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Paul Keating calls for blending of black and white Australia to create new ... - Sydney Morning Herald

Thu, 2015/10/08 - 8:04am

Sydney Morning Herald

Paul Keating calls for blending of black and white Australia to create new ...
Sydney Morning Herald
"We had seized the land so violently and dispossessed its inhabitants so shamelessly – that our only way back – back to being at one and at pe ace with ourselves, was to identify more with Aboriginal Australia, while atoning for our opportunist and ...
Keating to launch Aboriginal art festivalSBS
Indigenous artists gather to exhibit contemporary worksABC Online
BHP Billiton proudly supports TARNANTHIYour Oil and Gas News (press release)

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Broome's big buddas put the muscle on Indigenous obesity - ABC Message Stick

Thu, 2015/10/08 - 6:49am

ABC Message Stick

Broome's big buddas put the muscle on Indigenous obesity
ABC Message Stick
While obesity in Australia is at record levels, the 2012-13 Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey found Indigenous Australians were at an even greater risk, coming in at 1.5 times as likely as non-Indigenous people to be obese.

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Broome's big buddas put the muscle on Indigenous obesity - ABC Online

Thu, 2015/10/08 - 4:03am

ABC Online

Broome's big buddas put the muscle on Indigenous obesity
ABC Online
While obesity in Australia is at record levels, the 2012-13 Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey found Indigenous Australians were at an even greater risk, coming in at 1.5 times as likely as non-Indigenous people to be obese.

Designing a new tradition from Aboriginal art - InDaily

Thu, 2015/10/08 - 12:07am

InDaily

Designing a new tradition from Aboriginal art
InDaily
Together they have collaborated with jewellery makers at four arts centres across Aboriginal Australia and the Torres Strait islands to marry indigenous traditions with contemporary materials and processes. The artwork created and the new techniques ...

Aboriginal community worried about services as Alinta closes Leigh Creek mine - ABC Online

Wed, 2015/10/07 - 3:13am

ABC Online

Aboriginal community worried about services as Alinta closes Leigh Creek mine
ABC Online
An Aboriginal community close to Leigh Creek is pleading with the State Government not to make any "drastic decisions" about the future of the mining town following Alinta Energy's announcement it will close its coal mine in about a month's time. The ...

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Mine fire threatening Aboriginal heritage sites - Australian Mining

Wed, 2015/10/07 - 12:57am

Australian Mining

Mine fire threatening Aboriginal heritage sites
Australian Mining
According to Parks Australia the controlled backburning operation escaped the site and entered the adjacent national park on Thursday, and has continued burning since then. Gunjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation (GAC) chief Justin O'Brien said the fire is ...

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Indigenous trust fund hopes to raise $100m - Yahoo7 News

Tue, 2015/10/06 - 10:45pm

Indigenous trust fund hopes to raise $100m
Yahoo7 News
"I think it's great that this fund will be raising money to invest in Aboriginal businesses around Australia," her said. "There are plenty of good Aboriginal businesses and business people who could benefit from this fund and those businesses could ...

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Ranger uranium mine fire threatening thousands of Kakadu rock art sites ... - ABC Online

Tue, 2015/10/06 - 10:50am

ABC Online

Ranger uranium mine fire threatening thousands of Kakadu rock art sites ...
ABC Online
An out-of-control fire that began in the Ranger uranium mine last week and spread into Kakadu National Park is threatening potentially thousands of ancient rock art sites, the Aboriginal corporation representing traditional owners says. One of Kakadu ...

Ian Hickie on Q&A: the solution to Aboriginal suicide lies in communities – video - The Guardian

Mon, 2015/10/05 - 10:39pm

The Guardian

Ian Hickie on Q&A: the solution to Aboriginal suicide lies in communities – video
The Guardian
Professor Ian Hickie, of the Brain and Mind Centre at the University of Sydney, discusses suicide prevention in Aboriginal and Indigenous communities: 'We have a terrible tradition of white-guy solutions being imposed on Indigenous communities that ...

Q&A: Indigenous Australians 'must be trusted to take control of suicide ... - The Guardian

Mon, 2015/10/05 - 8:23pm

The Guardian

Q&A: Indigenous Australians 'must be trusted to take control of suicide ...
The Guardian
Addressing skyrocketing rates of suicide among Indigenous Australians will require governments to trust Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to take control of mental health support and suicide prevention, two senior advisers to the Australian ...

