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The Indigenous Story

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The Indigenous Story  - The Indigenous cultures of Australia are the oldest living cultures in the world. Archaeological evidence suggests that Aboriginal people may have ...

7000 Year Old Indigenous Story Proved True

7000 Year Old Indigenous Story Proved True - One of Australia's youngest volcanos, Kinrara is believed to be the volcano ... The Indigenous story and timeline hold fast in light of new evidence.

The story behind the Indigenous hip hop video made in Darwin's Don Dale prison

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The story behind the Indigenous hip hop video made in Darwin's Don Dale prison  -  Indigenous Hip Hop Projects (IHHP) has visited hundreds of communities across Australia , but never before has it gone to Don Dale, the largest youth ...

Indigenous suicide rates out of control

 Indigenous suicide rates out of control - I do however find it intriguing how the nation has taken her story so personally, as opposed to the numerous Indigenous children and teens…who die from suicide at the highest rates in Australia every few months? “It begs the question, where is the love and outrage for the loss of our Indigenous kids ...

Australia -| Namatjira, the story of Australia's most iconic indigenous artist ...

Namatjira, the story of Australia's most iconic indigenous artist ... : At turns hilarious, compelling and mesmerising: the story of Australia's most iconic Indigenous artist. Elea was born in the desert in Arrernte country, Central ...
What was life in Australia like before European settlement? - The National Library of Australia recently released a book called Living with the Locals – Early Europeans’ Experience of Indigenous Life. Authors John Maynard & Victoria Haskins present nine stories relating to a total thirteen people who escaped penal servitude or survived shipwreck. With at least one notable exception (and more on that anon), they experienced the hospitality of Indigenous people, often being accepted as part of their families. Each story is written in two parts, the overall background followed by a number of pages providing summary and more detailed information on Indigenous life. The level of research and understanding removes much of the ambiguity that previously existed.

It taunts us spiritually': the fight for Indigenous relics spirited off to the UK

It taunts us spiritually': the fight for Indigenous relics spirited off to the UK  - Some Indigenous Australians who tell the story of that first-contact shield insist the hole to which Banks refers resulted from a musket round. Cook shot ...

Celebrating 20 years of Indigenous protected areas, a good news story in a week of turmoil

Celebrating 20 years of Indigenous protected areas, a good news story in a week of turmoil - The gathering of Indigenous rangers from some of the most remote places in the country stood in sharp relief to the ... 20 years of Indigenous protected areas (IPAs), which now cover 67m hectares of Australia's land and sea.

Indigenous historians say black diggers are missing from military history books

Indigenous historians say black diggers are missing from military history books  - But when they returned home, Indigenous soldiers were still treated like ... He says the story of the Indigenous people's role in Australia's military ...

Wild Australia: reliving the shocking story of Indigenous slave-performers

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Wild Australia : reliving the shocking story of Indigenous slave-performers - Two countrymen from up north, we meet at the Arts Centre in Melbourne to yarn up about Jack’s upcoming disruptive ritual during the Yirramboi First Nations Arts festival, which opened on Friday. This place, which was once a waterfall and sacred site but is now marked by a tall white tower set in concrete and brick, will be ground zero on 13 May at 1pm, for a roaming symbolic battle along the streets from the Arts Centre Melbourne to the state library. Jack Sheppard, a young Kurtjar/Kunjen man from far north Queensland who is an actor and dancer trained at Naisda Dance College, is finishing a fight that was begun over a century ago with a brutal attack on his family.

Go back to your place of love': grieving mother hopes to prevent further Indigenous deaths in custody

Go back to your place of love': grieving mother hopes to prevent further Indigenous deaths in custody - The letter's circulation, in cooperation with NSW Corrective Services, is an unprecedented event, but the story of Chatfield's death in custody is all too familiar for Indigenous communities around Australia and other marginalised communities around the world. Last year marked the 25th anniversary of the ...

Prime Minister tears up over Indigenous story

Prime Minister tears up over Indigenous story  - ' Indigenous Australians , and all Australians , can count on me to make the decisions that are right.' However, asked if he would continue Tony Abbott's ...

The story of Australia's first indigenous representative

The story of Australia's first indigenous representative - At long last, the first indigenous person ever to represent Australia in any sport will be recognised. Depicted on the jersey, forming a ring around a ...

From the mission to Italy: The tragic story of two Indigenous boys stolen by a monk

From the mission to Italy: The tragic story of two Indigenous boys stolen by a monk - Mounted guns rumbled past, horses shied and pawed the ground — and, from a balcony above, two Australian Aboriginal boys offered to enter the ...

Stage show Black Diggers reveals the forgotten story of Indigenous soldiers in World War I

Stage show Black Diggers reveals the forgotten story of Indigenous soldiers in World War I   - Bostock says Indigenous Australians have served for every conflict since the Boer War, and awareness of their sacrifices will only grow through the ...

Australia -| Indigenous talent nurtured at championships

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Indigenous talent nurtured at championships : The sport has endured recent controversy, but this is the story that shows the other side of what AFL is doing to benefit Australia's indigenous communities. Brisbane Lions triple premiership player Chris Johnson said three ACT boys' involvement in the ... 日本 | 中国 | 한국 | ราชอาณาจักรไทย | AU-Malaysia | Tiếng Việt | Stigmabase | Egaylity

Indigenous story shared in dance

Indigenous story shared in dance  - The program consisted of dance workshops taught by Australia's leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company, which helps ...

Indigenous characters come to life as The Secret River heads to Melbourne stage

Indigenous characters come to life as The Secret River heads to Melbourne stage  - We knew we couldn't tell the London part of the story, that we'd have to start here, in Australia , and with the central theme being the struggle between ...

Meredith Lake's big story of the big book

Meredith Lake's big story of the big book - This is especially true of her thorough and searching exploration of the role of the Bible in Indigenous Australia . The Bible came with the first fleet.

Australia -| South Australia continues its assault on Indigenous rights

South Australia continues its assault on Indigenous rights : South Australian leaders are both despondent and outraged at the State Government's ram raid on the Aboriginal Heritage Act and they are being supported by the SA Greens however the changes to the Act will get... More of this story can be read in the ...