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Teaching Indigenous Culture

Childcare centres and preschools are being urged... Read more

Education - 13 February 2019, 01:29PM

Learn your Country

Learning the Aboriginal meaning of place names... Read more

Culture - 24 January 2019, 08:25AM

Australian Languages

Linguistically speaking, Australia is special.... Read more

Culture - 18 January 2019, 09:37AM

Ash Barty fears no one

Australian tennis star Ashleigh Barty has upset... Read more

... - 14 January 2019, 12:59PM

Young Artists Program

MTC in partnership with the Wilin Centre for... Read more

Art - 14 January 2019, 12:49PM

In Pictures: Indigenous Australia in 2018

A collection of images that captures Aboriginal... Read more

Culture - 31 December 2018, 04:14PM

2019 NAIDOC Poster Competition

Voice. Treaty. Truth. Let’s work together for a... Read more

Culture - 28 December 2018, 08:05AM

2019 ABC Heywire Winners

Heywire puts young Australians at the centre of... Read more

Culture - 28 December 2018, 07:56AM

School keeps language alive

A school has incorporated a local Indigenous... Read more

Education - 24 December 2018, 10:48AM

Our shared history with the Chinese

Chinese migrants arrived in Australia back in... Read more

History - 19 December 2018, 08:55AM

Songs unearth 'white woman' mystery

Aboriginal songs found in an anthropologist's... Read more

History - 19 December 2018, 08:53AM

Not so fictional Cleverman

Our old people have been muttering about... Read more

... - 12 December 2018, 08:17AM

'Sweet Country' wins big at 2018 AACTA's

The Warwick Thornton-directed 'Sweet Country'... Read more

... - 6 December 2018, 08:45AM

New scholarship honors Uncle William Cooper

A new scholarship will honour the life and... Read more

Education - 6 December 2018, 08:21AM

Djirri Djirri wins at Dance Rites

The Victorian dance group were recognised with a... Read more

Culture - 28 November 2018, 08:35AM

Traditional fire skills help kids.

A new partnership between Wurundjeri elders and... Read more

Education - 5 November 2018, 01:06PM

Aboriginal Poetry Slam Champion

Djapu woman Melanie Munungurr-Williams... Read more

Art - 25 October 2018, 01:09PM

Students learn Aboriginal languages

Children as young as three will learn Aboriginal... Read more

Education - 18 October 2018, 01:06PM

She Who Must Be Loved

Enriching look at the life of Freda Glynn, who... Read more

... - 15 October 2018, 02:14PM

Traditional owners given land management rights

The Victorian Government has given traditional... Read more

Politics - 4 October 2018, 02:15PM

Victoria pushes for treaty

Indigenous campaign's Deadly Questions revealed as... Read more

Politics - 19 September 2018, 10:48AM

Bush classroom for Aboriginal students

A Victorian school project is helping students... Read more

Education - 14 September 2018, 09:36AM

Rock art seeks heritage listing

A Senate report warning of damage to the... Read more

History - 27 August 2018, 03:44PM

Mapping the Sky & Seasons

First Nations peoples have read skies for over... Read more

Culture - 24 August 2018, 11:40AM

Treaty poll approaching...

Aboriginal Victorians are set to go to the polls... Read more

Politics - 24 August 2018, 11:38AM

National Indigenous Music Awards 2018

The posthumously released album of acclaimed... Read more

... - 15 August 2018, 08:55AM

Digital Land Rights

Can digital technologies play a role in "closing... Read more

Society - 6 August 2018, 03:13PM

Aboriginal names for suburbs

Ten previously forgotten Aboriginal names for 19th... Read more

History - 25 July 2018, 10:39AM

Naidoc Week 2018 - Victoria

Melbourne march in pictures . Read more

Culture - 9 July 2018, 02:55PM

Celebrating NAIDOC Week

The ABC Celebrate NAIDOC Week 2018 Read more

Culture - 9 July 2018, 12:23PM

What's on NITV over NAIDOC Week?

As part of NAIDOC Week, NITV will be broadcasting... Read more

... - 4 July 2018, 11:04AM

'A most resolute lady': the radical resistance of...

Louisa was a young girl when she was abducted by... Read more

History - 4 July 2018, 10:59AM

'Little J & Big Cuz' breaks more ground with...

'Little J & Big Cuz' is the first animated... Read more

... - 4 July 2018, 10:54AM

Aboriginal Water Carriers Still Relatively Unknown...

Aboriginal water carriers are proving just how... Read more

History - 21 June 2018, 04:37PM

Australia's first ever 'artist owned' Aboriginal...

This Friday, The APY Art Centre Collective will... Read more

Art - 21 June 2018, 04:34PM

Aboriginal burn practices again used on country in...

A recent burn conducted at a bush reserve near... Read more

Culture - 21 June 2018, 04:31PM

Deadly Questions: ask Aboriginal champions...

Victorian initiative to build support for treaty... Read more

Society - 21 June 2018, 04:28PM

Melbourne electorate of Batman renamed after...

Electoral Commission responds to campaign about... Read more

Politics - 21 June 2018, 04:22PM

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Self-Determination and Treaty

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been living on what is now called Australia for thousands and thousands of years. We come from over 250...

Treaties in Other Countries

It can be useful to understand what has happened in other countries to know more about what may be included in treaty for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...

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How to make a sign for Survival Day

If you’re going to attend a march, protest or event for Survival/Invasion Day, you may wish to...
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NAIDOC WEEK 2018 - Because of her, we can!

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