Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

The Conversation AU
Countering the claims about Australia's Aboriginal number systems
The Conversation AU
Australia's Indigenous people had many methods for counting, and they didn't use just numbers.
Treaty holds the key to robust environmental law - Eureka StreetEureka Street (registration)

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WAtoday
No spark for Australia Day fireworks in Cockburn
WAtoday
Fremantle Mayor Brad Pettitt said in August that there was a growing movement that January 26 is increasingly becoming a day that is not for all Australians. "For many Aboriginal Australians it is indeed a day of sadness and dispossession," he said.
Australia Day fireworks: Cockburn council opts not to replace Fremantle event over cultural concernsABC Online
City of Armadale to push on with Australia Day fireworksCommunity Newspaper Group

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ABC Online
John Howard, Tony Abbott lock in against treaty with Indigenous Australians
ABC Online
Two former Liberal prime ministers have outright rejected a treaty with Indigenous Australians, as public debate continues about the merits of holding a referendum to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
One in Ten Young Aboriginal Men Rate Their Happiness at ZeroVICE

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Star Observer
Chansey Paech: Australia's first openly gay Aboriginal MP
Star Observer
ONLY a couple of months shy of his 29th birthday, Chansey Paech has managed to achieve a pretty incredible feat – he is the first openly gay and Aboriginal person elected to parliament at a state, territory or federal level. Paech was part of the ...

Hyperallergic
Journeying Beyond Western Time in Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Art
Hyperallergic
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In 1971, at a remote government settlement in Australia's Northern Territory called Papunya, a group of elderly Aboriginal men painted designs from ancestral creation stories onto a school wall in cheap, bright acrylics. They did so ...
'Zero out of ten': Indigenous youth rate low levels of happinessABC Online
25 Percent Of Homeless People In Australia Are IndigenousHuffington Post Australia
[ September 7, 2016 ] We can't let our young people despair and lose hope, says Calma NEWSNational Indigenous Times

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Huffington Post Australia
25 Percent Of Homeless People In Australia Are Indigenous
Huffington Post Australia
But alongside this evidence of progress are reminders of the wrongs of our colonial history, from the abuses at Don Dale to racism at the football ground and the ongoing disadvantages faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people today.
'Zero out of ten': Indigenous youth rate low levels of happinessABC Online

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Huffington Post Australia
'Zero out of ten': Indigenous youth rate low levels of happiness - ABC
ABC Online
Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men have lower rates of happiness than their non-Indigenous counterparts, with 10 percent rating their happiness as ...
25 Percent Of Homeless People In Australia Are IndigenousHuffington Post Australia
We can't let our young people despair and lose hope, says Calma ...National Indigenous Times
Report reveals alarming number of young Indigenous children are "unhappy"SBS
The Guardian -Pro Bono Australia
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SBS
Press Council rules out action over Bill Leak's cartoon despite more than 700 complaints
SBS
After accusations of inflaming already heightened racial tensions, The Australian editor-in-chief Paul Whittaker doesn't say the cartoon is racist, but instead, insinuates that people often focus on the tough issues, suggesting Aboriginal adults need ...

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Port Adelaide
Vandenbergh: Help Australia's oldest Aboriginal footy club train longer than 30 minutes
Port Adelaide
Right now, the Roosters can only train for 30 minutes before the sun goes down, and by the time summer rolls around, the green grass we expect on a footy field is nowhere to be seen. Koonibba is the oldest surviving Aboriginal football club in ...

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Perth Now
Cockburn to vote on Australia Day fireworks
Perth Now
“In general, Aboriginal people would like to celebrate Australia Day on a different day of the year which is inclusive and respectful of all Australians, and the Fremantle decision has helped to raise the profile of this concern.” Cockburn already ...
Cockburn may host Australia Day fireworks after Fremantle cancellationThe West Australian
Cancelling fireworks will only widen gapCommunity Newspaper Group
Fireworks versus truth, reconciliation and justiceGreen Left Weekly

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NEWS.com.au
There's a lot to love about this ad
NEWS.com.au
... Indian-Australian actor Arka Das, who continues the spiel before a succession of Australians from diverse backgrounds, including Olympian Cathy Freeman, rugby league player Greg Inglis, model Samantha Harris — all high profile Aboriginal ...
WATCH: LGBT feature in new lamb adSame Same

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ABC Online
Aboriginal patients with heart issues foregoing angiograms
ABC Online
Professor Alex Brown, from the Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, said the study also found Aboriginal patients were also more likely to be female. "Aboriginal patients were younger, more likely to be female, had higher rates of smoking, ...

The Stringer
Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children incarcerated at the world's highest rate
The Stringer
Australia incarcerates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in juvenile detention at the world's highest rate; ranked second is the mother of all jailers, the United States of America. More than half of Australia's juvenile detention is ...
FactCheck Q&A: is $30 billion spent every year on 500,000 ...The Conversation AU
In memory of so many, there must be a national custody notification ...Independent Australia
Hurtful cartoon fails to help indigenous victims of injusticeThe Australian
The Guardian
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ABC Online
Victoria signs over $500m in public housing stock to Aboriginal organisation
ABC Online
AHV is believed to be one of nine Aboriginal housing associations in Australia. The housing transfer is believed to be the largest — some 1,522 titles — to an Indigenous organisation anywhere and is due to be completed within two years. In Victoria ...
Victoria to transfer ownership of hundreds of homes under Indigenous planThe Guardian

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The Australian
Aborigines were building 'stone houses' 9000 years ago
The Australian
The cone-shaped shells found inside are terebralia, a mangrove gastropod Aborigines are known to have eaten, often carting them inland to sites near waterholes. Professor McDonald said similar domestic structures have been found elsewhere in Australia ...

ABC Online
Namatjira artworks decaying in 'birthplace of modern Aboriginal art'
ABC Online
Two original Namatjira paintings hanging in the Namatjira Room are valued at $30,000 to $40,000. Mr Matuschka says the collection was significant in Australian art history. "The collection as a whole is really the birth of Aboriginal art, other than ...

Yahoo7 News
Aboriginal woman goes from 'non-citizen' to Australian parliament
Yahoo7 News
Sydney (AFP) - Wearing a cloak decorated with the goanna lizard, the first Aboriginal woman elected to Australia's lower house took her seat in parliament this week, saying that as a child she was a "non-citizen". Former teacher Linda Burney made ...
Aboriginal MP Linda Burney makes landmark speechBBC News

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ABC Online
First Aboriginal curator appointed to South Australian Museum, with benefactor's support
ABC Online
The South Australian Museum hopes more stories of Indigenous history and culture will be uncovered, following the appointment of its first Aboriginal curator Glenn Iseger-Pilkington. A Wadjarri, Nhanda and Nyoongar man, he has a background in art ...
An Indigenous curator for Indigenous artefacts: South Australia breaks new groundThe Guardian (blog)
Young Indigenous leadership gathering underway in SydneyABC Local

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New Matilda
The Indefinite Detention Without Trial Of Aboriginal People
New Matilda
In their 2012 landmark report No End in Sight, the Aboriginal Disability Justice Campaign (ADJC) documented the problem of the imprisonment and indefinite detention of Aboriginal Australians with cognitive impairments in Australia. They observed that ...

Catholic Leader
Josephite Sister praises agency serving Australia's Aboriginal
Catholic Leader
JOSEPHITE Sister Kay McPadden has walked with local Aboriginal people for most of her religious life. Recounting one unforgettable story, Sr Kay can sum up the joy of working for Murri Ministry – a Centacare Pastoral Ministry that services about 7000 ...