Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

ABC Online
Indigenous surfers head to culturally significant site of Bells Beach to compete
ABC Online
"Indigenous people have an amazing connection to the ocean and Bells Beach is a very significant place for the local Indigenous people as there was a lot of trading that went on down here, a lot of history," Jordie Campbell, one of Surfing Victoria's ...

The Conversation AU
On the wrong track: why Australia's attempt at Indigenous reconciliation will fail
The Conversation AU
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, constitutional change is about righting injustices inherent in the current recognition of difference, rather than promoting an agenda of sameness. Michael Coghlan/Flickr, CC BY-SA ...

ABC Online
Discovery of 40000-year-old Aboriginal artefacts puts Rio Tinto Pilbara mine expansion on hold
ABC Online
In 2014, the WA Department of Aboriginal Affairs granted Rio Tinto permission to further excavate the site, guided by the Eastern Guruma people. Dating has confirmed the grinding stones and other artefacts are about 40,000 years old, dating back to the ...

Port Adelaide
Ninth Aboriginal Power Cup gets underway with record participants
Port Adelaide
With continued support from Santos, the Government of South Australia, the South Australian Aboriginal Sports Training Academy and the University of South Australia, the Aboriginal Power Cup is built around an early intervention strategy that uses ...

The Conversation AU
Indigenous reconciliation in Australia: still a bridge too far?
The Conversation AU
Success will come from changing the way Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's issues are talked about and addressed – from one of deficit in which people are described as problematic to one of empowerment and strength. Global Panorama/Flickr ...

Daily Mail
$200 million mine expansion in Western Australia halted after 'exceptionally rare' indigenous grinding stones are found
Daily Mail
Rio Tinto has been forced to put a million dollar mine expansion on hold after archaeologists discovered 'exceptionally rare' artefacts which date back to the Ice Age. The artefacts which may indicate Aboriginal settlement were uncovered in the remote ...

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ABC Local
Election 2016: Durack ALP candidate makes Indigenous enrolment a campaign priority
ABC Local
Labor's federal election candidate for the Western Australian seat of Durack says she will aim to get as many Aboriginal people enrolled to vote before rolls closes this Sunday. Durack has the nation's third highest proportion of Indigenous residents ...

News18
All-indigenous Australian women's cricket team set for Indian tour
Business Standard
A group of 14 indigenous Australian women cricketers will fly out on Wednesday for a whirlwind 10-day tour of India, the first of its kind orchestrated by the sport's national body, Cricket Australia announced on Tuesday. Backed by Cricket Australia ...
Australia Indigenous Women's Team on Historic Tour of IndiaNews18

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Deutsche Welle
Aboriginal people mix modern and ancient knowledge
Deutsche Welle
The Australian Outback is a place of harsh beauty, much of it remote. Its ecology is threatened by wildfires, invasive species and resource development. The Outback also home to the aboriginal people of Australia, who've considered the landscape sacred ...

Daily Mail
Queensland police were being 'culturally sensitive' when they watched Aboriginal women fight
Daily Mail
The Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy (CYAAA) was temporarily shut down by Education Minister Kate Jones because of the safety concerns. Things came to a head when youths tried to break into the home of two CYAAA teachers early last Sunday ...
Aurukun elder calls on police to end street fights between localsABC Online

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Star Observer
New retreat for trans and gender diverse Aboriginal people
Star Observer
A NATIONAL weekend retreat for trans and gender diverse Aboriginal people will be held for the first time in Victoria later this year. The Victorian Government announced the retreat as a way to mark International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, ...

National Indigenous Times
[ May 17, 2016 ] Pascoe's history a 'vision of an Australia yet to be' BOOKS
National Indigenous Times
Bunurong man, Aboriginal language guru and jack of all trades Bruce Pascoe has taken out one of the country's most prestigious literary awards with his latest work, Dark Emu. The Victorian writer won Book of the Year category and shared the inaugural ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous writers rise to the top of the 2016 NSW Premier's Literary Awards
The Sydney Morning Herald
In their praise of his book, the judges said: "Dark Emu reveals enormous Aboriginal achievement in governance and agriculture, and restores these to their rightful place at the epicentre of Australian history ... a voice at once catalysing and unifying ...
Winners announced at NSW Premier's Literary AwardsArtsHub (subscription)

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ABC Online
Nuclear dump protesters warn of 'cultural genocide' in South Australia
ABC Online
It includes the Australian Nursing Midwifery Federation, Conservation Council, Maritime Union of Australia and the Uniting Church. "This proposal and the proposals of nuclear dumps right around Australia is a threat to Aboriginal culture and society ...
No Dump Alliance for SAThe Advertiser

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The Guardian
Cleverman first look review – wickedly exciting Indigenous superhero story
The Guardian
Early this year one great big why-haven't-we-seen-that-before box was ticked with the arrival of Spear, the world's first Indigenous Australian dance movie. A similarly irresistible milestone lies at the heart of ABC TV's soon-to-air program Cleverman ...

SBS
'Scrap Australia Day' says Indigenous federal candidate
SBS
A record number of six Indigenous candidates from Western Australia are contesting this year's federal election for the major parties. Among Labor's four candidates is human rights lawyer Tammy Solonec. Ms Solonec said she was not only standing to ...

Yahoo News
'This Is My Country' – The discrimination against and displacement of aboriginal communities of Western Australia
Yahoo News
Kennedy Hill is an aboriginal community that sits on pristine land overlooking the sea in Broome, a resort town on the north coast of Western Australia. Though aboriginal people have lived in Kennedy Hill for generations, the residents are now ...

The Age
Multiculturalism: not an ideal, but a reality
The Age
It's not a comfortable read but it is a major piece of Australian writing. Grant is a somewhat controversial figure in Aboriginal Australia, having thrown his weight behind the campaign to have Indigenous people recognised in the constitution. In the ...
We're not living in a multiracial television utopia yet. Here's what still has to changeThe Guardian

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SBS
WA candidates seek to increase Indigenous parliamentary representation
SBS
"Australia Day is such an offensive and insensitive day for Aboriginal people. Aboriginal people have been protesting against it since the 1880s. And every year it brings up enormous emotions for Aboriginal people and it's divisive for the whole ...
Black Screen: Free night at the moviesWhyalla News

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Marie Claire Australia
Indigenous Australian To Represent NT In Miss World Australia Final
Marie Claire Australia
But in a local first, an Indigenous Australian is set to represent the Northern Territory in the upcoming Miss World Australia national final. 19-year-old Magnolia Maymuru, from the community of Yirrkala in North Eastern Arnhem Land, will go head-to ...
Mainydjama Magnolia Maymuru is first Indigenous model in Miss World Australia finalsDaily Mail

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