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Review: Aboriginal artefacts make a surprising return to Australia - Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2016/02/12 - 1:05pm

Sydney Morning Herald

Review: Aboriginal artefacts make a surprising return to Australia
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian Aborigines were seen as a "doomed" race, even by those who approached them with a keen sympathy. For many settlers they were simply a pest that had to be moved on or eliminated. Although one shouldn't confuse the barbarities of frontier ...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students tackle constitutional reformABC Local
Australia Indigenous Policy Report Shows Poor Progress in Improving Aboriginal SituationLawyer Herald
CEO of Reconciliation Australia to Lead New Direction of Indigenous CricketWisden India
The Guardian -The Age
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students tackle constitutional reform - ABC Local

Thu, 2016/02/11 - 3:45am

ABC Local

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students tackle constitutional reform
ABC Local
Students discussed the inclusion of Indigenous Australians in the constitution and staged a mock election. The university's Wayne Costelloe said students' critical thinking around the issues surrounding the recognition of Australia's first peoples was ...

Monaro dieback brings science and Aboriginal knowledge together - ABC Online

Thu, 2016/02/11 - 2:46am

ABC Online

Monaro dieback brings science and Aboriginal knowledge together
ABC Online
The project will involve seed collection and planting trials in a search for resilient species as well as traditional Aboriginal burning trials on Travelling Stock Reserves to evaluate the outcomes upon remnant species. Greening Australia project co ...

Australia targets 2017 referendum on Aboriginal recognition - Yahoo7 News

Thu, 2016/02/11 - 1:02am

Yahoo7 News

Australia targets 2017 referendum on Aboriginal recognition
Yahoo7 News
Sydney (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull Thursday said a referendum on recognising Aboriginal people in the constitution was possible in 2017, but he cautioned a lot of work needed to be done. Written more than a century ago, the ...
Report card on aboriginal Australians paints bleak pictureReuters UK
Australia failing to close Aboriginal life expectancy gap: PMDaily Mail

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Anger over Northern Territory Aboriginal living conditions sparks legal action, inquiry call - ABC Online

Wed, 2016/02/10 - 11:08am

ABC Online

Anger over Northern Territory Aboriginal living conditions sparks legal action, inquiry call
ABC Online
Australian Lawyers for Remote Aboriginal Rights have taken unprecedented legal action on behalf of the tenants against the Territory Government. They lodged claims to Northern Territory Civil Administrative Tribunal (NCAT), which detail over 600 ...
Residents protest sub standard NT housing9news.com.au

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Indigenous Australians must stop the excuses and accept responsibility - Herald Sun

Wed, 2016/02/10 - 10:06am

Herald Sun

Indigenous Australians must stop the excuses and accept responsibility
Herald Sun
Twenty years on, the “reconciliation” circus has failed. The responsibility crusade must begin. Making whites nicer won't make Aborigines richer or healthier. Aborigines themselves must now do it. That become even clearer yesterday, when the Turnbull ...

Australia failing to close Aboriginal life expectancy gap: PM - Yahoo7 News

Wed, 2016/02/10 - 7:07am

Yahoo7 News

Australia failing to close Aboriginal life expectancy gap: PM
Yahoo7 News
Sydney (AFP) - Australia is failing to close an "unacceptably wide" gap in life expectancy between Aboriginal and non-indigenous people, officials admitted Wednesday, highlighting the devastating impact of drugs and alcohol on the country's original ...
Report card on aboriginal Australians paints bleak pictureReuters UK

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British owned aboriginal artefacts may soon be returned to Australia - 9news.com.au

Wed, 2016/02/10 - 3:46am

9news.com.au

British owned aboriginal artefacts may soon be returned to Australia
9news.com.au
A collection of aboriginal artefacts on display in the British Museum may soon be returned to the indigenous owners. Since mid-2015, the museum has met with Victoria's Dja Dja Wurrung's Yung Balug clan elder Gary Murray, who on behalf of his people is ...

White Lies And Black Lives: Malcolm Turnbull Just Widened The Credibility Gap - New Matilda

Wed, 2016/02/10 - 3:12am

Yahoo7 News

White Lies And Black Lives: Malcolm Turnbull Just Widened The Credibility Gap
New Matilda
While Rudd and Gillard tried to bury failure and redirect blame (Gillard most spectacularly by claiming it was time for Aboriginal Australia to share responsibility), both Abbott and Turnbull have been forced to admit that despite 'optimism', the ...
Australia targets 2017 referendum on Aboriginal recognitionYahoo7 News
Report card on aboriginal Australians paints bleak pictureReuters

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Report card on aboriginal Australians paints bleak picture - Reuters

Wed, 2016/02/10 - 1:36am

Reuters

Report card on aboriginal Australians paints bleak picture
Reuters
SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Wednesday said that the government was failing to meet a number of goals aimed at improving the lot of its embattled aboriginal population as he released its tenth annual report card on indigenous ...
Let Aboriginal people take control of their destinyThe Age
Closing the GapSydney Morning Herald
How Woman of Influence Dawn Casey closed the gap on racismThe Australian Financial Review
WA today
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Report card on aboriginal Australians paints bleak picture - Reuters UK

