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| UpdatedAn historical documentary featuring the Indigenous community on Palm Island in far north Queensland will shed light on a relatively unknown aspect of Australia's colonisation where Aboriginal people were stolen, stripped and exhibited as attractions in a human zoo.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, colonialism, history, film-movies, documentary, arts-and-entertainment, palm-island-4815, australia
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Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, zoos, colonialism, history, film-movies, australia, palm-island-4815
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Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, zoos, colonialism, history, film-movies, australia, palm-island-4815
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A service that reunites families affected by Australia's forced removal policies is closing its Mount Isa branch, the only office located in western Queensland.
Topics: aboriginal, activism-and-lobbying, stolen-generations, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, mount-isa-4825
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| UpdatedFremantle mayor Brad Pettitt claims a victory of sorts in his bid to move Australia Day festivities to another date, saying the move helped improve people's understanding over why January 26 was not a day of celebration for Aboriginal Australians.
Topics: australia-day, event, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, wa, fremantle-6160
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| UpdatedThe Northern Territory hosts events involving a ute convoy, protests and citizenship ceremonies, as people commemorate Australia's national day.
Topics: australia-day, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, darwin-0800, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedStan Grant finds a missing part of his family tree — a man who connects him directly to the time of first contact, when white met black on the shores of Botany Bay.
Topics: australia-day, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, sydney-2000
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Sydney's Australia Day celebrations have been marred by violent clashes between police and protesters at an Invasion Day march through the inner city.
Topics: police, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA police officer is injured and a man charged after clashes between police and protesters at an Invasion Day march through inner-city Sydney.
Topics: australia-day, aboriginal, aboriginal-language, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, sydney-2000, hobart-7000, brisbane-4000, alice-springs-0870
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Marchers rally in Redfern to make their opposition to the date of Australia Day known.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, redfern-2016
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| UpdatedThose opposed to Australia Day do so because of the historical significance, but I celebrate on January 26 for a quite different reason — because Australia is a great country to live in, writes Anthony Dillon.
Topics: australia-day, community-and-society, government-and-politics, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, australia
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| UpdatedAustralian history is full of great moments, which could serve as alternative dates for Australia Day, including April 7, when the most Australian movie ever made — The Castle — was released, writes Ben Pobjie.
Topics: federation, history, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, national-days, offbeat, australia-day, australia
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| UpdatedPauline Hanson's One Nation party has confirmed a controversial geologist will run against WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls.
Topics: political-parties, elections, indigenous-policy, climate-change, science-and-technology, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, perth-6000, karratha-6714, port-hedland-6721, newman-6753, wa
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One Sydney Indigenous woman is trying to use the power of song to shape the conversation about which date Australia Day should be celebrated.
Topics: australia-day, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, community-and-society, music, indigenous-music, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedThe port city of Fremantle is set to effectively become a litmus test for the #changethedate movement when the local council holds its "culturally inclusive" alternative celebration to Australia Day two days later.
Topics: australia-day, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, fremantle-6160
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Ken Wyatt, member for Hasluck in Western Australia, has been sworn in as the first Indigenous federal minister, becoming the Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Indigenous Health.
Topics: federal-government, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, australia, wa
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| UpdatedKen Wyatt is the country's first Indigenous person into the Commonwealth ministry after being sworn in as Minister for Indigenous Health and Aged Care.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, federal-parliament, australia
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There are calls to expand free meal services across Darwin, after a charity's ad-hoc breakfast program evolves into a first aid and welfare initiative for the homeless, sick and abused.
Topics: health, charities, poverty, domestic-violence, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, food-and-beverage, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThe isolated Aboriginal community of Groote Eylandt left reeling after a recent spate of suicides, will benefit from a $10 million boost to funding for a support service.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, suicide, mental-health, youth, australia, wa, nt, sa
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Museum celebrates its 155th anniversary by highlighting the most interesting objects that make up its vast collection.
Topics: library-museum-and-gallery, animals, mammals---whales, art-history, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedAn ancient Aboriginal settlement and aquaculture site in south-west Victoria is a step closer to being named a UNESCO World Heritage site, after the Federal Government submitted it to be included on a tentative list.
Topics: community-and-society, history, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, heywood-3304, vic, australia
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A picture posted on social media showing a pile of decapitated goannas prompts claims of cruelty and calls for Indigenous hunters to respect native animals.
Topics: indigenous-culture, animal-welfare, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, food-and-cooking, aboriginal, broome-6725, wa
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| UpdatedQueensland Police appeal against the Federal Court's ruling in a discrimination case over a death in custody on Palm Island that awarded $200,000 to Lex Wotton and his family.
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