Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

Arts & Culture

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Research

Fifty words at a time, this project is helping to preserve Australia’s Indigenous languages

The 50 Words Project is documenting Australia’s Indigenous languages by recording 50 everyday words in as many as possible. It now has 100 languages online, free for anyone to explore and learn

Education

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Research

The truth about First Nations children and schooling has been told, retold and ignored

Three major inquiries over 35 years have reached the same conclusion: Australia's education system functions as a tool of colonial harm. So why hasn't it produced justice?

Health & Medicine

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Research

Culturally relevant messaging matters for First Nations peoples

A flowing river for arteries, a bare boab tree for depression. A project in the Kimberley shows how listening before we speak can improve health outcomes for Aboriginal people

Business & Economics

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Research

How Indigenous business enterprise is rewriting Australian economics

Indigenous businesses employ 135,000 people and provide one in five jobs for Aboriginal workers – but is government procurement policy missing the mark?

Politics & Society

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Book extract

Indigenous legal services continue to challenge Australia's colonial justice system

A new book explores the complex relationship between Indigenous self-determination, Australia's justice system and government control

Politics & Society

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Research

The colonial outpost resort at the heart of Indigenous Australia

Aṉangu culture is a critical aspect of the World Heritage values at Uluru. Traditional owners must be in charge of what work and tourism looks like in the region

Politics & Society

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Opinion

The confronting and exhilarating ‘65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art’

This isn't just another art exhibition; it’s a must-see that challenges everything you think you know about Australian history – and it’s in its final weeks

Politics & Society

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Book extract

‘Finding an Indigenous voice’

The second volume of the truth-telling initiative, Dhoombak Goobgoowana, shares the steps, and missteps, on the road to finding an Indigenous Voice at the University of Melbourne

Arts & Culture

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Book extract

‘How we bring Indigenous knowledges into the academy is as important as the knowledge itself’

A new truth-telling book shines a light on the past, present and future of the University of Melbourne’s Indigenous cultural collections

Politics & Society

65,000 Years: A short history of Australian art

A new exhibition celebrating the brilliance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, while confronting the dark heart of Australia’s colonial history, has opened at the University of Melbourne’s Potter Museum of Art