Aboriginal People of Australia

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Indigenous people want violence out of their communities. Here’s a new approach

Violent crime in Indigenous communities is often the subject of media headlines. It usually results in governments adopting “tough on crime” responses, including increased policing and restricting ...

Global VoicesOpinion

The bleak picture of how Indigenous youth are treated in Australia’s justice system

"From coast to coast across our lands, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are being criminalised and imprisoned ...

Phys.org

Australia's secret history of Aboriginal population control in the 1960s

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article may contain images of deceased people. It contains mentions of the Stolen Generations, and policies using outdated and ...

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Hopes Australia's first treaty with Aboriginal people will help close the gap

The country's first treaty with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples provides a historic opportunity to help close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, First Nations ...

CNN

Lowitja O’Donoghue, trailblazer for indigenous Australian rights, dead at 91

Lowitja O’Donoghue, one of the most respected and influential Aboriginal activists in Australian history, has died at age 91. O’Donoghue, who passed away surrounded by her family on Sunday in Adelaide ...

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What three million online posts reveal about anti-First Nations hate in Australia

A federal parliamentary inquiry is currently asking a difficult question: what is driving racism, hate and violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and what role does the ...

The Diplomat

Hannah McGlade on Australia’s Shame and the Work to Be Done

“Aboriginal communities have been given a clear message by the majority of Australians that they are not respected, and that Australia remains a racist country.” In October, 60 percent of Australia ...

Salon

“Indigenous people rarely make it into the headlines”: “Limbo” probes an aboriginal cold case

Shot in luminous black and white, the Australian Indigenous mystery “Limbo” takes place in the Outback, in a town called Coober Pedy, a place that often resembles the moon. There are craters and caves ...

The Conversation

The more you know: people with better understanding of Australia’s colonial history more likely to support moving Australia Day

There have been calls to change the date of Australia Day/Invasion Day since as far back as 1938. January 26 marks the day in 1788 when the First Fleet landed in Australia to establish the colony of ...