Indigenous culture
From the footy field to the stage for this Indigenous dancer
Indigenous dancer Thomas ES Kelly says his work SILENCE has a message for all Australians.
- by Chantal Nguyen
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‘They’d be so proud’: The 10-year-olds accepting challenge laid for them 40 years ago
One school keeping an ancient Indigenous language alive is helping to close the gap through cultural education and it hopes to spread the joy.
- by Catherine Naylor
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Indigenous
How Indigenous people got zilch from a billion-dollar mining bonanza
The ‘stark reality’ of economic exclusion imposed on Victoria’s First Peoples has been laid bare in evidence presented to the Yoorrook Justice Commission.
- by Jack Latimore
Dreamtime story of Birrugan and Mindi
Children from the Gumbaynggirr Giingana Freedom School in Coffs Harbour recount a Dreamtime story they have learnt in the Gumbaynggirr language of the mid-north coast.
‘First point of contact’: After more than 250 years, Aboriginal spears taken by James Cook to return home
The Gweagal spears were taken in 1770 when the Endeavour arrived at Botany Bay in the first meeting between the British and the Indigenous Gweagal people of Kamay.
- by Rob Harris
At 19, I was constantly told that I would be putting my baby up for adoption
As a pregnant teenager in the ’70s, I was sent away to give birth. Once my baby arrived, I would have done anything to keep him with me.
- by Lynda Holden
Tasmanian Devil tooth among ‘mind-blowing’ finds in destroyed Juukan Gorge cave
The first physical evidence that Tasmanian Devils once lived in the Pilbara is among the ‘mind-blowing’ finds made by in what is left of a rock shelter blasted by Rio Tinto in 2020.
- by Peter Milne
‘I don’t think we’ll ever get to the end of it’: Swans great despairs about ongoing racism
Michael O’Loughlin discusses the racism he faced as a junior player, supporting Indigenous kids, the Voice referendum and Adam Goodes.
- by Malcolm Conn
‘They’re like rock stars’: From jeers to cheers within five days for Latrell
The Souths star has teamed up with fellow rugby league players, NSW Police, Premier Chris Minns and the NRL in Moree to launch a program to help Indigenous youth.
- by Christian Nicolussi
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Ethical living
Dark Emu brought Bruce Pascoe years of trouble. He says backlash to Black Duck is ‘inevitable’
At 77, and with his next book complete, Pascoe says he’s tiring more easily these days. From his property near Mallacoota, he tells of his hope for the future.
- by Bianca Hall
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The Kimberley
State swings axe on iconic Kimberley Horizontal Falls experience
All but one tourism operators in the region will not be allowed to take their boats through the falls from 2026 – and the experience will end completely in 2028.
- by Hamish Hastie