Indigenous Communities
February 7, 2006
The number of Indigenous school students has increased by 23 per cent. In its report released this week, the Bureau of Statistics says 131,000 Indigenous children were in primary or secondary school in 2004, an increase of 25,000 over five […]
January 19, 2006
There is now a real Australian food – sauces, dressings, condiments and herbs that are a fusion of age-old Aboriginal staples with the techniques and foods of Australia’s settler and immigrant heritage – tasty and simple to use. Australian food […]
January 16, 2006
In the Northern Territory, at least 10,000 square kilometres of Aboriginal land has been returned to pastoralism. The three-year partnership between the Indigenous Land Corporation and other agencies is helping attract more people into the cattle industry, and funding could […]
December 15, 2005
Following Michael Long’s spontaneous and gutsy 658km walk from his lounge room to the Hume Highway and to Canberra last year ‘to see the Prime Minister and talk about indigenous issues’ a whole movement has grown and the symbolism of […]
November 30, 2005
Three projects selected as national winners in the Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards 2005 and winning Certificates of Merit and $10,000 prizes are:1) CIRCLE SENTENCING – Nowra, New South Wales2) OPERATION BURGLARY COUNTDOWN – Western Australia3) KOORI COURT – […]
November 15, 2005
Cairns resident Kevin Edmondstone, a 38 year-old, originally from Yarrabah, has gone from award-winning Indigenous student artist to art teacher in the space of a year. Kevin is now working as a tutor for the Visual Arts team at the […]
November 3, 2005
The Honourable Carol Martin, Australia’s first Indigenous woman parliamentarian, Member for the Kimberley in the Western Australian parliament, is also a wonderful painter. She had her first exhibition in Broome last year and since then acclaim is growing for her […]
October 19, 2005
The Darwin Aquaculture Centre has bred crablets from mudcrabs caught near Maningrida. A pilot project commencing with 500 of these crablets will be run by the Indigenous community at Maningrida with support from NT Fisheries Officers. Mangroves in the area […]
October 19, 2005
Indigenous Community Volunteers (ICV) and mining company Rio Tinto have joined forces to promote community enterprise projects and skills transfer in areas in which Rio Tinto operates throughout Australia. They have partnered successfully in such projects previously, in areas near […]
September 21, 2005
After a lot of hard work by a lot of people, the new Pomberuk Cultural Centre, at the old pumphouse in Murray Bridge SA, opened in August 2005. Since buying the land – very significant to the Ngarrindjeri people – […]
September 21, 2005
Seven hundred new houses will be built in Lyons, Darwin, due to the relocation of the 1st Aviation Regiment from Queensland to support the Army’s new Tiger reconnaissance helicopters. A new agreement states that the Lyons Development Corporation will employ […]
September 7, 2005
A new agreement between the traditional owners in the Docker River, Areyonga, Mutijulu and Impana communities will see $750,000 or 37.5% of the total $2 million annual tourist fees go to community projects. After recent publicity over deaths from petrol […]