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The Conversation AU
Closing 'communities' undermines the humanity of Aboriginal lives
The Conversation AU
Now deceased and greatly missed by loved ones, the sentiment, emphasis and longing evident in the seeming simplicity of her words are not uncommon among countless Indigenous Australians whose homes lie in locations vastly distant in time, knowledge ...

Up to 150 'communities' in 'remote' Australia are threatened with closure. But do such terms put a gloss on what is, in reality, the closure of people's ...

Gladstone Observer
Netballer to play in Australian Indigenous U14 side
Gladstone Observer
Kaniesha has been selected in the Australian Indigenous Under-14 netball side, known as the Budgies. It is a step up from the last three years and a very proud moment for the 13-year-old. "I got into the Queensland team and played the last three years ...

... Australian constitution "against all who would attempt to undermine it", a category that includes proponents of Aboriginal land rights and native title.

The Sunshine Coast Daily
What is behind Noel Pearson's change of stance on constitutional recognition ...
Brisbane Times
Pearson's tale came to mind after the latest development in his approach to Indigenous constitutional recognition. Dissenting from the position of the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians, of which he was a member ...
Bokarina firm granted top indigenous honourThe Sunshine Coast Daily

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The group is dedicated to defending the Australian constitution "against all who would attempt to undermine it", a category that includes proponents of Aboriginal land rights and native title. The fingerprints of the Samuel Griffith ...

... Museum of Australia, will be the wooden shield and spears collected by Cook's crew at Botany Bay in 1770, after they shot at two Aboriginal men.

South Australian Aboriginal Affairs Minister Kyam Maher yesterday said he supported Senator Scullion's “practical decision” to not provide any new ...

The Sunshine Coast Daily
Bokarina firm granted top indigenous honour
The Sunshine Coast Daily
RECOGNITION is important, which is why staff at John Pearson Consulting are thrilled that the Bokarina firm has been named the 2015 Australian Small Business Champion for indigenous business. Since 2010, JPC's Indigenous Workstars has placed more ...
What is behind Noel Pearson's change of stance on constitutional recognition ...Brisbane Times

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Daily Life
Australia needs to own up to its slave history
Daily Life
Historians Dr Rosalind Kidd and Dr Thalia Anthony have documented how Aboriginal Australians of all ages were forcibly sent to work on sheep and cattle properties across Australia under government schemes that were supposedly "designed to protect ...

Ben Affleck and Australia share a lot in common. We're rich ... Laws in Western Australia allowed Aboriginal children to be sent from the age of 12.

Mr Stanhope described Aboriginal disadvantage and discrimination as Australia's greatest social issue. In Canberra, the problem was hidden by the ...

Project Officer – Indigenous Projects
Pro Bono Australia
Experience in engaging and working sensitively, respectfully and effectively with Indigenous Australians and communities. Experience in and understanding of community housing and homelessness service delivery in Queensland. Proven written and verbal ...

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Various Aboriginal leaders and protesters have called for the repatriation of the British Museum's collection of 6000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

Incarceration figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inmates make up 27% of the adult prison ...

The Arabana Aboriginal Corporation (RNTB) reported assets of around $3.3 ... While Western Australia's resumption of pastoral leases for tourism and ...

Stock Journal
Aboriginal stake in Kidman carve-up
Stock Journal
From the time when Sidney Kidman first cohabitated the bush with Billy the Aboriginal to the adjistment of stock in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara-Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in 2014, Kidman's history has been interwoven with Indigenous Australia. Not ...

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Stock Journal
Aboriginal stake in Kidman carve-up
Stock Journal
From the time when Sidney Kidman first cohabitated the bush with Billy the Aboriginal to the adjistment of stock in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara-Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in 2014, Kidman's history has been interwoven with Indigenous Australia. Not ...

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Aboriginal people were prevented from laying a wreath to commemorate the ... Sovereign Union of First Nations and Peoples in Australia released this ...

The Conversation AU
Indigenous Australia: Enduring Civilisation is a challenge to review
The Conversation AU
Reviewing Indigenous Australia: Enduring Civilisation, which opened last week at London's British Museum, is a challenge. Sponsored by BP, the collaborative exhibition draws on Australian Aboriginal objects and artefacts, many of which were taken from ...
Indigenous Australians mark Anzac DaySBS
British Museum curator hits back at criticism of Indigenous Australia exhibitionSydney Morning Herald
Exhibition explores Indigenous Australia's enduring historyCCTV
Londonist -Green Left Weekly -Crikey (blog)
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