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The blind singer, who grew up on an island off the north coast of Australia, has been a star in his homeland since releasing his 2008 solo album, ...

“Our people, the rainforest Aboriginal people of far north Queensland, have lived with cassowaries for thousands of years or since Dreamtime.

Elton John joined him on stage in Australia, and Sting recorded a ... He is said to know hundreds of songs from his Aboriginal tradition but his music, ...

NEW YORK -- Gurrumul is painfully shy, blind and grants no interviews, but the indigenous Australian singer's music is so striking that he has won star ...

A poignant representation of the historic encounter between Aboriginal Australia and the British Empire, the shield elicits mixed reactions as evidence ...

... his youngest son, Prince Harry, had recently “gone walkabout” with the Australian army, alongside Aboriginal soldiers who patrol in the Top End.

The Australian
British Museum indigenous exhibition earns royal approval
The Australian
Muriata, a traditional basket-maker from north Queensland, was among a group of indigenous artists, curators and community leaders who met the prince on Thursday night at the launch of the British Museum exhibition Indigenous Australia: Enduring ...

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The Australian
British Museum indigenous exhibition earns royal approval
The Australian
Muriata, a traditional basket-maker from north Queensland, was among a group of indigenous artists, curators and community leaders who met the prince on Thursday night at the launch of the British Museum exhibition Indigenous Australia: Enduring ...

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Pwerle is an Aboriginal artist based in the Utopia region of Central Australia. ... “Avdo was dealing with Aboriginal art dealers at the time and was ...

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 ...

The Australian
Polarising forces threaten to derailbid for indigenous recognition
The Australian
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 ...

The Australian
Aboriginal art in decline as critics and judges hold back
The Australian
No distinction between strains of Aboriginal identity can be drawn in polite discourse in Australia, and this complicates consideration of the relative strengths and merits of remote and urban indigenous art-making currents and their complex ...
The Australian children 24 times more likely to face jail than their peersSydney Morning Herald
Family harnesses power of social media to drive protests against forced ...ABC Online
Wollongong stages rally against forced closures of Aboriginal communitiesABC Local
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Aboriginal art in decline as critics and judges hold back
The Australian
No distinction between strains of Aboriginal identity can be drawn in polite discourse in Australia, and this complicates consideration of the relative strengths and merits of remote and urban indigenous art-making currents and their complex ...

The Australian
Aboriginal art in decline as critics and judges hold back
The Australian
No distinction between strains of Aboriginal identity can be drawn in polite discourse in Australia, and this complicates consideration of the relative strengths and merits of remote and urban indigenous art-making currents and their complex ...
Indigenous communities closure: West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says 'no ...ABC Online
The Australian children 24 times more likely to face jail than their peersSydney Morning Herald
Australians Protest Indigenous Community ClosuresteleSUR English
ArtsHub (subscription) -The Press West Coast
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No distinction between strains of Aboriginal identity can be drawn in polite discourse in Australia, and this complicates consideration of the relative ...

“Every so often, the beast of Australian genocide rears its colors in full light of day. The forced closure of (Western Australian) Aboriginal communities ...

Each of them wrote about their encounters with Indigenous Australians, and the modern reader can see the gulf between European and Aboriginal ...

ABC Online
Indigenous communities closure: West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says 'no ...
ABC Online
The West Australian Government has softened its language about its plan to close scores of remote Aboriginal communities. Last November, Premier Colin Barnett caused dismay when he said that between 100 and 150 communities would be forced to close.
The Australian children 24 times more likely to face jail than their peersSydney Morning Herald
Melbourne city centre blocked by protests over closure of Indigenous ...The Guardian
Colin Barnett pulls back on indigenous community closuresThe Australian
NEWS.com.au -ABC Local -ArtsHub (subscription)
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ABC Online
Indigenous communities closure: West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says 'no ...
ABC Online
The West Australian Government has softened its language about its plan to close scores of remote Aboriginal communities. Last November, Premier Colin Barnett caused dismay when he said that between 100 and 150 communities would be forced to close.
Aboriginal art in decline as critics and judges hold backThe Australian
The Australian children 24 times more likely to face jail than their peersSydney Morning Herald
Melbourne city centre blocked by protests over closure of Indigenous ...The Guardian
teleSUR English -ArtsHub (subscription) -The Press West Coast
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Traditional Aboriginal people across Australia were known to collect, grind and cook small grass and acacia seeds to make seedcake or damper.