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Patty Mills, Aboriginal NBA Champion
Indian Country Today Media Network
Mills was born in Canberra, Australia, in 1988; his father is a Torres Strait Islander and his mother is an Australian Aborigine of the Ynunga people. “My heritage and my culture and where I'm from mean the most to me, more than anything,” Mills told ...
The powerful message behind NBA champion Patty Mills donning the Torres ...Herald Sun
Patty Mills: First Indigenous Australian To Win An NBA ChampionshipWebProNews
Patty Mills earns plaudits as San Antonio Spurs win NBA championshipThe Age
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Sydney Morning Herald
Voices from the past: Aboriginal protests remembered
Sydney Morning Herald
Esther Carroll was three when she was photographed in this groundbreaking image from the first Day of Mourning in 1938. Now a spritely 78, what does she think of her family's involvement in this controversial moment in Australia's history? ''I just ...

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ABC Radio National 'Ockham’s Razor' An outbreak of smallpox in Sydney in 1789 killed thousands of Aborigines and weakened resistance to white settlement. Chris Warren argues that the pandemic was no accident, but rather a deliberate act of biological warfare against Australia’s first inhabitants. - http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/ockhamsrazor/was-sydneys-smallpox-outbreak-an-act-of-biological-warfare/5395050

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Patty Mills: First Indigenous Australian To Win An NBA Championship
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Patty Mills made Australian sporting history by helping his team, the San Antonio Spurs, defeat the Miami Heat. The San Antonio Spurs now have five championships under their belt since their first win in 1999. Mills, 25, an indigenous Australian ...
Patty Mills helps San Antonio Spurs win NBA Finals over Miami HeatSydney Morning Herald
Patty Mills planning on following in Cathy Freeman's footsteps by becoming an ...Herald Sun
The world goes nuts for Australian Patty Mills as he wins NBA Finals with San ...NEWS.com.au
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They've been called the faceless men of the right; the Institute of Public Affairs, or IPA, a Melbourne based think tank which enjoys what some feel is a large amount of political influence. - Before the recent election, the IPA issued a wish list of policies it would like to see implemented and many of the items match the Abbott government's own. So who is the IPA and how much political clout does it have? - Phillip Adams - Late Night Live - ABC Radio Nationl

Voices from the past: Aboriginal protests remembered
The Age
The image, taken outside the Australian Hall on Elizabeth Street, is part of the exhibition Hereby Make Protest that aims to highlight the fighting spirit and challenging voices of the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association from the 1920s and ...

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University Herald
Aboriginal Australians Experience More Racism in Health Settings, Study
University Herald
For the study, researchers analysed reports on racism in health settings and their impact on mental health of Aboriginal Australians. They then compared the results to racism experiences in other areas including workplaces, education and sport.

Daily Mail
'Whatever he did he was brilliant at': Patty Mills' former PE teacher hails ...
Daily Mail
Patrick Mills has become the third Australian to win the NBA title after putting in an astounding performance for the San Antonio Spurs on Monday - but he could just as easily have become an AFL star, his former PE teacher has revealed. The 25-year-old ...
Flying 3 Flags and Seeking One BannerNew York Times
Patty Mills reveals Cathy Freeman's 400m gold medal inspired NBA dreamThe Australian
Mills' destiny inspired by FreemanFox Sports
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CNN
Mills thankful for Australian support
Sportal.com.au
In the process Mills became the first indigenous Australian to win an NBA title and just the fourth Australian - behind Luc Longley (1996-1998), Andrew Gaze (1999) and Spurs team-mate Aron Baynes (2014) - to taste the ultimate success at the highest level.
The world goes nuts for our Patty MillsNEWS.com.au
Patty Mills earns plaudits as San Antonio Spurs win NBA championshipThe Age
The world goes nuts for Australian Patty Mills as he wins NBA Finals with San ...Perth Now
Warrnambool Standard
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Daily Mail
Patty Mills helps San Antonio Spurs win NBA Finals over Miami Heat
Sydney Morning Herald
Mills' uncle Danny Morseu, who was the first indigenous Australian to play basketball for Australia at the Olympics, is also in San Antonio for the game. After barely playing in the Spurs' agonising 4-3 loss last season, the sharp-shooting Mills has ...
Patty Mills: First Indigenous Australian To Win An NBA ChampionshipWebProNews
'Whatever he did he was brilliant at': Patty Mills' former PE teacher hails ...Daily Mail
Flying 3 Flags and Seeking One BannerNew York Times
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Sportal.com.au
Australia's Patty Mills is on the brink of an NBA title and he's got the US ...
The Daily Telegraph
Under the headline “Flying 3 Flags and Seeking One Banner”, Billy Witz of the New York Times talks with Mills and his parents about their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island roots and the issue of reconciliation in Australia. “Mills speaks ...
Why Patty Mills is in my hall of fameThe Roar
Mills thankful for Australian supportsportal.co.nz
The Diverse Heritage of San Antonio Spurs' Patty MillsTrue Blue Tribune

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Patty Mills and San Antonio Spurs one win away from NBA championship dream
The Canberra Times
Mills, 25, will become the first indigenous Australian to win an NBA title and just the third Australian to achieve the feat if the Spurs win, following in the footsteps of greats Luc Longley and Andrew Gaze. It's a long way from the Tuggeranong ...

Abbott breaches faith with Aborigines in 'act of political theft'
The Australian
Australians have heard a lot about Tony Abbott's broken promises — but even I didn't think the Prime Minister would breach faith with indigenous Australians so shamelessly and so brazenly. Aboriginal Australians welcomed Abbott into their communities.

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Abbott breaches faith with Aborigines in 'act of political theft'
The Australian
Australians have heard a lot about Tony Abbott's broken promises — but even I didn't think the Prime Minister would breach faith with indigenous Australians so shamelessly and so brazenly. Aboriginal Australians welcomed Abbott into their communities.

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Abbott breaches faith with Aborigines in 'act of political theft'
The Australian
Australians have heard a lot about Tony Abbott's broken promises — but even I didn't think the Prime Minister would breach faith with indigenous Australians so shamelessly and so brazenly. Aboriginal Australians welcomed Abbott into their communities.

Abbott breaches faith with Aborigines in 'act of political theft'
The Australian
Australians have heard a lot about Tony Abbott's broken promises — but even I didn't think the Prime Minister would breach faith with indigenous Australians so shamelessly and so brazenly. Aboriginal Australians welcomed Abbott into their communities.

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Doctors Say Racist Receptionists Are Among The Health Challenges For ...
Business Insider Australia
The latest Medical Journal of Australia has an investigation of health issues affecting Indigenous Australians including crusted scabies, childhood obesity and lack of follow-up care. Obesity rates in Aboriginal children in NSW are increasing at a ...

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Doctors Say Racist Receptionists Are Among The Health Challenges For ...
Business Insider Australia
The latest Medical Journal of Australia has an investigation of health issues affecting Indigenous Australians including crusted scabies, childhood obesity and lack of follow-up care. Obesity rates in Aboriginal children in NSW are increasing at a ...

'Hollow words' from PM on gap
The Australian
BILL Shorten has accused Tony Abbott of betraying Aborigines after having promised to be the Prime Minister for indigenous Australians and then cutting more than $500 million of related funding in the budget. He warns that Labor would no longer offer ...

'Hollow words' from PM on gap
The Australian
BILL Shorten has accused Tony Abbott of betraying Aborigines after having promised to be the Prime Minister for indigenous Australians and then cutting more than $500 million of related funding in the budget. He warns that Labor would no longer offer ...

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