Creative art venture at Morisset
IT isn't art school, a recreation centre or a unique farm studio set miles from anywhere on 56 acres of lush valley just a few minutes from Morisset town centre - it is all of...
Source: Lakes Mail Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:00:41 GMT
'Gap won't close if you don't act': Julia Gillard
JULIA Gillard has appealed to indigenous Australians to change their behaviour to reach a position of equality with white Australians on a range of measures, declaring it will be extremely difficult to close the life-expectancy gap by the target year of 2031 with current...
Source: The Australian Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:00:16 GMT
Tara’s having a ball in the outback: Teaching in a remote Aboriginal community is a full-on experience for former Chances recipient
TARA Strong is living life to the full. The 24-year-old spends her days teaching in a remote Aboriginal community in Watarru, South Australia, and is clocking up some experiences she’ll never...
Source: Sunraysia Daily Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:00:31 GMT
Starting a career, miles from nowhere
Jilkminggan is a tiny community of less than 300 people in outback Northern Territory, but for Lauren Fisher it is the perfect place to start her...
Source: The Standard Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:00:14 GMT
Utopian Dream workshop
Uncle Martin Ballangarry at a Utopian Dream workshop. WITH boomerangs in hand, Uncle Martin Ballangarry discussed indigenous culture and demonstrated his method of ceremonial movement at a Utopian Dream workshop...
Source: The Coffs Coast Advocate Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:04:24 GMT
Another brotherly trio grace the field
IT WAS inevitable, perhaps, that sooner or later the cricketers Dane, Liam and Keren Ugle would be billed as indigenous Australia's answer to the three famous Chappell...
Source: Port Stephens Examiner Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:15:38 GMT
Yabun 2011 - Aboriginal rights festival and celebration
Yabun is the largest single day Indigenous festival drawing an audience of between 10,000 and 15,000 and is one of the most important Indigenous events in the...
Source: Australian Herald Wed, 12 Jan 2011 04:33:34 GMT
Building trust in the dust
On a bright, sun-filled day in the remote Pitlands, two worlds connect. A man waving spears and covered in ceremonial paint begins an elaborate song and dance telling of loss and dispossession taken from the Anangu...
Source: Mudgee Guardian Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:46:52 GMT
A way forward for Aborigines
HOME ownership moves a step closer in Queensland's remote...
Source: The Australian Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:00:24 GMT
Aboriginal leaders
FOUR local men have been recognised as great leaders as part of the NSW Premier's Excellence Awards for Leadership in Aboriginal Communities. Norman Moore, Des Morgan, Fred Egan and Richard Kerr were given the Building Community Leadership award for their work as Indigenous Site Monitor.
Source: Deniliquin Pastoral Times Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:21:02 GMT