Wed, 2016/02/10 - 1:16am

Reuters UK

Report card on aboriginal Australians paints bleak picture
Reuters UK
SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Wednesday said that the government was failing to meet a number of goals aimed at improving the lot of its embattled aboriginal population as he released its tenth annual report card on indigenous ...
Australia struggling to improve lives of Aborigines: PMYahoo7 News
Report Card on Aboriginal Australians Looks BleakNewsweek

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Malcolm Turnbull's Closing-the-Gap oratory - Sydney Morning Herald

Tue, 2016/02/09 - 11:35pm

Sydney Morning Herald

Malcolm Turnbull's Closing-the-Gap oratory
Sydney Morning Herald
Malcolm Turnbull has vowed to be guided by the "wisdom, the ingenuity, the insights" of Indigenous people to tackle profound disadvantage after a report confirmed the nation is not on track to close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and ...
Let Aboriginal people take control of their destinyThe Age
Everyone has a role to play in closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia, Kia Dowell writesABC Message Stick
Australia targets 2017 referendum on Aboriginal recognitionYahoo7 News
ABC Online -Reuters
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Let Aboriginal people take control of their destiny - The Age

Tue, 2016/02/09 - 1:50pm

The Age

Let Aboriginal people take control of their destiny
The Age
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will table the 2016 Closing the Gap Report in Parliament on Thursday. Since 2009 these annual statements tracking the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians rarely bring good news. Worse still, the ...
Malcolm Turnbull's Closing-the-Gap oratorySydney Morning Herald
Meet 7 Indigenous legends who are fighting to 'close the gap'ABC Online
Australia failing to close Aboriginal life expectancy gap: PMYahoo7 News
Inquirer.net -Reuters
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Eye-opening Australian Aboriginal art at Harvard - The Boston Globe

Thu, 2016/02/04 - 11:29pm

Eye-opening Australian Aboriginal art at Harvard
The Boston Globe
When any compelling new way of picturing the world shivers into being, it can't help but enthrall us. Think what it is like to see the early Cubist paintings by Braque and Picasso, or the very first sensationally realist, shadow-filled paintings of ...

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Aboriginal burning 'had little impact' on erosion rates in Australia's Southern Tablelands - ABC Online

Thu, 2016/02/04 - 3:22am

ABC Online

Aboriginal burning 'had little impact' on erosion rates in Australia's Southern Tablelands
ABC Online
The effect of fire use by Aboriginal Australians on the landscape has been widely debated, said the study's lead author Dr Eric Portenga of the University of Glasgow and Macquarie University. "The discussion had been that humans arrived in Australia 50 ...

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Aboriginal burning 'had little impact' on erosion rates in Australia's Southern Tablelands - ABC Online

Thu, 2016/02/04 - 2:17am

ABC Online

Aboriginal burning 'had little impact' on erosion rates in Australia's Southern Tablelands
ABC Online
The effect of fire use by Aboriginal Australians on the landscape has been widely debated, said the study's lead author Dr Eric Portenga of the University of Glasgow and Macquarie University. "The discussion had been that humans arrived in Australia 50 ...

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New call to move Australia Day - The Advertiser

Thu, 2016/02/04 - 12:33am

The Advertiser

New call to move Australia Day
The Advertiser
... the beginning of oppression of Aboriginal people and the date needed to be changed to reflect modern views. She suggested Federation Day – January 1 – as a possible new date for Australia Day. “Aboriginal Australians have tended to feel excluded ...

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An Interactive Digital Archive Helps Preserve Traditional Australian Aboriginal Literature - Global Voices Online

Mon, 2016/02/01 - 5:49pm

Global Voices Online

An Interactive Digital Archive Helps Preserve Traditional Australian Aboriginal Literature
Global Voices Online
The following story was originally published as a case study of the Angkety digital resources map produced by First Languages Australia. It is republished here with permission. The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages project began with a commitment ...

Increasing support for #changethedate of Australia Day - Will 2017 be the year? Six Australians have their say - International Business Times AU

Mon, 2016/02/01 - 5:57am

International Business Times AU

Increasing support for #changethedate of Australia Day - Will 2017 be the year? Six Australians have their say
International Business Times AU
But these aren't the only associations Aussies make, as more and more people each year oppose the celebration of Australia Day on January 26. In fact, many prefer to take to Invasion day marches all across Australia for the rights of Aboriginals. In ...
Two Victorian men dress up in BLACKFACE Aboriginal costumes to attend 21st birthdayDaily Mail

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Ballarat men dress up in Aboriginal black face, accused of being racists - Newcastle Herald

Mon, 2016/02/01 - 2:23am

Newcastle Herald

Ballarat men dress up in Aboriginal black face, accused of being racists
Newcastle Herald
The Courier has chosen not to name or identify the duo at this point time. Picture: Facebook. UPDATE: A Respected Ballarat Aboriginal elder has condemned two young men for dressing up in black face as indigenous Australians for an 'Aussie Icon' party ...

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