Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Sydney Morning Herald
Gough Whitlam helped big things grow for indigenous people
Sydney Morning Herald
In Aboriginal communities across the nation there are people named Whitlam, in tribute to the man who might be regarded as Australia's first prime minister for indigenous affairs. "All of us as Australians are diminished while the Aborigines are denied ...

Sydney Morning Herald
What did Gough Whitlam actually do? Rather a lot
Sydney Morning Herald
The policy also created the modern phenomenon of "mature-age students", with a rush of older Australians getting degrees in the 1970s. ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS. Paul Keating: "Gough Whitlam changed the way Australia thought about itself and gave the ...

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The Australian
Aboriginal leaders hail a Gough Whitlam as a true friend 'who freed us from ...
The Australian
Noel Pearson said Mr Whitlam was Australia's first modern leader on the issue of indigenous affairs. “He was Australia's greatest white elder and friend, without peer, to indigenous Australians,'' the founder of the Cape York Institute said ...

NEWS.com.au
Whitlam's legacy in Aboriginal education in Western Australia
ABC Local
The decision to fund independent Aboriginal community schools set the standard for bilingual education in Western Australia. John and Gwen Bucknall cut their teeth in Aboriginal education on Elcho Island off the Arnhem Land coast in 1971, and then ...
Gough Whitlam: former PM was father of Aboriginal land rights in AustraliaNEWS.com.au
Indigenous Australians remember Gough Whitlam's Gurindji land rights legacyABC Online
Whitlam first PM for indigenous Australia9news.com.au

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Whitlam's legacy in Aboriginal education in Western Australia
ABC Local
The decision to fund independent Aboriginal community schools set the standard for bilingual education in Western Australia. John and Gwen Bucknall cut their teeth in Aboriginal education on Elcho Island off the Arnhem Land coast in 1971, where they ...

The Guardian
Whitlam first PM for indigenous Australia
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The Central Land Council says Mr Whitlam was Australia's first prime minister for Aboriginal affairs, despite never holding the title officially. "We all know that's who he was," chair Francis Kelly said. "He didn't need to give himself that name ...
Gough Whitlam remembered: a true leader for Indigenous AustraliansThe Guardian
Whitlam Aboriginal rights under threatThe West Australian
Indigenous Australians remember Gough Whitlam's Gurindji land rights legacyABC Online
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SBS
Whitlam first PM for indigenous Australia
NEWS.com.au
ALMOST 40 years on, soil from the same land will be offered back to the Whitlam family to signal the former prime minister's importance in Aboriginal history. Mr Whitlam died on Tuesday, aged 98, leaving behind a legacy of driving change for Australia ...
Indigenous Australians pay tribute to Gough WhitlamSBS

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The Australian
Whitlam first PM for indigenous Australia
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When Gough Whitlam famously poured soil into the hands of Gurindji leader Vincent Lingiari it became a symbol of his dedication to indigenous land rights. Almost 40 years on, soil from the same land will be offered back to the Whitlam family to signal ...
Bill Shorten on Gough WhitlamSydney Morning Herald
Gough Whitlam praised from both sides of politicsThe Australian
The Gough Whitlam moments that changed your lifeYahoo!7 News
On Line opinion -The Guardian
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NEWS.com.au
Gough the hero of Aboriginal rights
NEWS.com.au
In 1992, national recognition finally came when the High Court heard the Mabo case and found the doctrine of terra nullius — of Australia as an empty land prior to white arrival — to be a myth. This led to the creation of Native Title law, which gave ...

Yahoo!7 News
Gough Whitlam tribute: Indigenous leaders say former Labor leader a champion ...
Yahoo!7 News
Mr Lingiari's grandson Maurie Japarta Ryan said that moment marked a seminal point in Indigenous land rights. "It was enormous, it's like the equivalent to Armstrong walking on the moon. It was a giant step for him to do that on behalf of the ...

