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Which is the world's most indigenous city? - The Guardian

Wed, 2016/06/29 - 1:24pm

The Guardian

Which is the world's most indigenous city?
The Guardian
But the flipside is equally telling: more than half of aboriginal Australians now dwell in the cities of the eastern seaboard. Long regarded as Australia's indigenous capital, Sydney has been surpassed by Brisbane as host to the greatest number of ...

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Stolen Generations A 'Myth', Aboriginal People 'Better Off Before '60s', Says Federal Candidate - New Matilda

Wed, 2016/06/29 - 3:43am

New Matilda

Stolen Generations A 'Myth', Aboriginal People 'Better Off Before '60s', Says Federal Candidate
New Matilda
A candidate for the Australian Liberty Alliance (ALA) has told New Matilda that Aboriginal people were better off before the 1960s and that the Stolen Generations are “basically a myth”, after being quoted in a local paper as observing that treating ...

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Liberal MP Accused Of Ignoring Indigenous Suicide Capital Of The World - BuzzFeed News

Wed, 2016/06/29 - 2:15am

BuzzFeed News

Liberal MP Accused Of Ignoring Indigenous Suicide Capital Of The World
BuzzFeed News
Martin was the first Aboriginal woman elected to the West Australian parliament as the member for the Kimberley and has deep family connections to Aboriginal communities within the electorate. One of those connections is to Julieka Dhu, the 22-year-old ...
Treaty ... the way forwardThe Guardian (Australia)

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Aboriginal landowners criticise Northern Land Council over drill permit - The Guardian

Tue, 2016/06/28 - 8:25pm

The Guardian

Aboriginal landowners criticise Northern Land Council over drill permit
The Guardian
In March 2015, the NT government granted the region's first petroleum exploration permits on Aboriginal land. One, covering areas within the Alawa land trust and the Mangarrayi land trust, was granted to Jacaranda Minerals and Minerals Australia, ...

Remote Aboriginal aged care painting project drives intergenerational learning - ABC Message Stick

Mon, 2016/06/27 - 8:20am

ABC Message Stick

Remote Aboriginal aged care painting project drives intergenerational learning
ABC Message Stick
An aged care painting project in a remote Western Australian Aboriginal community is helping to reconnect families and drive intergeneration learning. Wanarn is a small Aboriginal community in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands in the central desert region of ...

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Borneo 37k-year-old skull may be evidence ancient Aborigines were not first to settle in Pacific - Daily Mail

Mon, 2016/06/27 - 6:31am

Daily Mail

Borneo 37k-year-old skull may be evidence ancient Aborigines were not first to settle in Pacific
Daily Mail
The skull fragments are thought to belong to one of the first members of our species to arrive on the tropical island of Borneo – long believed to be related to Aboriginal Australians. But a new study of the bones, which belong to an individual ...

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NAAJA cars destroyed in suspicious blaze in Darwin - ABC Online

Sun, 2016/06/26 - 12:54am

ABC Online

NAAJA cars destroyed in suspicious blaze in Darwin
ABC Online
The fire occurred at the back of the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) offices in Shadforth Lane on Saturday night. "We believe all three vehicles belong to NAAJA," Duty Superintendent Brendan Muldoon said. The fire occurred about 8 ...

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Aboriginal bush lessons improve education for outback Queensland kids - ABC Message Stick

Thu, 2016/06/23 - 9:37pm

ABC Message Stick

Aboriginal bush lessons improve education for outback Queensland kids
ABC Message Stick
"Identity is such a big thing for Aboriginal students in Australia, and some research shows that they may even be clinging to the negative stereotypes of the wider dominant culture so they underperform in school and they don't strive to do their best ...

Australian Superhero Show 'Cleverman' Combines Aboriginal Mythology With Sci Fi - Inverse

Thu, 2016/06/23 - 8:11pm

Inverse

Australian Superhero Show 'Cleverman' Combines Aboriginal Mythology With Sci Fi
Inverse
Cleverman is an gripping and innovative new show out of Australia, which is propelled by sharp story telling and stellar performances. It's a sci-fi take on some seriously ancient stories from Aboriginal cultures, something that most viewers outside of ...

Descendant of Aboriginal first contact warrior wants shield returned to Australia - ABC Message Stick

Thu, 2016/06/23 - 6:55am

ABC Message Stick

Descendant of Aboriginal first contact warrior wants shield returned to Australia
ABC Message Stick
A shield owned by Cooman, an Aboriginal warrior shot at Botany Bay in 1770, is at the centre of a dispute involving the British Museum. One of Cooman's descendants says he is considering legal action if the shield is not returned to Australia by Monday.

LiveBlogLast Updated 8:39PM AESTFederal election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull in Cairns, Bill Shorten in Sydney - The Australian

Wed, 2016/06/22 - 10:39am

The Australian

LiveBlogLast Updated 8:39PM AESTFederal election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull in Cairns, Bill Shorten in Sydney
The Australian
“Obviously what happened back in 1788 and beyond involved a very big change, and it was a change that had pretty big consequences for the Aboriginal inhabitants of Australia, but I would certainly describe it as a settlement, maybe even an occupation ...

