Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

ABC Online
Australia Day: NSW Minister for Multiculturalism says January 26 'not controversial' for Indigenous people
ABC Online
The appropriateness of January 26 to mark Australia's national day has increasingly come under the microscope, amid criticisms it is insensitive to Aboriginal people. The date marks the anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at ...
Keep the date for Australia Day: Greste9news.com.au

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Sky News Australia
AFL star's father gets Aboriginal certificate
Sky News Australia
Richmond Tigers AFL star Dustin Martin has been issued with a certificate of Aboriginality as part of a renewed bid for his father to be allowed to return home to Australia. Dustin Martin's father Shane was born in New Zealand to New Zealand parents ...

ABC Online
Australia Day lamb advertisement draws criticism from Indigenous groups
ABC Online
The annual television advert encouraging people to eat lamb on Australia Day is often controversial, and it seems this year is no different, with members of the Indigenous community describing it as "highly offensive" and "disgusting". While Meat and ...

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Christian Science Monitor
In Australia, mentors help Aboriginal teens create new futures
Christian Science Monitor
And, some Aboriginal experts say, the egalitarian relationship between the youth and their often non-indigenous mentors is helping dissolve racial stereotypes as Australia's national conversation around race and history evolves. “Aboriginal people are ...

ArtsHub (subscription)
Museum as a force for cultural revival
ArtsHub (subscription)
'The TMAG is one of the oldest museums in Australia and so has had a difficult history in the way it treated the Tasmanian Aboriginal community in the past. More recently the museum has slowly but steadily been building better relationships with the ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney what's on guide: eight days of top attractions
The Sydney Morning Herald
ART Jason Wing, whose work is strongly influenced by his dual Chinese and Aboriginal heritage, curates the group exhibition Black Mirror (until Jan 29), a survey of what it means to be Aboriginal in contemporary Australian society. 11am-5pm, 107 ...

Coffs Coast Advocate
A marvel of Aboriginal art on dislay in Coffs
Coffs Coast Advocate
Djon Mudine was Research Professor at Minpaku Museum of Ethnology in Osaka between 2005-2006 and served as the Senior Curator for the Gallery of Aboriginal Australia, National Museum of Australia, Canberra until 2000, after serving as Senior Curator ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney what's on guide: eight days of top attractions
The Sydney Morning Herald
ART Jason Wing, whose work is strongly influenced by his dual Chinese and Aboriginal heritage, curates the group exhibition Black Mirror (until Jan 29), a survey of what it means to be Aboriginal in contemporary Australian society. 11am-5pm, 107 ...

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ArtsHub (subscription)
Vernon Ah Kee: Not an animal or a plant
ArtsHub (subscription)
The gallery states: 'His determined voice is driven by an unwavering commitment to address the situation and experience of Aboriginal Australians.' The National Art School (NAS) exhibition, like many museums and galleries I would argue have listened by ...

Some Indigenous Aussies Aren't Stoked "Aboriginal Pain" Is Helping Sell Lamb
Pedestrian TV
Meat & Livestock Australia's annual January 26 lamb ad, released yesterday, caught the attention of just about everyone for its nod to inclusiveness, strong message with the exception of Indigenous Australians "we're all boat people", and its pointed ...

Pedestrian TV
Some Indigenous Aussies Aren't Stoked "Aboriginal Pain" Is Helping Sell Lamb
Pedestrian TV
Meat & Livestock Australia's annual January 26 lamb ad, released yesterday, caught the attention of just about everyone for its nod to inclusiveness, strong message with the exception of Indigenous Australians "we're all boat people", and its pointed ...
New Australia Day lamb ad isn't landing well with Indigenous AustraliansStuff.co.nz

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HeritageDaily
Aboriginal Australians co-existed with the megafauna for at least ...
HeritageDaily
Australia was once home to giant reptiles, marsupials and birds (and some not so giant), but the extinction of this megafauna has been the subject of a debate ...

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Herald Sun
The death of Azaria Chamberlain will always be our national shame
Herald Sun
Aboriginal Australians knew for decades that they could attack and kill children. And white Australians from farms knew how dangerous they could be. Their opinion and evidence was overlooked in favour of the fledgling and, it was to emerge, flawed ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Lunch with Lois Peeler: Education is the key to Indigenous empowerment
The Sydney Morning Herald
An aunt ran a boarding house in Fitzroy and Peeler recalls new migrants and Aborigines washing up together in the neighbourhood. "This is the days of the White Australia policy. You didn't see people from other countries, but around here the Indigenous ...

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New Matilda
lamb ad isn't landing well with Indigenous Australians
The Sydney Morning Herald
Apart from a brief reference to Aboriginal people having been "here forever", the thousands of years of Aboriginal Australian history and lived culture before colonisation is virtually ignored, and whilst Australia Day might not be explicitly mentioned ...
Australia Day Lamb Ads: Vastly Improved, But A Pig In Lipstick Is Still A PigNew Matilda
The new lamb ad gets a “D” for effort, not for diversitySBS
The Australia Day 2017 lamb ad doesn't even mention Australia DayThe New Daily
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Green Left Weekly
"Offensive" Australia Day ad slammed for depicting controversial European settlement
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
CANBERRA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- A television advertisement depicting the European invasion of Australia has been labelled "highly offensive" by members of the Aboriginal community, with some saying they are "disgusted" at the use of the event as a method ...
January 26 is Invasion DayGreen Left Weekly

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ABC Online
Australia Day lamb advertisement draws criticism from Indigenous groups
ABC Online
The annual television advert encouraging people to eat lamb on Australia Day is often controversial, and it seems this year is no different, with members of the Indigenous community describing it as "highly offensive" and "disgusting". While Meat and ...
"Offensive" Australia Day ad slammed for depicting controversial European settlementShanghai Daily (subscription)

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New Matilda
Australia Day Lamb Ads: Vastly Improved, But A Pig In Lipstick Is Still A Pig
New Matilda
In that iteration, Aboriginal people were depicted as mostly confused, and they apparently arrived in Australia by canoe. All of that has been written out, thankfully, in the version that has finally aired. By contrast, the three Aboriginal actors are ...
The Australia Day 2017 lamb ad doesn't even mention Australia DayThe New Daily
The new lamb ad gets a “D” for effort, not for diversitySBS
MLA shirks Australia Day, tackles Invasion Day controversyAdNews
Māori Television -MuMbrella -Mashable
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New Matilda
New Australia Day lamb ad isn't landing well with Indigenous Australians
Brisbane Times
Apart from a brief reference to Aboriginal people having been "here forever" the thousands of years of Aboriginal Australian history and lived culture before colonisation is virtually ignored and whilst Australia Day might not be explicitly mentioned ...
Australia Day Lamb Ads: Vastly Improved, But A Pig In Lipstick Is Still A PigNew Matilda
The new lamb ad gets a “D” for effort, not for diversitySBS
The Australia Day 2017 lamb ad doesn't even mention Australia DayThe New Daily
AdNews -ABC Online -Mashable
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Comment: The class gap is growing in Australia
The Sydney Morning Herald
Steven Dhu, chairperson of the Gumala Aboriginal Corporation. Photo: Jasmine Body. We distributed 882 $200 gift vouchers to members across Australia that could be redeemed at a range of outlets. But our generosity has been met with criticism in media ...

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