Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

dailytelegraph.com.au
If you love Australia, change the date
dailytelegraph.com.au
In 1938, then Australian premiers gathered in Sydney to mark 150 years since the First Fleet's landing. That same day, Aboriginal leaders held a Day of Mourning and Protest to highlight the mistreatment of Aboriginal people and campaign for equal rights.

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Perth Now
If you love Australia, change the date
Perth Now
In 1938, then Australian premiers gathered in Sydney to mark 150 years since the First Fleet's landing. That same day, Aboriginal leaders held a Day of Mourning and Protest to highlight the mistreatment of Aboriginal people and campaign for equal rights.

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9news.com.au
2017 Australian of the Year: The seniors getting recognition for their 'extraordinary contributions'
9news.com.au
A former member of Australian 60s girl group the Sapphires, Ms Peeler now serves as a principal at Worawa Aboriginal College. Through her work, Ms Peeler has served as a cultural advocate, ensuring Indigenous knowledge and values are incorporated ...

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New Matilda
Think The Muslim Australia Day Billboard Should Be Re-instated? Think Again
New Matilda
Islamophobia cannot be fought without undermining white supremacy, and white supremacy in Australia is contingent on the oppression of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – of which 'Australia Day' is a significant marker. There is no 'anti ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous suicide: Struggling communities get $10 million funding boost
ABC Online
More than a third of Australia's youth suicides are Indigenous, and Indigenous children make up 80 per cent of those under 12 who take their own lives, said Indigenous suicide researcher Gerry Georgatos, who works on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...
Why I don't support changing the date of Amnesia DayEureka Street (registration)

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Courier Mail
A fortunate life is not for all
Courier Mail
Since settlement in 1788, while the “strong men and brave women” were making Australia our home, racism was excluding Aborigines, sending them to prison for offences that did not apply to white people. Today, indigenous Australians are the most ...

New Matilda
Busting Black Myths: The Truth About Our First Peoples.
New Matilda
You could get drunk this Australia Day, or try something different… learn about the real history of this nation. Amy McQuire helps you dip your toe in the water. It's one of the greatest myths about Aboriginal people: that before European invasion ...

The Age
'We were the first': How No Fixed Address made white Australia listen
The Age
It's the only album ever launched by an Australian prime minister, Bob Hawke doing the honours at the Hilton Hotel in Melbourne in 1982. In the same year they were the first Aboriginal band to appear on Countdown, introduced as one of Australia's most ...

SBS
10 things you should know about January 26
SBS
At the meeting the following resolution was unanimously passed, "We, representing the Aborigines of Australia, assembled in conference at the Australian Hall, Sydney, on the 26th day of January, 1938, this being the 150th Anniversary of the Whiteman's ...
Should we find another day?Shepparton News

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The Northern Daily Leader
Alex dancing for her culture and country
The Northern Daily Leader
“We usually do, after School Spectacular not a fundraiser, but another concert kind of thing, and this year we are doing two performances on Australia Day,” Alex said. The 15-year-old will perform as part of the acclaimed Aboriginal Bangarra Dance ...

NT News
All welcome on Jan 26
NT News
WHILE some denounce Australia Day as Invasion Day, an Aboriginal clan from northeast Arnhem Land uses it to welcome doctors, nurses, teachers, police and the community to their land and to thank them for their contributions. On Thursday, the ...

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Courier Mail
Where Australia Day means 'thankyou'
Courier Mail
Clan leader, Bakamumu Marika, 59, says: “Australia Day is a very significant day for Australians, including Yolgnu people, the First Australians. We don't talk about negative things. It's about a birth of citizenship and freedom, for all of them on our ...

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Daily Advertiser
What's happening in Wagga Wagga
Daily Advertiser
On Australia Day 2017 do we, as Aboriginal people, just turn our backs on the day and try to pretend that it is not happening, or do we try to find a way to show and educate others about the amazing culture that we have and have had for over 60,000 years.

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Coolum News
Australia Day an insult to Aboriginals: former candidate
Coolum News
That's the question Tim Lawson is posing to Bundaberg and the nation as he calls for Australia Day to be moved to another date. The former Hinkler Federal candidate said it was "insane" to expect that Aboriginal people would want to embrace January 26 ...

The Reporter
Australia Day an insult to Aboriginals: former candidate
The Reporter
That's the question Tim Lawson is posing to Bundaberg and the nation as he calls for Australia Day to be moved to another date. The former Hinkler Federal candidate said it was "insane" to expect that Aboriginal people would want to embrace January 26 ...

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Whitsunday Times
Australia Day an insult to Aboriginals: former candidate
Whitsunday Times
That's the question Tim Lawson is posing to Bundaberg and the nation as he calls for Australia Day to be moved to another date. The former Hinkler Federal candidate said it was "insane" to expect that Aboriginal people would want to embrace January 26 ...

The Satellite
Australia Day an insult to Aboriginals: former candidate
The Satellite
That's the question Tim Lawson is posing to Bundaberg and the nation as he calls for Australia Day to be moved to another date. The former Hinkler Federal candidate said it was "insane” to expect that Aboriginal people would want to embrace January 26 ...

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Bundaberg News Mail
Australia Day an insult to Aboriginals: former candidate
Bundaberg News Mail
That's the question Tim Lawson is posing to Bundaberg and the nation as he calls for Australia Day to be moved to another date. The former Hinkler Federal candidate said it was "insane" to expect that Aboriginal people would want to embrace January 26 ...

It's a load of crystal balls
The Australian
A referendum will approve the new constitutional preamble recognising Aboriginal Australia. The referendum will be lost following a virulent campaign by right-wing pundits. Australia will close offshore detention centres and agree to accept its ...

The Australian
Our day of dilemma
The Australian
The conversation won't stop until we do something about it because it makes too many people uncomfortable – a minority of Australians, aware that we've not listened hard enough to our Aboriginal brothers and sisters over several centuries. Disquiet ...