to dispossess and eradicate them began. Here, like many other ...

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Australia Day: 'invasion day but also survival day' - The Australian

Thu, 2017/01/26 - 1:02pm

The Australian

Australia Day: 'invasion day but also survival day'
The Australian
Australia is yet to reach a point “where people no longer think it's out of the ordinary to have successful Aboriginal people; where people recognise our achievements and the fact we worked hard to achieve them, not just because we were Aboriginal and ...

Australia Day spirit sparkles amid protests - The Advertiser

Thu, 2017/01/26 - 12:25pm

The Advertiser

Australia Day spirit sparkles amid protests
The Advertiser
One police officer was injured when officers arrested a man for trying to set the Australian flag on fire. While outraged mainstream Aboriginal leaders and Premier Gladys Berejiklian condemned the violence, the NSW Greens tonight tried to blame police.

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Aboriginal Tent Embassy protesters call for treaty - The Sydney Morning Herald

Thu, 2017/01/26 - 7:33am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Aboriginal Tent Embassy protesters call for treaty
The Sydney Morning Herald
Marbk Barkendjah at Aboriginal Tent Embassy on Australia Day. Photo: Jay Cronan. They then sat outside the front doors of the building for an hour as a line of police formed a guard blocking the entrance. "What do we want? Treaty. What have we got?

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Aboriginal Tent Embassy protesters call for treaty - The Age

Thu, 2017/01/26 - 7:31am

The Age

Aboriginal Tent Embassy protesters call for treaty
The Age
Marbk Barkendjah at Aboriginal Tent Embassy on Australia Day. Photo: Jay Cronan. They then sat outside the front doors of the building for an hour as a line of police formed a guard blocking the entrance. "What do we want? Treaty. What have we got?
Violence mars Australia Day protestsRiverine Herald

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Aboriginal Tent Embassy protesters call for treaty - WAtoday

Thu, 2017/01/26 - 7:31am

WAtoday

Aboriginal Tent Embassy protesters call for treaty
WAtoday
Marbk Barkendjah at Aboriginal Tent Embassy on Australia Day. Photo: Jay Cronan. They then sat outside the front doors of the building for an hour as a line of police formed a guard blocking the entrance. "What do we want? Treaty. What have we got?
Violence mars Australia Day protestsRiverine Herald

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Aboriginal Tent Embassy protesters call for treaty - The Canberra Times

Thu, 2017/01/26 - 7:31am

The Canberra Times

Aboriginal Tent Embassy protesters call for treaty
The Canberra Times
Marbk Barkendjah at Aboriginal Tent Embassy on Australia Day. Photo: Jay Cronan. They then sat outside the front doors of the building for an hour as a line of police formed a guard blocking the entrance. "What do we want? Treaty. What have we got?

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Australia Day: Nothing to celebrate in Lake Tyers Mission - The Age

Thu, 2017/01/26 - 7:27am

Australia Day: Nothing to celebrate in Lake Tyers Mission
The Age
A sign behind the bar plugs the inaugural Australia Day cockroach race: "Bogan attire welcome". Less than a half-hour drive up the road, at Lake Tyers Mission, things are quiet, still. This is the place the state government handed back to the ...

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Australia Day: Nothing to celebrate in Lake Tyers Mission - The Sydney Morning Herald

Thu, 2017/01/26 - 7:26am

Australia Day: Nothing to celebrate in Lake Tyers Mission
The Sydney Morning Herald
A sign behind the bar plugs the inaugural Australia Day cockroach race: "Bogan attire welcome". Less than a half-hour drive up the road, at Lake Tyers Mission, things are quiet, still. This is the place the state government handed back to the ...

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Thousands march in Sydney on Australia Day for Indigenous 'day of mourning' - The Sydney Morning Herald

Thu, 2017/01/26 - 7:25am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Thousands march in Sydney on Australia Day for Indigenous 'day of mourning'
The Sydney Morning Herald
The protest's organiser, Dave Bell, added: "It is a national disgrace to have a holiday on Australia Day". At the close of the speeches, protesters draped in Aboriginal flags marched from The Block towards the annual Yabun Festival of Aboriginal ...
Changing Australia Day is pointless – and there is much to celebrateThe Conversation AU
Changing the date of Australia Day won't change our past, says Joe HildebrandNEWS.com.au
Seven sins of the change-Australia-Day movementHerald Sun (blog)
9news.com.au -The Economist
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian 'so disappointed' by Australia Day protests - The Sydney Morning Herald

Thu, 2017/01/26 - 6:36am

The Sydney Morning Herald

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian 'so disappointed' by Australia Day protests
The Sydney Morning Herald
Earlier, NSW Governor David Hurley acknowledged the pain and mixed emotions the day brings for Australia's Aboriginal people. "We understand on this day 229 years ago the coming of the First Fleet wreaked a terrible impact on your people, your families ...

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NT Aboriginal leader defends January 26 Australia Day - The Canberra Times

Thu, 2017/01/26 - 6:27am

The Canberra Times

NT Aboriginal leader defends January 26 Australia Day
The Canberra Times
The Indigenous daughter of a former Northern Territory government minister says people shouldn't feel guilty for celebrating Australia Day on January 26. Alice Springs town councillor Jacinta Nampijinpa Price wrote on Facebook that changing the date ...
Australia Day: Clashes between police and protesters erupt at Sydney Invasion Day marchABC Online
Thousands march in Sydney on Australia Day for Indigenous 'day of mourning'The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia Day 2017: Why a date change won't change our past | Joe ...NEWS.com.au
9news.com.au -Reuters -The Guardian
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Australia Day protesters 'can't win' - NEWS.com.au

Thu, 2017/01/26 - 5:08am

NEWS.com.au

Australia Day protesters 'can't win'
NEWS.com.au
... the semipermanent Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra opposite Old Parliament House. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Constitutional recognition was a bigger issue than the push to change the date of Australia Day, which ...
Linda Burney: Barnaby Joyce's comments on Australia Day show 'complete lack of empathy'The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia Day critics should 'crawl under a rock and hide for a little bit', Barnaby Joyce saysABC Online
Barnaby Joyce to Australia Day protesters: 'Crawl under a rock'The Guardian
BBC News -Evening Standard
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