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Dharug woman makes history as Australia's first blind Aboriginal lawyer

A proud Dharug woman from Mount Druitt , Samantha Alexander has made history, becoming Australia's first blind Aboriginal lawyer. View article...

Development approval granted for Perth's first Aboriginal aged care facility

Graeme Prior and Dr Sue Gordon . A landmark milestone has been reached for Aboriginal Elders in Western Australia , with development approval granted ... View article...

Newly qualified Aboriginal language teachers bring deeper understanding of culture to more schools

For the first time in six years, Aboriginal language trainees from the Goldfields have graduated, adding more qualified teachers to local schools ... View article...

Indigenous programs cost billions – but we know surprisingly little about what works

The Healing Foundation , an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation that supports members of the Stolen Generation and their families, ... View article...

Expressions of interest sought from community for committee to advise on new board of inquiry

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a connection to the Canberra region can now submit an expression of interest to be part of a ... View article...

Over $9 million for health and medical research partnerships

When Aboriginal women are supported during pregnancy and the early years by culturally safe maternity and child health services, there is a high ... View article...

Female Aboriginal prisoner dies in custody in Tasmania, coroner to investigate

A female Aboriginal prisoner has died in custody after a "serious medical episode", Tasmania's director of prisons has confirmed. View article...

Aboriginal people hold a story about a 37000 year old volcanic eruption

In south-west Victoria , Gunditjmara people have a story about Budj Bim erupting, which they say was a creator being revealing himself in the ... View article...

Aboriginal stories will come home to the Pilbara in new art exhibition

The Strelley Mob are the children and grandchildren of the Aboriginal pastoral workers who walked off the stations in 1946 in one of the first major ... View article...

Aboriginal spiritual healer Stephen Norman Richards charged with string of rapes

An Aboriginal spiritual healer once nominated for Australian of the Year has faced court charged with a string of rapes and indecent assaults on ... View article...

Tall Trees initiative to strengthen community mental health and wellbeing

... Aboriginal and non- Aboriginal mental health and wellbeing outcomes, and will be co-designed by Aboriginal leaders to help foster culturally safe  ... View article...

Senator rejects blame for remote Indigenous plight

An outspoken Liberal senator has denied being involved in a coup against an Aboriginal land council boss , who she accused of failing communities. View article...

40 years since Uluru was returned

When the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act passed in 1976, it provided a process for First Nations people to claim land rights for ... View article...

'Daughter's promise' inspires Darkinyung dictionary to revive sleepy language

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this story contains the name and image of a person who has died, used with the ... View article...

Localised extinction risk for Gamay seagrass

A team of local Aboriginal rangers have partnered with researchers from the University of New South Wales to rebuild the once thriving marine ... View article...

Coles to appear at Kumanjayi White coronial inquest after Alice Springs death in custody

A group of Aboriginal mourners walking through a coles supermarket , while holding branches. After 24-year-old Kumanjayi White died inside the Alice  ... View article...

Sporting Chance For Young Aboriginal People In Care

Steve is engaging young people, particularly young Aboriginal people in care, through activities such as mountain biking , hiking , fishing , basketball  ... View article...

A decade of Tarnanthi: how a festival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art creates a ...

The 2025 Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander at the Art Gallery of South Australia is titled Too Deadly . View article...

The ABC's Top 100 books poll lacks diversity. Here are my 10 First Nations 'books of the 21st century'

Just three Aboriginal writers appeared in Radio National's poll. There was little sense of the breadth and creativity of our First Nations writing ... View article...

Study of a unique Australian boomerang bridges Indigenous knowledge and archaeology

Among Aboriginal cultures, these wooden tools were used for a wide range of purposes—from hunting and fighting to digging , musical performance , and ... View article...