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Thursday, 02 February 2012 07:07
Aboriginal Rarities In Cabaret
A RARE piece of Tasmanian history will take centre stage tonight when the Cooee Cabaret leads Hobart audiences on a journey back through Australia's history of sound and song.
Cooee Cabaret weaves together iconic Australian recordings from the National Film and Sound Archives, from The Road to Gundagai to I…
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Tasmania News
Tuesday, 31 January 2012 06:56
Book Speaks Up For Indigenous Language
An Aboriginal language centre in Western Australia's Pilbara says it hopes a bilingual story book will help preserve a traditional language described as critically endangered.
The Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre has worked in collaboration with speakers of the Yinhawangka language, June and Joyce Inji, to create a children's…
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Western Australia News
Monday, 30 January 2012 12:48
OPINION: Panel has coloured view on racism
WE ARE all racists and to prove this it is only necessary to scratch us, if you are to believe the NSW Labor Party's deputy leader, Linda Burney.
"I don't think you have to scratch the belly of this country very hard for racism," said Burney, the first Aboriginal woman…
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National News
Monday, 30 January 2012 06:55
A Thorn In Our Pride
FORTY years ago, the establishment of the Aboriginal tent embassy was a stroke of political genius. A striped beach umbrella planted on the manicured lawns outside Parliament House in Canberra came to symbolise Aboriginal Australians' sense of alienation in their own country.
How sad that 40 years later, on Australia…
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National News
Thursday, 26 January 2012 07:47
Writing On Wall For Remote Tongues
A NATIONAL bilingual syllabus is urgently needed in schools in Aboriginal communities to slow the rapid decline of indigenous languages, the new peak Aboriginal congress has told the Gillard government.
The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples said the rollout of bilingual education in indigenous schools should become one of…
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Northern Territory News
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 07:12
Elders Track Lost Indigenous Languages
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics over 250 Indigenous languages were spoken in Australia before white settlement, just over half of those still exist today.
Sadly the majority of those remaining languages are considered critically endangered but there are moves to change that.
Workshops aimed at teaching people…
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Queensland News
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 07:05
NT Indigenous Elder Is Senior Australian
Northern Territory indigenous elder Laurie Baymarrwangga has been named the 2012 Senior Australian of the Year for protecting her culture and country.
The 95-year-old from the island of Murrungga, north-east of Arnhem Land, was recognised on Wednesday for her commitment to preserving her beloved Crocodile Islands and teaching younger generations…
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National News
Tuesday, 24 January 2012 07:50
Cash-Strapped Archive Struggles To Preserve Indigenous History
Australia's flagship institute for indigenous studies has stopped giving out research grants as it diverts funding to save a century of cultural recordings from oblivion.
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) has a world-renowned archive of about a million items, much of which – old…
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National News
Tuesday, 24 January 2012 07:18
Piecing Together Region's Language Puzzle
One local woman has created an initiative aimed at restoring some of the lost words and language of the Wiradjuri people.
Many of us share an interest in wanting to learn more about our family history - Wiradjuri woman Diane McNaboe is no different.
So far, Diane's journey has taken…
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New South Wales News
Thursday, 19 January 2012 07:33
Panel Recommends Indigenous Recognition
Indigenous Australians should be recognised in the body of the Constitution and racist sections should be scrapped, an expert panel has recommended.
Labor has promised to hold a national referendum on the constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians on or before the next federal election, due in 2013.
An expert panel…
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National News