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Reconciliation means recognising the Frontier Wars
ABC Message Stick
The Australian War Memorial's refusal to acknowledge the Frontier Wars between Indigenous Australians and white settlers is historically dishonest and is holding back reconciliation, writes Alan Stephens. The Australian War Memorial is one of Australia ...

Reconciliation means recognising the Frontier Wars
ABC Message Stick
The Australian War Memorial's refusal to acknowledge the Frontier Wars between Indigenous Australians and white settlers is historically dishonest and is holding back reconciliation, writes Alan Stephens. The Australian War Memorial is one of Australia ...

The Australian War Memorial distorts our history
ABC Message Stick
The Australian War Memorial's refusal to acknowledge the Frontier Wars between Indigenous Australians and white settlers is historically dishonest and is holding back reconciliation, writes Alan Stephens. The Australian War Memorial is one of Australia ...

The Australian War Memorial distorts our history
ABC Message Stick
The Australian War Memorial's refusal to acknowledge the Frontier Wars between Indigenous Australians and white settlers is historically dishonest and is holding back reconciliation, writes Alan Stephens. The Australian War Memorial is one of Australia ...

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The Guardian (blog)
Hetti Perkins: youre Aboriginal all the time ... you can't just clock off
The Guardian (blog)
Back then, Australians were really not interested in Aboriginal art, so it was mainly for tourists. I'd always thought they were amazing pieces of work but it's only now, as an adult, I realise their full significance as forms of political activism ...

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Regional doctors gather for Indigenous health forum
ABC Local
The program included practical workshops, clinical updates and briefings on programs that exist to close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Childhood obesity, kidney disease and hearing programs were just some ...

Regional doctors gather for Indigenous health forum
ABC Online
The program included practical workshops, clinical updates and briefings on programs that exist to close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Childhood obesity, kidney disease and hearing programs were just some ...

The 5 Most Promising Indigenous Hip Hop Acts Of 2014
Tone Deaf
Our contemporary popular culture has a paternalistic and offensive relationship with Indigenous Australia. Not so long ago, through consecutive government policy we attempted a cultural genocide. Indigenous people all over the country were not allowed ...

Tone Deaf
The 5 Most Promising Indigenous Hip Hop Acts Of 2014
Tone Deaf
Our contemporary popular culture has a paternalistic and offensive relationship with Indigenous Australia. Not so long ago, through consecutive government policy we attempted a cultural genocide. Indigenous people all over the country were not allowed ...

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The Guardian
MP fears Indigenous students will suffer under controversial literacy program
The Guardian
"I think a phonics-based, robust curriculum in primary years should be the norm across all schools in Australia ... starting with those where we know that disadvantaged students, whether they are Indigenous or non-Indigenous, are struggling," he said ...

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Aboriginal student aims for Australia's top job
ABC Local
"I just want to learn about how to become a great leader so that I can help both the Aboriginal people, my people, and non-Indigenous people in Australia so that we can work together to close the gap and move forward as one," he said. Elijah recently ...

Aboriginal student aims for Australia's top job
ABC Local
Aboriginal student aims for Australia's top job. By Blythe Moore. Australia has never had an Aboriginal Prime Minister, but a teenager from the remote community of Doomadgee in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria is hoping to one day change that. Print ...

Aboriginal student aims for Australia's top job
ABC Local
Aboriginal student aims for Australia's top job. By Blythe Moore. Australia has never had an Aboriginal Prime Minister, but a teenager from the remote community of Doomadgee in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria is hoping to one day change that. Print ...

Indigenous Australians in wartime: it's time to tell the whole story
The Guardian
Australia is finally telling the stories of the Indigenous soldiers who have served in our wars and conflicts. This year's Naidoc (National Aboriginal and Islanders Observance Day Committee) week, which began yesterday, is fittingly celebrating the ...
Prince of footy talks NAIDOC WeekABC Online (blog)

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Indigenous Australians in wartime: it's time to tell the whole story
The Guardian
Australia is finally telling the stories of the Indigenous soldiers who have served in our wars and conflicts. This year's Naidoc (National Aboriginal and Islanders Observance Day Committee) week, which began yesterday, is fittingly celebrating the ...
Prince of footy talks NAIDOC WeekABC Online (blog)

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Mundine unhelpful on Aboriginal marginalisation
The Australian Financial Review
Warren Mundine's article “Green groups keep Aboriginal people in poverty” (AFR, July 2) is untrue, unfair and, most importantly, unhelpful in advancing meaningful action on Aboriginal disadvantage. Long ago, the Australian Conservation Foundation ...

Festival author urges more indigenous participation
Sunraysia Daily
Bruce – who has been a publisher, editor, teacher, farmer, fisherman, Aboriginal community secretary and curriculum designer – said his findings were backed by evidence from explorers in Australia who documented these ideas in their journals and writing.

Port Adelaide
Plenty of pride for Port Adelaide's plan
Port Adelaide
We've made a lot of progress towards recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and there is a broader push for this to continue through the recognition of all indigenous Australians in our nation's constitution, another initiative ...
No wrong time to pledge supportSouth Coast Register
Hip hop artists Jimblah, Horrorshow warm their vocals for NAIDOCSydney Morning Herald
NAIDOC Week celebrations kick offThe Queensland Times

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Brisbane Times
Cricket Australia recognises indigenous Australians
Brisbane Times
Cricket Australia has thrown its weighty support behind the growing movement to have Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders acknowledged in the Australian Constitution. The country's peak cricketing body announced on Saturday Australia's top players ...

Brisbane Times
Cricket Australia recognises indigenous Australians
Brisbane Times
Former Australian Test cricketer and the first indigenous Australian to represent Australia, Jason Gillespie, said via a statement Cricket Australia's support for the movement filled him with pride. Gillespie is currently coaching in the United Kingdom ...