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SCHOOLS are teaching students about Australia's Aboriginal history this week as part of National Reconciliation Week, which officially runs from May ...

“The Stolen Generations is not a closed chapter in Australian history; it has affected and continues to affect Aboriginal Australians over the past seven ...

Australian Rugby in National Reconciliation Week
ARU Rugby
The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) is committed to expanding Participation in Indigenous communities and to use Rugby as a positive force to improve lives. Rugby is a game that builds character and is a truly inclusive sport that is suited to all ...

Lloyd McDermott was the pioneer for these talented athletes to follow, being the first Indigenous man to identify as being an Aboriginal in the ...

$1Million Donation to Expand Indigenous Football Program
Pro Bono Australia
Philanthropist couple, Stuart Giles and Cathie Reid are the founders of the Epic Pharmacy Group, one of Australia's largest suppliers of pharmaceutical and clinical services for the hospital, oncology and aged care sectors with an annual turnover ...

ABC Online
Field recordist honoured for recording of bird and Aboriginal songs
ABC Online
An 87-year-old field recordist has been honoured for his life's work preserving the songs of birdlife and capturing the sounds of Western Australia's Aboriginal communities. John Hutchinson has donated rare copies of his first field recordings and ...

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An 87-year-old field recordist has been honoured for his life's work preserving the songs of birdlife and capturing the sounds of Western Australia's ...

BuzzFeed News
Transgender Indigenous Australians Are In Desperate Need Of Help
BuzzFeed News
Rocking a plume of ruby red feathers on a chilly late-Autumn day, Starlady Nungari struts down the cracked pavements of inner-city Sydney in knee-high leather red boots, a blur of traffic behind her. Her ensemble so outrageously over the top that it is ...

BuzzFeed News
Transgender Indigenous Australians Are In Desperate Need Of Help
BuzzFeed News
Rocking a plume of ruby red feathers on a chilly late-Autumn day, Starlady Nungari struts down the cracked pavements of inner-city Sydney in knee-high leather red boots, a blur of traffic behind her. Her ensemble so outrageously over the top that it is ...

The Roar
Adam Goodes, Indigenous Round and Australia's racist underbelly
The Roar
Somehow, Adam Goodes has become one of the most polarising figures in the AFL. The 2014 Australian of the Year is revered for his work in, and for, the Indigenous community. Yet, it's these same accolades that seem to have garnered him an enemy ...
Helping to make a change: Magpie Tony ArmstrongThe Age

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The action day was organised by Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mentor Program and the JCU Student Mentor Program which are ...

“She has been working to achieve this through research in Aboriginal ... “She spent a year working at an Aboriginal clinic in remote WA and was the ... It said she had represented the Australian Medical Students' Association at ...

The Banyjima, Innawonga and Nyiyaparli people set up Gumala Aboriginal ... He had been a prominent member of Australians for a Constitutional ...

She is currently a member of the Australian Suicide Prevention Advisory Council, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Suicide ...

The Guardian
Controversial Indigenous advancement strategy gets $100m funding boost
The Guardian
“The government is giving organisations extra financial security by locking in the grant funding for two or three years, which will enable providers to get on with the job of delivering positive outcomes for Indigenous communities,” Scullion said in a ...

The Guardian
Murrumu charged after driving with licence issued by his Indigenous nation
The Guardian
The Yidindji attorney general, Gaan-Yarra Yalmabara, told Guardian Australia that Murrumu had driven with Yidindji plates, registration and a licence that police do not recognise. His arrest was unlawful and breached two UN covenants on Indigenous ...

But Aboriginal elders from the Kimberley in Western Australia say they want to ensure anniversary commemorations do not overshadow their work to ...

She said reconciliation encourages and improves harmony between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. ''It helps improve relationships and ...

Australia Council's 8th National Indigenous Arts Awards will be held ... the first Aboriginal Director of the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council.

In its broadest sense, reconciliation means 'coming together'. In Australia, reconciliation refers to bringing together Aboriginal people and Torres Strait ...