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The Guardian
Brisbane protest over Indigenous community closures occupies City Hall
The Guardian
“We wanted to make a point to the state and federal government in Queensland that what affects Western Australia, their Indigenous communities, once they do that there, they're going to come to Queensland, they're going to close down communities like ...

Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy spokesman Paul Spearim said ... A police spokeswoman told Guardian Australia there were no injuries or ...

A small group of the Wangan and Jagalingou tribe, one of the indigenous people or the Aborigines of Australia, is pitted against the powerful Adani ...

Australian Education Union slams Wilson Review of Northern Territory ...
ABC Online
A review of Indigenous education in the Northern Territory has been labelled a "sham" by the NT's education union. But NT Education Minister Peter Chandler has strongly rejected the claims and said he would "not apologise for spending money on a ...

But the Indigenous Australia show is also the most culturally sensitive ... the story of Aboriginal Australia but also for the reason that it is essential for us ...

Telegraph.co.uk
Aboriginal art unfit for Western eyes
Telegraph.co.uk
"I have heard a number of people who visited here say, 'This is fantastic, not just because we are being exposed for the first time to the story of Aboriginal Australia but also because it is important for us as English people to reflect on our own ...

But the Indigenous Australia show is also the most culturally sensitive ... to secure the approval of the Aboriginal people whose stories it seeks to tell.

The Victorian Aborigines Advancement League is the oldest Aboriginal organisation in Australia. Now, the remarkable history of its activism has now come to light. Historian Richard Broome has gathered stories from former and current members and compiled them in a book called 'Fighting Hard'. He joins Patricia Karvelas in The Drawing Room along with actor and director Rachel Maza, who has a personal connection with the League. Image: Gladys Nicholls Hostel for girls, Thornbury, 1958. (Courtesy A & M Jackomos collection.)

... indigenous rights battles in Australia's history will soon end, with the listing of Cape York's stunning Shelburne Bay as a national park and Aboriginal ...

Green Left Weekly
Aboriginal Servicemen who fought in World War I
Green Left Weekly
Aboriginal people were not considered citizens of Australia, but “wards” of the state Protector of Aborigines. They had low wages if any, were forced to live on reserves and missions, could not enter a public bar, vote, marry a non-Aboriginal person ...

Aboriginal Elders arrested in early dawn police raid before global protests of tens of thousands of people demanded, 'Close the Gap, Not Aboriginal ...

The Western Australia state government announced in November that it planned to shut up to 150 remote Aboriginal outback communities, saying it ...

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was born blind on Australia's Elcho Island. In Australia, he has become a major star. But his first American performance ...

Spurred on by the recent decision by the West Australian State Government to close down indigenous communities, about 60 Aboriginal people and ...

He said the Aboriginal community did not associate with the Australian flag, and that the flag didn't represent Aboriginals who had fought.

WHEN Lester Adams looked over his shoulder and saw a sea of Aboriginal ... of the forced closures of Aboriginal communities in Western Australia.

But that doesn't mean he enjoys the limelight. His producer and bass player, Michael Hohnen, does all the talking for him. Gurrumul doesn't give any ...

BuzzFeed News
6 Shocking Facts About Indigenous Imprisonment In Australia
BuzzFeed News
In the past 10 years the rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imprisonment has increased by 88%, compared to the non-Indigenous imprisonment rate which has increased by 28%. Indigenous Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda says the ...
Change the Record campaign aims to cut Indigenous jail rates in a generationThe Guardian
National Justice Coalition launch strategy to reduce over-representation of ...ABC Online
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The Australian (blog)
Polarising forces threaten to derail bid for indigenous recognition
The Australian (blog)
The danger is that Australia faces a debacle in the campaign to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Constitution. The fear is that the indigenous referendum will suffer the same defeat as the republic referendum 15 years ago. This ...

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For over two centuries, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia have had to endure brutal agression against their societies.