Whitlam Aboriginal rights under threat
The West Australian
Gough Whitlam never officially held the title but he was Australia's first Prime Minister for Aboriginal affairs, the chair of the Central Land Council says. "We all know that's who he was," said Francis Kelly as he paid tribute to Mr Whitlam in a ...

ABC Online
Whitlam first PM for indigenous Australia
Sydney Morning Herald
When Gough Whitlam famously poured soil into the hands of Gurindji leader Vincent Lingiari it became a symbol of his dedication to indigenous land rights. Almost 40 years on, soil from the same land will be offered back to the Whitlam family to signal ...
Indigenous Australians remember Gough Whitlam's Gurindji land rights legacyABC Online
Indigenous Australians pay tribute to Gough WhitlamSBS

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Honi Soit
White Australia has a Black history, writes Evelyn Araluen Corr.
Honi Soit
Charles Perkins was the first Aboriginal man to graduate from an Australian university; an activist, administrator, and soccer player, the leader of the historic Freedom Rides that revealed the prevalence of apartheid-like discrimination against ...

ABC Online
Indigenous Australians remember Gough Whitlam's Gurindji land rights legacy
ABC Online
In the aftermath of the death of former prime minister Gough Whitlam, the grandson of land rights activist Vincent Lingiari, Maurie Japarta Ryan, spoke to Bush Telegraph's Cameron Wilson. He plans to deliver red desert soil to Mr Whitlam's family as a ...
Whitlam's legacy in Aboriginal education in Western AustraliaABC Local
Whitlam first PM for indigenous Australia9news.com.au
Gough Whitlam: former PM was father of Aboriginal land rights in AustraliaNEWS.com.au

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The Guardian
Gough Whitlam remembered: a true leader for Indigenous Australians
The Guardian
For Aboriginal people across the country, Gough Whitlam was our giant among former prime ministers. He was the first leader to campaign so openly for us. During his short term in office he and his government made momentous decisions to include ...
Indigenous Australians remember Gough Whitlam's Gurindji land rights legacyABC Online
Gough Whitlam tribute: Indigenous leaders say former Labor leader a champion ...Yahoo!7 News
What did Gough Whitlam actually do? Rather a lotSydney Morning Herald
Pro Bono Australia -NEWS.com.au
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NFP Sector Mourns Gough Whitlam
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“Mr Whitlam was a great champion of the rights of Australia's Indigenous peoples,” Samuel Bush-Blanasi, chairman of the Northern Land Council in a statement. “Although it was the government of Mr Malcolm Fraser which passed the Northern Territory Land ...

The Australian
Former prime minister Gough Whitlam's most iconic moments
NEWS.com.au
Whitlam established the Department of Aboriginal Affairs in 1972, and backed land rights saying: “We will legislate to give aborigines land rights — not just because their case is beyond argument, but because all of us as Australians are diminished ...
Gough Whitlam passes away aged 98 2:06The Australian
Gough Whitlam: His life and timesSydney Morning Herald
Gough Whitlam: the life of a Labor heroThe Australian Financial Review
The West Australian -Daily Mail -Yahoo!7 News
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SBS
Indigenous Australians pay tribute to Gough Whitlam
SBS
Whitlam's government established legal and other services for Indigenous Australians, championed self-determination and the right of traditional owners to own their land. In August 1975, at the site of the Aboriginal walk-off at Wave Hill, in the ...
Whitlam first PM for indigenous AustraliaNEWS.com.au
Indigenous Australians remember Gough Whitlam's Gurindji land rights legacyABC Online

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Grants Help Improve Indigenous Health
Pro Bono Australia
Of the $7 million distributed through the Partnership Projects scheme, over $5 million was awarded to researchers to investigate ways to improve the health outcomes of Indigenous Australians - described as the largest proportion allocated for this ...
Being encouraged into health careersPort Lincoln Times
GPs win mental health awardAvon Valley Advocate

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Push for separate lessons on indigenous culture
The Australian
As reported by the New Matilda website, Professor Spurr, who has since been suspended by the university, criticises the English curriculum for giving priority to indigenous texts when their impact on literature in Australia “has been minimal” and ...