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Growing a healthy future with traditional Aboriginal foods - ABC Message Stick

Wed, 2016/06/22 - 7:31am

ABC Message Stick

Growing a healthy future with traditional Aboriginal foods
ABC Message Stick
Australia is said to be facing an obesity epidemic, and now some commentators are speculating that one answer might lie in a greater use of traditional Aboriginal foods. But very few modern Australians know much about which native plants are good to ...

High hopes for Aboriginal candidates as federal election nears - The West Australian

Wed, 2016/06/22 - 1:46am

The West Australian

High hopes for Aboriginal candidates as federal election nears
The West Australian
Malcolm Turnbull said the election of six or seven indigenous candidates would achieve that milestone as he attended a hand back ceremony in Darwin marking the end of one of Australia's longest running land title disputes. “There are at least 12 ...

Australian PM ends longest running Aboriginal land claim - Business Insider - Business Insider

Tue, 2016/06/21 - 8:15am

Business Insider

Australian PM ends longest running Aboriginal land claim - Business Insider
Business Insider
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday settled the nation's longest-running land rights claim, handing Aborigines land title deeds wrapped in eucalyptus paperbark to a peninsula on Darwin harbor in the tropical north.

Australian PM ends longest running Aboriginal land claim | Reuters - Reuters

Tue, 2016/06/21 - 8:11am

Reuters

Australian PM ends longest running Aboriginal land claim | Reuters
Reuters
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion react as traditional owners representative Raylene Singh holds up the land deed during the Kenbi Native land claim ceremony near Darwin, Australia, June 21, 2016.

Australian PM ends longest running Aboriginal land claim - Reuters

Tue, 2016/06/21 - 8:08am

Reuters

Australian PM ends longest running Aboriginal land claim
Reuters
SYDNEY Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday settled the nation's longest-running land rights claim, handing Aborigines land title deeds wrapped in eucalyptus paperbark to a peninsula on Darwin harbor in the tropical north. The Kenbi ...
'At last': Kenbi land returned to Aboriginal owners after 37-year fightThe Guardian
Kenbi land claim: Hand-back to Aboriginal owners 37 years in the makingABC Online
Malcolm Turnbull told to 'shove his white paper' by Aboriginal dancerDaily Mail
The Conversation AU -Sky News Australia
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Mary G, black queen of the Kimberley calls on Australia to own its history 'warts and all' - ABC Message Stick

Tue, 2016/06/21 - 7:14am

ABC Message Stick

Mary G, black queen of the Kimberley calls on Australia to own its history 'warts and all'
ABC Message Stick
Aboriginal performer and self-declared black queen of the Kimberley Mary Geddarrdyu, or Mary G, says that when she becomes queen of Australia, she will be pushing for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people to accept the country's colonial past "warts and ...

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Kenbi land claim: Hand-back to Aboriginal owners 37 years in the making - ABC Online

Tue, 2016/06/21 - 5:57am

ABC Online

Kenbi land claim: Hand-back to Aboriginal owners 37 years in the making
ABC Online
The Kenbi claim, which covers most of Cox Peninsula - 130 kilometres by road and 10 kilometres by ferry from Darwin - was the longest-running Aboriginal land claim case in Australia's history. Today, at a beach looking across the water back to the ...
'At last': Kenbi land returned to Aboriginal owners after 37-year fightThe Guardian
Australian PM ends longest running Aboriginal land claimReuters
Turnbull's message to First Australians: we want to do things with youThe Conversation AU
The Sydney Morning Herald -SBS -Crikey (registration)
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'At last': Kenbi land returned to Aboriginal owners after 37-year fight - The Guardian

Tue, 2016/06/21 - 5:32am

The Guardian

'At last': Kenbi land returned to Aboriginal owners after 37-year fight
The Guardian
“Prior to European arrival, this land, Australia, was cared for by hundreds of nations of Aboriginal people. Yours are the oldest continuing cultures on Earth. Our nation is as old as humanity itself, and Larrakia people were, and are, the Aboriginal ...
Australian PM ends longest running Aboriginal land claimReuters
Kenbi land claim: Hand-back to Aboriginal owners 37 years in the makingABC Online
Turnbull hands over deeds to historic Kenbi land claimSBS
Sky News Australia -The Sydney Morning Herald -The Australian
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Australian election 2016: First Nations' trauma and suffering can't be denied, says Turnbull, handing back Kenbi ... - The Guardian

Tue, 2016/06/21 - 1:51am

The Guardian

Australian election 2016: First Nations' trauma and suffering can't be denied, says Turnbull, handing back Kenbi ...
The Guardian
Malcolm Turnbull is surrounded by aboriginal dancers as he attends the Kenbi Native land claim ceremony near Darwin, Tuesday, June 21, 2016. Turnbull is in Darwin today to attend the deed handover ceremony settling Australia's oldest Aboriginal land ...
Turnbull hands over deeds to historic Kenbi land claimSBS
Title deeds handed over in Kenbi land claimSky News Australia
Federal election 2016: after 37 years, Kenbi deed handed overThe Australian
Crikey (registration) (blog)
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