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Boomerangs Were Lethal Weapons of War, Skeleton Suggests - National Geographic

Mon, 2016/09/19 - 6:29pm

National Geographic

Boomerangs Were Lethal Weapons of War, Skeleton Suggests
National Geographic
When an Aboriginal man's skeleton was found beside an Australian river bank two years ago, the long gash in his skull indicated he'd been slashed to death by a sword or cutlass, probably during the turbulent years when Europeans were spreading across ...

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Improving patient outcomes for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community - Mondaq News Alerts (registration)

Mon, 2016/09/19 - 5:13pm

Improving patient outcomes for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
The modern history of Australia since colonisation has led to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples having a difficult relationship with the various institutions that exist within our society e.g. 'health, justice, education'. In today's ...

First Kaldor Public Art Project led by an Australian Aboriginal artist unveiled in the Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden - the AU review (blog)

Mon, 2016/09/19 - 10:51am

the AU review (blog)

First Kaldor Public Art Project led by an Australian Aboriginal artist unveiled in the Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden
the AU review (blog)
Of his piece, he said: “barrangal dyara is a response to the immense loss felt throughout Australia due to the destruction of countless culturally significant Aboriginal objects when the Palace was razed by fire on 22 September 1882. It represents an ...
SKIN & BONES MAP THE GARDEN PALACEAboriginal Art Directory News
Art Installation in Sydney Marks the Footprint of 19th Century Destroyed PalaceArchDaily

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No fireworks, only respect: Linda Burney and Andrew Bolt take on constitutional recognition - The Sydney Morning Herald

Mon, 2016/09/19 - 7:02am

The Sydney Morning Herald

No fireworks, only respect: Linda Burney and Andrew Bolt take on constitutional recognition
The Sydney Morning Herald
Ms Burney has long been a prominent voice for substantive change - removing and replacing the constitution's "race power" and recognising the history of Indigenous people in Australia - while Bolt prefers either the status quo or strictly the ...

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Kalgoorlie Uprising: Black Man's Victim. White Man's Culprit, And The Twisted Psychology Of Racially Motivated Crime ... - New Matilda

Sun, 2016/09/18 - 9:08pm

New Matilda

Kalgoorlie Uprising: Black Man's Victim. White Man's Culprit, And The Twisted Psychology Of Racially Motivated Crime ...
New Matilda
Why do Australians turn away when another justice fails Aboriginal people? Dr Lissa Johnson explains the psychology behind the great Australian silence. On Thursday evening a house rented by the man accused of killing Aboriginal teenager Elijah Doughty ...

Backing Bourke: How a radical new approach is saving young people from a life of crime - ABC Online

Sun, 2016/09/18 - 8:10pm

ABC Online

Backing Bourke: How a radical new approach is saving young people from a life of crime
ABC Online
Just about all of them are committed by Aboriginal kids. But now Bourke is confronting its demons head on — and beginning an unique experiment in "justice reinvestment". Proponents of the scheme say it is about "spending more on communities and less ...
A Community Program In A Small NSW Town Could Reform The Justice SystemHuffington Post Australia

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'Someone's got to give this country hope': Clinton Pryor begins journey across Australia - Honi Soit

Sun, 2016/09/18 - 12:11pm

Honi Soit

'Someone's got to give this country hope': Clinton Pryor begins journey across Australia
Honi Soit
Inspired by the walks of great activists across their country, but on a journey all of his own, Noongar man Clinton Pryor has set out on foot across Australia to seek justice for remote Aboriginal communities. The 26-year-old Wajuk, Balardung, Kija and ...

This Aboriginal Australian's Response To Racism Was Epic - Morning News USA

Sun, 2016/09/18 - 5:34am

Morning News USA

This Aboriginal Australian's Response To Racism Was Epic
Morning News USA
While out for lunch, Wall, an aboriginal Australian, heard two elderly women talking about his community. He did not intend to listen, but he caught them talking and criticizing aboriginal Australians. Wall called their discussion “less than distasteful.

Australia to remove tributes to Scot who massacred Aboriginals - Scotsman

Fri, 2016/09/16 - 3:41pm

Australia to remove tributes to Scot who massacred Aboriginals
Scotsman
His most notorious massacre occurred in 1843, when he led the slaughter of between 80 and 200 aboriginal men, women and children as revenge for the death of a single white settler. Australian electoral authorities are now reviewing the ward's name ...

