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Cambridge college returns 18th Century Aboriginal spears

Four spears taken from an Aboriginal community by James Cook and Joseph Banks during their first contact with Australia are being repatriated. View article...

Aboriginal spears snatched by British in 1770 to return to Australia

Four spears taken from Australia by a British explorer more than 250 years ago will be returned by Cambridge University to ... View article...

'Very totemic and very Aboriginal': Australia's entry at Venice Biennale is a family tree going ...

... Aboriginal deaths. Among them are the redacted coronial reports of the 557 Aboriginal people who have died in police and prison custody since the ... View article...

Discovery of pottery rewrites Aboriginal history

The discovery of the oldest pottery ever found in Australia on Jiigurru/Lizard Island off the Queensland coast is challenging the idea that Aboriginal  ... View article...

Coming to terms with the past? Identifying barriers and enablers to truth-telling

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have tirelessly advocated for truth-telling as a crucial step on Australia's path to recognition and ... View article...

Not just a German Easter tradition: Aborigines were decorating emu eggs 150 years ago

Colouring hens' eggs is a typical Christian custom at Easter time. But other cultures also decorate eggs. Here in Australia, the Aborigines were ... View article...

Finishing touches for South Australia's first permanent spaceport ahead of inaugural launch

Located northwest of Ceduna, the range is a partnership between Southern Launch and the Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation. It is the ... View article...

First members of SA Voice announced as counting begins

The first representatives elected to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice have been announced in South Australia as counting in the ... View article...

Inquiry into removal of Indigenous children in South Australia

... Aboriginal babies deemed at risk, without their mothers' knowledge. The state's Aboriginal Children's Commissioner is investigating the ... View article...

Western Australia announces funding for RSV protection

Nirsevimab will be available at birthing hospitals, GP practices, community health clinics and at Aboriginal Medical Services across Western Australia ... View article...

WA floods: severe weather hampers search for seven people missing in remote Western Australia

... Aboriginal community. Western Australia police said in a statement on Wednesday that they had not been able to deploy any air assets as part of ... View article...

Indigenous Australian fire-stick farming began at least 11,000 years ago

Analysis of a sediment core dating back 150,000 years showed that fire patterns in Australia changed with the rise of Indigenous people’s use of fire. View article...

$18M to build new and improve existing boarding school facilities in Central Australia

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from remote Northern Territory communities. The Central Australia Boarding Response Fund comes ... View article...

New data shows Australia failing on key Closing the Gap targets

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, it's not been enough to put the goal of ending the gap by 2031 on track. Of the 19 targets, five ... View article...

Authenticity row casts cloud over Indigenous voice vote

A dispute has erupted over the authenticity of some Indigenous candidates for South Australia's Indigenous voice to parliament as Aboriginal  ... View article...

Tony's Aboriginal art mix is now at a gallery in Singapore

I am a multi-disciplinary Indigenous Australian artist based in South Australia and Southeast Asia. I have a diverse cultural heritage: Aboriginal  ... View article...

Indigenous construction company's "shells" set to boost housing supply across northern Australia

A Darwin-based Aboriginal construction company is leading a new initiative set to boost remote housing supply in northern Australia. View article...

Diabetes Australia takes research funding fight to Parliament

A national diabetes prevention phone line; An expansion and adaptation of the Diabetes in Schools program to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait ... View article...

Racism in NT police probed at inquest into Kumanjayi Walker's death

More than four years ago, an attempt to arrest an Aboriginal man in central Australia ended with his death. Police officer Zachary Rolfe was ... View article...

Aboriginal fire experts to teach northernmost iwi how to do traditional burnoffs

“We had the full burn team from Australia come up to Kapowairua and at that stage they were a full female burn team of Aboriginal traditional owners.”. View article...

Systematic review of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' experiences and ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) populations of Australia experience higher rates of both cancer morbidity and mortality than the ... View article...

WA Visitor Economy Strategy launches dream decade for tourism

Developing Aboriginal cultural centres, and making WA Australia's Aboriginal tourism leader;; Enticing high yield travellers and international ... View article...

An Indigenous theological revolution

An Australian Aboriginal Christian Theology of Custodianship and Connection to Country. Rhanee Lester, Adnyamathanha delegate from South Australia at ... View article...

First Nations people must be at the forefront of Australia's renewable energy revolution

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people must benefit. Renewables projects can provide income and jobs to Aboriginal land owners. Access to ... View article...

North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency could be stripped of funding amid staffing crisis ...

Australia's largest Aboriginal legal service could be stripped of its funding amid a crisis that is seeing Indigenous people fronting court ... View article...