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Aboriginal Tent Embassy activist faces court over Lobby restaurant occupation

2017-12-05T23:41:54+11:00December 5th, 2017|

Aboriginal Embassy activist, Adrian Charles Davis, 63, has appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court on a charge that he refused to leave the disused Lobby restaurant, near the iconic Embassy protest site, when asked to do so by police. The incident took place following the controversial occupation of the former [...]

Dharawal people remember horrific Appin massacre

2017-12-06T00:23:31+11:00December 5th, 2017|

'Dharawal people remember horrific Appin Massacre', Stan Grant, 'The Point', NITV News, 5 March 2017 Summary: The Dharawal people of south-west Sydney will remember a massacre 200 years ago that still causes debate and pain. It happened at a place called Appin on April 17 1816. Exactly what happened is [...]

First Aboriginal woman MP speaks of genocide, lingering disadvantage

2017-12-01T03:58:21+11:00November 30th, 2017|

Aboriginal people have never ceded their Sovereignty, but have experienced genocide and continue to the suffer the effects of dispossession. While the gap is closing between the wider Victorian society and Aboriginal communities in high school completion, kindergarten participation and decreasing infant mortality, Aboriginal people continue to suffer the effects [...]

New Greens MP Lidia Thorpe’s long road from Nowa Nowa to Northcote

2017-12-01T04:00:56+11:00November 30th, 2017|

Lidia Thorpe speaking on the second day of a two-day National Gathering, held at the Aboriginal Embassy, Canberra, Australia on 4 and 5 November 2017 - Photo by Jane Morrison Activist Lidia Thorpe is the first Aboriginal woman to be elected to the Victorian Parliament and the Greens [...]

Australian War Memorial artwork speaks to country and culture

2017-12-19T23:07:42+11:00November 30th, 2017|

Kulatangku angakanyini manta munu Tjukurpa [Country and Culture will be protected by spears] is a work by 19 artists from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands in South Australia. The huge painting is permanently on display at the Australian War Memorial. Read more about the opening ceremony on 16 November 2017 [...]

The Hottest 100 won’t be held on Australia Day next year, triple j says

2017-12-05T06:38:29+11:00November 27th, 2017|

In acknowledgement of the  ‘increasing debate’ about Australia Day (26 January) and its meaning for First Peoples, ABC radio station triple j announced on 27 November 2017 that the countdown for the best 100 songs will not be held on 26 January, but on 27 January 2018. Read ABC music [...]

Mungo Man returned to ancestral home where he died 40,000 years ago

2017-12-05T06:39:44+11:00November 16th, 2017|

Traditional custodians of Lake Mungo will host today, a major ceremony to celebrate the return of the 40,000 year-old remains of Mungo Man to his Country. In 1974, more than 40 years ago, scientists found the fossilised male skeleton in Mungo National Park, New South Wales. The ancient Aboriginal man's [...]

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