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Cape York's Shelburne Bay returned to the Wuthathi people

Google News - Wed, 2015/04/29 - 7:30am
Wuthathi Aboriginal Corporation chairman Johnson Chippendale said his ... The Australian Conservation Foundation said it was an historic day.

Cape York's Shelburne Bay handed back to traditional owners in native title case

Google News - Wed, 2015/04/29 - 7:30am
Australian Associated Press ... Wuthathi Aboriginal Corporation chairman Johnson Chippendale said his people were happy they could finally return ...

'Finest known' Aboriginal shield the big draw at Pinto art auction - The Australian Financial Review


The Australian Financial Review

'Finest known' Aboriginal shield the big draw at Pinto art auction
The Australian Financial Review
Outstanding Aboriginal shields and unusual Oceanic artifacts from a private West Australian collection are expected to fetch lofty prices when offered at auction in Melbourne next month. The collection has been formed over many years by Marc and Elena ...

Advocate disappointed Indigenous people have largely missed out on mining boom

Google News - Wed, 2015/04/29 - 4:21am
WAYNE BERGMANN: In Western Australia, Gladstone, Queensland, ... We should have seen a dramatic increase of Aboriginal employment at the ...

&#39;Finest known&#39; <b>Aboriginal</b> shield the big draw at Pinto art auction

Google News - Wed, 2015/04/29 - 4:18am
1.2 metre high ceremonial shield from Western Australia's Kimberley region which has expectations of $30,000 to $50,000. Showing a glossy patina it ...

Bringing great Australian indigenous works of art into the light at British Museum - The Australian Financial Review


The Australian Financial Review

Bringing great Australian indigenous works of art into the light at British Museum
The Australian Financial Review
Mask in the form of a human face and a bonito fish. Attributed to Kuduma, Muralag. Collected Nagir, Torres Strait, Queensland, before 1888. 'Indigenous Australia: enduring civilisation' runs at the British Museum, London WC1, from 23 April to 2 August ...

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Bringing great Australian indigenous works of art into the light at British Museum - The Australian Financial Review


The Australian Financial Review

Bringing great Australian indigenous works of art into the light at British Museum
The Australian Financial Review
Mask in the form of a human face and a bonito fish. Attributed to Kuduma, Muralag. Collected Nagir, Torres Strait, Queensland, before 1888. 'Indigenous Australia: enduring civilisation' runs at the British Museum, London WC1, from 23 April to 2 August ...

Bringing great <b>Australian</b> indigenous works of art into the light at British Museum

Google News - Wed, 2015/04/29 - 3:56am
Many know about the first Aboriginal contact with the British in eastern Australia with James Cook at Botany Bay in 1770, yet contact dates differed ...

NITV journalist accuses police of intimidation after Indigenous march - video - The Guardian


The Guardian

NITV journalist accuses police of intimidation after Indigenous march - video
The Guardian
Indigenous and non-Indigenous people marched in Canberra on Anzac Day, calling for recognition of Indigenous people killed during the colonisation of Australia. An NITV and SBS news journalist, Myles Morgan, filmed the event: 'It was planned to be a ...

NITV journalist accuses police of intimidation after Indigenous march - video

Google News - Wed, 2015/04/29 - 2:20am
In a statement the Australian federal police did not answer specific questions relating to Morgan but said, among other things: 'A robust exchange took ...

The indigenous elephants in the room - WA today


The indigenous elephants in the room
WA today
Whether the insult was justified is neither here nor there, but it does underline how what one says about Aboriginal Australians tells as much about the speakers as about the objects of their attention. I gave a talk more than 20 years ago about more ...

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Former north-coast teacher tells tale of culture clash

Google News - Wed, 2015/04/29 - 12:56am
I wanted to propose an Australian origin for modern man rather than the traditional African or European origins. 'Our Aborigines were the most ...

Two unsung heroes cut through in a week of propaganda

Google News - Wed, 2015/04/29 - 12:33am
"Conformity is widely understood and obeyed in Australia," he wrote to me, ... Not a single Aboriginal person believed them, least of all Ray, whose ...

Two unsung heroes cut through in a week of propaganda

Google News - Wed, 2015/04/29 - 12:33am
Aboriginal campaigner shone a light on deaths in custody for 30 years ... "Conformity is widely understood and obeyed in Australia," he wrote to me, ...

The indigenous elephants in the room - Brisbane Times


The indigenous elephants in the room
Brisbane Times
Whether the insult was justified is neither here nor there, but it does underline how what one says about Aboriginal Australians tells as much about the speakers as about the objects of their attention. I gave a talk more than 20 years ago about more ...

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Lismore to march for WA <b>Aboriginal</b> communities

Google News - Tue, 2015/04/28 - 10:41pm
A protest against the forced closure of Aboriginal communities in Western Australia will be held in Lismore on Friday. The protest march will be the ...

Tony Abbott's Indigenous 'lifestyle choices' remark smacks of racism, says UN ... - The Guardian


The Guardian

Tony Abbott's Indigenous 'lifestyle choices' remark smacks of racism, says UN ...
The Guardian
Because it really just complicates the whole issue, and it really shows how uncommitted some governments are in relation to their compliance to human rights instruments.” Tauli-Corpuz said representatives of the Kimberley Land Council, in Western ...

The message of Anzac: Put out more flags, or shut up

Google News - Tue, 2015/04/28 - 6:52pm
Following a week in Australia in which the words "heroes" and "heroism" ... Not a single Aboriginal person believed them, least of all Ray, whose ...

Aussie gem returned to traditional owners

Google News - Tue, 2015/04/28 - 5:37pm
Wuthathi Aboriginal Corporation chairman Johnson Chippendale said his people were happy they could finally return to Shelburne Bay and live like ...

Holding APY Lands to account

Google News - Tue, 2015/04/28 - 2:03pm
But last week he returned to remote Australia to manage arguably one of the ... King says his upbringing in Aboriginal communities, combined with his ...

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