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Invasion of the history rewriters - dailytelegraph.com.au

Tue, 2016/03/29 - 11:03am

dailytelegraph.com.au

Invasion of the history rewriters
dailytelegraph.com.au
They are also told it is offensive to suggest James Cook “discovered” Australia and inappropriate to say the indigenous people have lived here for 40,000 years. Instead, they should say “since the beginning of the Dreamings”. A so-called Diversity ...
University students taught to say Australia was invaded by Captain Cook instead discoveredDaily Mail

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Rosalie Lalara, ex-public officer of Australia's richest land trust, pleads guilty to $475k theft - ABC Online

Tue, 2016/03/29 - 6:47am

ABC Online

Rosalie Lalara, ex-public officer of Australia's richest land trust, pleads guilty to $475k theft
ABC Online
Rosalie Lalara, 59, pleaded guilty in the Northern Territory Supreme Court to stealing property from the beneficiaries of the Groote Eylandt Aboriginal Trust (GEAT) to the value of $475,000 in the space of approximately 12 months beginning in June 2011.

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The money was spent on vehicles, boats, quad bikes, and cash payments to a friend - ABC Online

Tue, 2016/03/29 - 6:47am

ABC Online

The money was spent on vehicles, boats, quad bikes, and cash payments to a friend
ABC Online
In late 2015, representatives of the Original Sovereign Tribal Federation (OSTF), a group that challenges the Commonwealth's legal jurisdiction over Aboriginal people, approached Ms Lalara advising her to reject the validity of the Northern Territory's ...

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Minister rejects nuclear dump spectre in Aboriginal heritage overhaul - InDaily

Tue, 2016/03/29 - 2:00am

InDaily

Minister rejects nuclear dump spectre in Aboriginal heritage overhaul
InDaily
“South Australia is currently facing a number of contentious developments that may significantly impact on Aboriginal land and on the protection of heritage, such as the consideration of potential sites for a nuclear waste dump, and the development of ...

Future stars at the heart of Indigenous Football Week - Football Australia

Tue, 2016/03/29 - 12:56am

Football Australia

Future stars at the heart of Indigenous Football Week
Football Australia
In an Australian football first, a group of young Indigenous footballers from remote parts of the Northern Territory will walk out with the Caltex Socceroos at the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier at Allianz Stadium in Sydney tonight to mark the launch of ...

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Calls for British Museum to surrender Indigenous Gweagal shield - ABC Online

Mon, 2016/03/28 - 10:44pm

ABC Online

Calls for British Museum to surrender Indigenous Gweagal shield
ABC Online
"It is our will and the will of the clan that all Gweagal artefacts are kept on Gweagal country and do not leave the shores of Australia under any circumstances whatsoever without express permission from the elders of the Gweagal tribe." When the ...

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The scapegoating of America's poor has echoes of the 'lifestyle choices' of Indigenous Australians - The Guardian

Mon, 2016/03/28 - 2:19am

The Guardian

The scapegoating of America's poor has echoes of the 'lifestyle choices' of Indigenous Australians
The Guardian
If the customs of Indigenous Australia don't fit the priorities of modern capitalism, then, by definition, they're dysfunctional and so the custodians of the oldest living culture in the world should embrace a different “lifestyle”, one more compatible ...

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Grief And Growth: The Murder Of Remote Area Nurse Gayle Woodford - New Matilda

Sun, 2016/03/27 - 9:14am

The Australian (subscription) (blog)

Grief And Growth: The Murder Of Remote Area Nurse Gayle Woodford
New Matilda
The alleged offender, from an “Aboriginal community”, picked up “Aboriginal people” and transported them in the stolen ambulance. By contrast, the ABC has reported extensively on the death, but the facts its found relevant are that Ms Woodford died in ...
Frantic hunt for abducted bush nurseThe Advertiser
Fears for nurse Gayle Woodford missing in remote South AustraliaThe Australian (subscription) (blog)
Man charged with murder of South Australian nurse Gayle Woodford9news.com.au
Australia Network News -Yahoo7 News -ABC Online
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artwork on show at Monaco museum - ABC Online

Sat, 2016/03/26 - 8:55pm

ABC Online

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artwork on show at Monaco museum
ABC Online
A new display showcasing the talents of 50 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists has opened at a museum in Monaco. The Australia: Defending the Oceans, At The Heart of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Art display is part of the larger Taba ...