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Australia could wipe Angus McMillan off the map because he ... - Daily Mail

Fri, 2016/09/16 - 3:39pm

Daily Mail

Australia could wipe Angus McMillan off the map because he ...
Daily Mail
Scottish explorer Angus McMillan could have his name wiped from Australia's map after his bloody past has been revealed. The McMillan district may be ...

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The secret destruction of Australia's Hiroshima - NEWS.com.au

Fri, 2016/09/16 - 3:14pm

NEWS.com.au

The secret destruction of Australia's Hiroshima
NEWS.com.au
Mr Harrison, who has visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors in Japan and presented them with a sculpture, says his main concern is making sure Australians know what happened in their own country. “The rest of the Aboriginal people in this country ...

Universities build business expertise in the Indigenous community with MBA degrees - The Australian Financial Review

Fri, 2016/09/16 - 8:45am

The Australian Financial Review

Universities build business expertise in the Indigenous community with MBA degrees
The Australian Financial Review
At the same time, the number of Indigenous-owned businesses is rising, with research by ANU's Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research finding a quadrupling of the number of self-employed Indigenous Australians between 1991 and 2011. Brisbane ...

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Why Bolt can't argue with this woman - Gold Coast Bulletin

Fri, 2016/09/16 - 8:05am

Gold Coast Bulletin

Why Bolt can't argue with this woman
Gold Coast Bulletin
Linda is adamant that constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians will help to heal the wounds of the past and introduces Bolt to like-minded supporters like Grant, Marama Fox the co-leader of NZ's Maori party, Mick Gooda the Aboriginal and ...

Andrew Bolt and Linda Burney in ABC documentary Recognition: Yes or No? - NEWS.com.au

Fri, 2016/09/16 - 6:48am

NEWS.com.au

Andrew Bolt and Linda Burney in ABC documentary Recognition: Yes or No?
NEWS.com.au
Linda is adamant that constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians will help to heal the wounds of the past and introduces Bolt to like-minded supporters like Grant, Marama Fox the co-leader of NZ's Maori party, Mick Gooda the Aboriginal and ...
Why ABC's 'Recognition: Yes or No?' proves Andrew Bolt can't be beatenDaily Review

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Australian Psychologists Issue Apology to Indigenous People - teleSUR English

Thu, 2016/09/15 - 8:07pm

teleSUR English

Australian Psychologists Issue Apology to Indigenous People
teleSUR English
“The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and psychologists are delighted that the APS has taken this important step,” she said. Dudgeon, who is a professor of Indigenous studies at the University of Western Australia, has previously written ...

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Reinvesting in a smarter approach to youth justice - The Australian

Thu, 2016/09/15 - 2:05pm

Reinvesting in a smarter approach to youth justice
The Australian
The outlook is particularly stark for Aboriginal young people. The imprisonment rate for Aboriginal Australians has increased by an alarming 52 per cent in a decade, and more than half (59 per cent) of the young people in jail are Aboriginal, despite ...

Australia advances fairly: History of the plebiscite - dailytelegraph.com.au

Thu, 2016/09/15 - 5:38am

dailytelegraph.com.au

Australia advances fairly: History of the plebiscite
dailytelegraph.com.au
The status of Aborigines in the Constitution was the subject of one of the more positive moments in Australia's history of referendums. Prior to the vote, the Constitution held indigenous Australians to be separate from the rest of the population and ...

Psychologists issue official apology to Aboriginal people - The Age

Thu, 2016/09/15 - 5:26am

The Age

Psychologists issue official apology to Aboriginal people
The Age
They contributed to the mistreatment of Aboriginal people and the erosion of their culture and, even today, fail to properly understand how to help Aboriginal people under their care. That's the mea culpa of Australian psychologists - courtesy of their ...
Psychologists Apologise To Indigenous AustraliansHuffington Post Australia
The Custody Notification System saves Aboriginal lives. Why isn't it national?The Guardian

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Fine options may cut Aboriginal jail rates - Perth Now

Thu, 2016/09/15 - 5:04am

Perth Now

Fine options may cut Aboriginal jail rates
Perth Now
Attorney General of Western Australia Michael Mischin said one of the key aims of the amendment is to reduce the incarceration of Aboriginal people. Picture: Supplied. “While legislation applies to everyone equally, one of the key aims of this ...

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Fine options may cut Aboriginal jail rates - The West Australian

Thu, 2016/09/15 - 4:20am

Fine options may cut Aboriginal jail rates
The West Australian
Fine defaulters in Western Australia will be given the option to work in the community to pay off the penalty, under plans aimed at reducing high indigenous incarceration rates. The state has the nation's highest proportion of indigenous people in jail ...

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