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Why Australian indigenous representation matters to kids - BBC News

Mon, 2015/10/05 - 8:06am

BBC News

Why Australian indigenous representation matters to kids
BBC News
Images of Indigenous Australian rugby star Johnathan Thurston hugging his daughter as she clutches a dark-skinned doll have become a talking point, with many praising it as a positive portrayal of indigenous people. Melanie Prewett, the Aboriginal ...
How rugby star daughter's doll captivated AustraliaBBC News

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Indigenous Business Australia to hold information session - Bundaberg News Mail

Mon, 2015/10/05 - 1:48am

Indigenous Business Australia to hold information session
Bundaberg News Mail
INDIGENOUS Business Australia (IBA) will hold free information sessions in Bundaberg to let the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members know how IBA might be able to assist them to buy their own home. For a limited time, IBA has ...

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Ready for this? Australia's next great teen drama has a largely Indigenous cast - The Guardian

Sun, 2015/10/04 - 8:54pm

The Guardian

Ready for this? Australia's next great teen drama has a largely Indigenous cast
The Guardian
All but one of the teenagers are Indigenous Australian and the show deftly knits together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture with the trademarks of every great teen drama: grand coming-of-age adventures, friendship, rebellion and an endless ...
Indigenous actor Madeleine Madden stars new drama Ready for This, and wants to ...NEWS.com.au

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What happened to the Marree Man? Mysterious South Australia geoglyph wiped off map - NEWS.com.au

Fri, 2015/10/02 - 5:40am

NEWS.com.au

What happened to the Marree Man? Mysterious South Australia geoglyph wiped off map
NEWS.com.au
The region's native title owners, the Arabana people, took ownership of the man with the Arabana Aboriginal Corporation trademarking the term “Marree Man” for use on souvenirs, though the trademark was given up earlier this year the Advertiser reports.

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Managed investment scheme targets only Indigenous businesses - ABC Local

Fri, 2015/10/02 - 5:23am

ABC Local

Managed investment scheme targets only Indigenous businesses
ABC Local
The creators of a managed investment scheme that will only invest in Indigenous businesses are labelling it an Australian first. The Aboriginal Business Advancement Fund was launched this week by Perth-based company Primary Securities and advisory ...

New discoveries reveal great length of Esperance's Indigenous history - ABC Local

Fri, 2015/10/02 - 4:41am

ABC Local

New discoveries reveal great length of Esperance's Indigenous history
ABC Local
Applied Archaeology Australia, an organisation that works with a range of universities and the National Trust, has been busy digging east of Esperance for the past few months, and has unearthed stone artefacts. "They actually came across evidence of ...

British Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry questions Australian ... - Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2015/10/02 - 3:57am

Sydney Morning Herald

British Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry questions Australian ...
Sydney Morning Herald
British Turner Prize-winning artist and cultural critic Grayson Perry has questioned whether Australian Aboriginal painting should be classified – or exhibited – as "contemporary art". Perry, a ceramicist and textile artist known also for his ...

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Tarnanthi Festival: Indigenous art reimagined in South Australia's APY Lands - Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 2015/10/02 - 1:57am

Sydney Morning Herald

Tarnanthi Festival: Indigenous art reimagined in South Australia's APY Lands
Sydney Morning Herald
There is a distinctive rhythm to the stories told in the Musgrave Ranges in the north-western corner of South Australia that echoes through generations. In country strewn with boulders, etched with dry creek beds and dotted with ghost gums, groups of ...

Katiti Petermann Indigenous Protected Area declared in NT to 'keep things ... - ABC Online

Thu, 2015/10/01 - 9:32pm

ABC Online

Katiti Petermann Indigenous Protected Area declared in NT to 'keep things ...
ABC Online
An IPA is Aboriginal land environmentally managed and run by the traditional owners, including Indigenous rangers. Katiti Petermann is now the 70th IPA in Australia, with the total of all IPAs in Australia approximately 63 million hectares ...
Australia makes huge area around Uluru protected indigenous landYahoo7 News
Indigenous protection of vast area in NT will educate future generationsSydney Morning Herald
Biodiversity in Uluru protected area to thrive: Traditional ownerSBS
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Australia makes huge area around Uluru protected indigenous land - Bangkok Post

Thu, 2015/10/01 - 9:34am

Bangkok Post

Australia makes huge area around Uluru protected indigenous land
Bangkok Post
The Central Land Council, a grouping of 90 Aboriginal people from the south of Australia's Northern Territory, said the deal took five years to negotiate and had created the fourth-largest protected area on the vast island continent. "We really want to ...
Five million hectares around Uluru declared an Indigenous protected areaThe Guardian

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