Posts


Search this blog:    Aboriginal  Māori




Residents of indigenous communities gain right to own home

Residents of indigenous communities gain right to own home  - For the first time in 200 years, indigenous Queenslanders will have access to the same property rights in their local ... "It is a first for Australia ," he said.

Aboriginal leader says visit not enough

Aboriginal leader says visit not enough  - An Australian Aboriginal leader says the federal government needs to canvass more indigenous communities before developing policies for tangata ...

An Aboriginal Dance Company Explores Australia's Cultural History

Image
An Aboriginal Dance Company Explores Australia's Cultural History  - This true story of first contact has become the inspiration for a show touring Australia , put on by the country's leading indigenous dance company, ...

Indigenous Australians Predisposed To Facebook

Indigenous Australians Predisposed To Facebook  - Six-in-ten adult Indigenous Australians use Facebook on a daily basis, compared to 42% of adult Australians nationally. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders living in metropolitan areas of the capital cities are the biggest Facebook users at 68%. In regional towns, the figures are slightly less at 61%. 

Heat take football to eager indigenous kids

Image
Heat take football to eager indigenous kids  -  A NEW program has been launched by the FNQ Heat at Cairns West State School in an effort to increase indigenous participation in the round-ball game.  Helped by funding from Football Federation Australia and Football Queensland, the Heat has created a “lunchtime club” to help spread the gospel of football at a school renowned for its multicultural student base and high indigenous enrolment.

National Indigenous Breast Cancer Roundtable to improve cancer outcomes

National Indigenous Breast Cancer Roundtable to improve cancer outcomes   - Hosted by the National Indigenous Cancer Network (NiCan) and the Menzies School of Health Research, the roundtable brought together over 40 ...

Dealer joins dots between climate and Aboriginal art

Image
Dealer joins dots between climate and Aboriginal art  - The change to the land now known as Australia has been almost as rapid as the change to Aboriginal art, which whipped up out of the desert like a ...

Great silence continues on frontier wars

Great silence continues on frontier wars  - THEY want Australians to urgently broaden their understanding of Australian warfare to include the mass murder of Aboriginal people, particularly ...