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Mabo Day Celebration Concert

The Koorie Heritage Trust (KHT) in partnership with the City of Melbourne is delighted to present a free Mabo Day Celebration Concert on 3...

How early Australian fairy tales displaced Aboriginal people with mythical creatures and fantasies of empty land

Image: Project Gutenberg - A prince flies in a carriage propelled by kingfishers in Hume Cook’s Australian Fairytales. Content warning: this article contains reference to...

Sunday essay: creation, destruction and appropriation – the powerful symbolism of the Rainbow Serpent

      Fireworks at the Sydney Opera House in 2001: the two symbols on the bridge are the Rainbow Serpent and the Star of Federation....

How making a film exploring Indigenous stories of the night sky enriched my perspective as a scientist

          Ilgari Inyayimaha (Shared Sky), painted by artists Margaret Whitehurst, Jenny Green, Barbara Merritt, Charmaine Green, Kevin Merritt, Sherryl Green, Tracey Green, Wendy Jackamarra,...

Will your grandchildren have the chance to visit Australia’s sacred trees? Only if our sick indifference to Aboriginal heritage is cured

  Picture: Shuttlestock Trees have always been a point of conflict between colonisers and Indigenous people. At the very beginning of European-Indigenous interactions, skirmishes broke out...

Art by Indigenous prisoners can forge links with culture and a future away from crime

      The Torch artist and Barkindji man Trevor Mitchell at work on a painting. The Torch Featuring over 350 artworks created by more than 320...

Ancient stories and enduring spirit: Loving Country reminds us of the wonders right under our noses

Albany on the south coast of Western Australia, just under five hours’ drive from Perth. Photographer: © Vicky Shukuroglou taken from Loving Country Review: Loving...

Sunday Essay: Histories written in the land: a journey through Adnyamathanha Yarta

It is impossible to fully capture the landscape of the Flinders Ranges in one image. Spanning 400km, it is constantly changing. Shutterstock The Flinders Ranges...

Sunday Essay: a black marlin at Port Kembla and an 8,000-year-old midden – nature in the 21st century

A black marlin in the sea. These apex predators can grow to 800 kilograms. shutterstock The shaky video shows the crescent tail cutting through...

Aboriginal Australia’s smash hit that went viral

Gurindji singers Thomas Monkey Yikapayi, Ronnie Wavehill Wirrpa & Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal sing ‘'.Brenda L Croft In a time before radio or even gramophones,...
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