The Healing Foundation urges all schools to teach the Stolen Generations story and Australia’s full history. The Healing Foundation is urging all Australian schools to include the story of the Stolen Generations in their curriculum to ensure students have a
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New scholarship aims to improve health and wellbeing in Indigenous communities. To address the health needs in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across rural NSW, the University of Newcastle has launched a new Indigenous scholarship in the field of
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People are being asked to drive safely and tread softly when visiting the Aboriginal-owned Worimi Conservation Lands in the Port Stephens area this summer. Worimi Conservation Lands Board of Management Chair Jamie Tarrant said visitors need to be mindful of
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Indigenous collaboration wins inaugural heritage accolade. An Indigenous-led collaborative project in traditional Darug Country in western Sydney has won the inaugural Aboriginal Heritage category in the 2020 National Trust Heritage Awards. Led by the Yanama Budyari Gumada Collective, which works
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New scholarship aims to remove barriers facing Indigenous researchers. Barriers facing Indigenous researchers are lessened by a new scholarship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PhD candidates. Established with support from the Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP), the new
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Indigenous storytelling in spotlight for NAIDOC Week. A podcast series exploring the storytelling traditions of our local Aboriginal communities will be launched today as part of City of Newcastle’s NAIDOC Week celebrations. Produced through the City’s Libraries in support of
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Miroma Bunbilla Program provides an alternative pathway for Indigenous medical students. From the Cessnock mines to fighting for Indigenous youth, GP Peter O’Mara’s incredible story will inspire indigenous students to seek a career in medicine. Medical student Kieran Shipp was admitted
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MidCoast Council is working with Heritage NSW assessing the heritage value of an Aboriginal midden site recently discovered at Seal Rock’s Number One Beach. The middens were identified during a ground survey at the reserve in December 2019, prior to
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Activist shareholders claimed three executive scalps over the destruction of the Juukan rockshelters in May 2020. Juuken Gorge encroachment by Rio Tinto before blasting. Image ~ Puutu Kunti Kurrama And Pinikura Aboriginal Corporation. After strong “concerns” with accountability for the
Read more...Stephen Oliver in conversation with Alison Page. For the real story of this continent, you’ve got to have both histories. The whole story of Cook has not finished. It will never finish until we add the bookend. Our story. To
Read more...An updated version of The City of Newcastle Heritage Strategy has put more emphasis on original inhabitants: the Awabakal and Worimi people. In 2019-2020, 20 of 37 works purchased for the Newcastle Art Gallery collection were by Aboriginal or Torres
Read more...The skills, culture and adaptability of First Nations people will be showcased at Newcastle Museum when the improvisational genius of the famous Bush Mechanics is complemented by a display of locally made possum skin cloaks and weaving. The hit ABC
Read more...Aboriginal Australians are not “aliens” under the Constitution and can no longer be deported from Australia, following a landmark decision handed down in the High Court today. The test case was brought by two Aboriginal Australian men Daniel Love and
Read more...True extent of colonial frontier massacres revealed as new sites added to interactive map. Historically, we haven’t been brave enough to ask the hard questions. ~ Professor Ryan. The true extent of massacres on the colonial frontier of Australia has
Read more...Guraki Committee drives reconciliation for 20 years. Guraki Committee with Chair Rob Russell and inaugural chair Laurel Williams at left. The City of Newcastle’s Guraki Aboriginal Advisory Committee has for two decades strengthened relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Novocastrians. Guraki
Read more...A $10 million “landmark” regional play space will occupy Gosford’s Leagues Club Field into a landmark regional play space. Hunter and Central Coast Development Corporation (HCCDC) announced the successful construction contractor, Landscape Solutions, was chosen by open tender. The space
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Ikara trekkers return from 100km walk to raise funds for Indigenous education and health research. Twenty-five UoN staff, alumni, and community members have returned from a 100km trek across the arid Australian Outback. The University of Newcastle’s Ikara-Flinders Ranges Challenge
Read more...University’s fundraising trek unites staff, alumni and community to support Indigenous health. Trekking 100 kilometres across the arid Australian outback in five days is a challenge, but one that 25 brave individuals are eager to tackle in the name of
Read more...Gomeroi woman’s legal challenge to Environment Minister’s decision not to protect areas of “immeasurable” cultural value. The Environmental Defenders Office NSW is acting for Veronica “Dolly” Talbott, as a member of the Gomeroi Traditional Custodians, and has filed proceedings in
Read more...Breakthrough water solution provides sustainable clean drinking water to remote indigenous communities in central Australia. The community of Gillen Bore in the Northern Territory have safe and sustainable drinking water through an innovative, new water treatment system developed by Australian
Read more...‘Goompi Dreaming’, is a solo exhibition by Aboriginal artist Goompi Ugerabah on display from 10 August to 2 September 2019. Goompi Dreaming by Goompi Ugerabah, 2019. Acrylic on canvas, 193 x 150 cm The exhibition is Goompi’s third solo exhibition
Read more...An intervention designed to help Close the Gap, by increasing the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who receive an annual health check by their GP, will be implemented and evaluated by a new National Health and Medical
Read more...150 year-old Hale notebook returns to Australia for landmark exhibition. American linguist Horatio Hale documented the Awabakal language in Newcastle more than 150 years ago. His notebook is back in Australia for the first time in a landmark Indigenous languages
Read more...Health professionals and organisations will receive additional training and resources to help support Indigenous women quit smoking during pregnancy under a new multi-million dollar initiative being funded by the Australian Government Department of Health. Led by renowned smoking cessation expert,
Read more...Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Lake Macquarie will gain better access to services and facilities across the City under a draft five year Council plan. Pictured ~ Maree Edwards with a Torres Strait Islander performer at Naidoc Week
Read more...Budget a hollow commitment to Australia’s First Peoples. This Budget fails to address the great needs of Australia’s First Peoples in the critical areas of health and housing. Oxfam is concerned that in responding to the Closing the Gap Refresh,
Read more...Apply now to fund a NAIDOC Week event in 2019 Lake Macquarie City Council is offering local community groups, not-for-profit organisations, agencies and schools, grants to help fund projects or events during NAIDOC Week, 7-14 July 2019. Council’s Aboriginal Community
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