Frantic hunt for abducted bush nurse - The Advertiser

Sat, 2016/03/26 - 7:14am

The Australian (subscription) (blog)

Frantic hunt for abducted bush nurse
The Advertiser
The man was arrested at 10.30am on Thursday morning while driving the ambulance with two other Aboriginal people. They were questioned and released. Police used the vehicle's GPS tracker to establish its movements from Fregon to Coober Pedy over a ...
Body believed to be that of missing nurse Gayle Woodford found in far north SA9news.com.au
Fears for nurse Gayle Woodford missing in remote South AustraliaThe Australian (subscription) (blog)
Search continues for missing SA nurseTen Eyewitness News
ABC Online -Daily Mail
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Fears for nurse Gayle Woodford missing in remote South Australia - The Australian (subscription) (blog)

Fri, 2016/03/25 - 2:50am

The Australian (subscription) (blog)

Fears for nurse Gayle Woodford missing in remote South Australia
The Australian (subscription) (blog)
It is thought that Ms Woodford may have been driven from her home in the Aboriginal community of Fregon through a series of remote communities throughout Wednesday night, according to South Australia Police Major Crimes Superintendent Des Bray.
Missing nurse declared major crimeThe Advertiser
Massive search underway for woman missing in South Australia's remote far northYahoo7 News
Search on for Gayle Woodford who vanished in South Australia's APY LandsDaily Mail

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Ken Duncan's illuminated cross project gets blessing of Haasts Bluff Aboriginal community - ABC Online

Fri, 2016/03/25 - 2:42am

ABC Online

Ken Duncan's illuminated cross project gets blessing of Haasts Bluff Aboriginal community
ABC Online
The former president of the MacDonnell Regional Council, Sid Anderson, who lives in nearby Papunya, was at the meeting last week and said nothing is standing in the way of the construction of the cross. "It will attract tourists or maybe Aboriginal ...

Aboriginal Groups Fight Fracking, State's Destruction of Land - teleSUR English

Thu, 2016/03/24 - 10:32am

teleSUR English

Aboriginal Groups Fight Fracking, State's Destruction of Land
teleSUR English
The four main Aboriginal groups in the region fear fracking could contaminate ground and surface water supplies. "We need clean water, we need a clean country," said Gadrian Hoosan, a spokesperson for the Garawa people. The Garawa people of Australia ...

Indigenous tourism experts share the Kimberley with Europe - ABC Message Stick

Thu, 2016/03/24 - 5:53am

ABC Message Stick

Indigenous tourism experts share the Kimberley with Europe
ABC Message Stick
Australia's Indigenous tourism provides fascinating insights into the life, art and history of one of the world's longest-surviving cultures. Now a select group of Indigenous tourism experts has travelled to Europe to encourage more international ...

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Indigenous Australians say Closing the Gap “doomed to fail” - Catholic Leader

Wed, 2016/03/23 - 11:01pm

Catholic Leader

Indigenous Australians say Closing the Gap “doomed to fail”
Catholic Leader
Indigenous youths made up 54 per cent of young people in youth justice detention last June, despite comprising about five per cent of the population. Closing the Gap campaign co-chair Jackie Huggins described the figures as “soul-destroying”, and said ...

These Aboriginal Groups Are Trying to Halt a Natural Gas Boom in Australia's Northern Territory - VICE News

Wed, 2016/03/23 - 8:15pm

VICE News

These Aboriginal Groups Are Trying to Halt a Natural Gas Boom in Australia's Northern Territory
VICE News
Conservationists and indigenous communities in northern Australia are gearing up for a fight, as some of the world's largest energy companies line up to frack the region for shale gas. Santos, Sasol, Inpex and, more recently, businessmen who have made ...

Aboriginal Activist Gary Foley Made Things Awkward For Mike Baird's Government At The Sydney Biennale - Junkee

Wed, 2016/03/23 - 3:47am

Junkee

Aboriginal Activist Gary Foley Made Things Awkward For Mike Baird's Government At The Sydney Biennale
Junkee
“I see it as a brilliant continuation of what the Aboriginal embassy was all about.” Then, giving truth to his words, he delivered an hour-long monologue laying into white Australians' treatment of Aboriginal people and the way the “bastard ...
Student-run fashion show exudes professionalismUniversity of Virginia The Cavalier Daily

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The stolen wages that continue to hold indigenous Australians back - Daily Life

Tue, 2016/03/22 - 8:48pm

Daily Life

The stolen wages that continue to hold indigenous Australians back
Daily Life
Since July 2015, unemployed people in remote areas defined by the government – 84 per cent of whom are Indigenous – have been subject to the so-called Commonwealth Development Program (CDP). A specific remote "work for the dole" program, the ...

bid to create Australia's first Indigenous cycling star - ABC Online

Tue, 2016/03/22 - 11:13am

ABC Online

bid to create Australia's first Indigenous cycling star
ABC Online
Australia is a global cycling powerhouse, taking out six medals in the sport at the 2012 London Olympics. Despite that success, Indigenous participation in cycling is low. In a bid to change that, coach Amanda O'Connor established the squad, with the ...

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Violent Femmes embrace Aboriginal music - The West Australian

Tue, 2016/03/22 - 9:26am

The West Australian

Violent Femmes embrace Aboriginal music
The West Australian
It seems an unlikely pairing: the legendary post-punk band from the American industrial city of Milwaukee and the family act from a remote central Australian hamlet of just 30 people. Violent Femmes bassist Brian Ritchie first met father and daughter ...

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