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Remembering first contact with white people
In the most remote corners of the country live Australians known as the ‘first contact’ generation - Aboriginal people who grew up with no knowledge of white people until the 1960s and ‘70s.
Duration: 7 minutes 1 second
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Australians
First Nations horror movie scares a resurgent BIFF
First Nations stories are combined with modern horror scares in this new film from Australian creatives Chris Broadbent and Enzo Tedeschi.
Published: Source: ABC ArtsTopic: Horror Movies
Seven Sisters star cluster has thousands of 'siblings' across the sky
Astronomers have discovered the famous Seven Sisters or Pleiades star cluster, which is featured in many Aboriginal songlines, is surrounded by a huge, hidden stellar family.
Published: Source: ABC ScienceTopic: Space
Researcher who transformed COVID transmission science wins PM's prize
Lidia Morawska, an internationally renowned expert in air quality and its impact on human health, has won Australia's most coveted prize for scientific research.
Published: Source: ABC ScienceTopic: Science Awards
Epic ancient stories, years in the making: How the Deep Time project was created
ABC's Story Lab team has created an interactive tool to help Australians better understand the ancient history of our continent and its First Nations peoples. Look back at our blog to see how it works.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Culture
All around us, right across this country, there are windows to the deep past. You just need to know where to look.
This is our nation's epic story. This is our country's truth. A history as rich as it is diverse. This is Deep Time.
Duration: 30 minutes 20 seconds
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Australians
The world's oldest face is one tiny part of this epic First Nations story
First Nations people have survived and thrived through an ice age and massive landscape changes — as well as sharing the land with giant animals.
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds
Published: Source: Story LabTopic: Indigenous Culture
Regional News
Fashion helps to heal community years after floods
Almost three years ago, a region in Western Australia's far north was devastated by once-in-a-century floods. Now fashion is stepping in, to heal scars and promote confidence.
Published: Source: ABC KimberleyTopic: Fashion
Vietnam veteran and land rights champion remembered for courage, service
Alice Springs war veteran Geoffrey Shaw OAM has been remembered as a tireless advocate for Indigenous rights in Central Australia, who leaves a legacy of courage and service.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Australians
Woman survives 500-metre crawl with broken ankle in remote Arnhem Land
Lying on the ground with her ankle snapped in half in the remote bushland of western Arnhem Land, her mind racing, and with no help or phone reception, Margie Moroney began to crawl.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Accidents and Emergency Incidents
Why inquest into WA's first youth detention death was coroner's 'saddest' case
The WA government has been sent yet another warning over the death of 16-year-old Cleveland Dodd, who was held in conditions a coroner has compared to "19th century jails". History will show if lessons have been learnt.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Justice System
At the heart of the constitution, there lies an historic and structural wound
I want to reflect on what I have come to see, through my own experience, as both the illuminating strengths and the shadowed weaknesses of the Australian legal system and its role in our democracy.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Law, Crime and Justice
'It didn't start in 1788': This colossal Indigenous history should be up in lights
We've flipped the script to put Indigenous Australians back at the centre of telling their own stories.
Published: Source: Story LabTopic: Indigenous Culture
'We are born into that fear': Canberra's failure to fix systemic racism
After 24 years of Labor government, First Nations people in Australia's capital are frustrated and exhausted by a lack of meaningful progress to close the gap.
Duration: 3 minutes 27 seconds
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Policy
'We are born into that fear': Canberra's failure to fix systemic racism
After 24 years of Labor government, First Nations people in Australia's capital are frustrated and exhausted by a lack of meaningful progress to close the gap.
Duration: 3 minutes 27 seconds
Published: Source: StatelineTopic: Indigenous Policy
'Obscene': More spent on removing kids than intervening early, report finds
Only 15.6 per cent of national child protection funding goes towards family support services aimed at keeping families intact, a report has found. Advocates are urging the government to "invest in families, not crisis".
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Children
Doctor tells inquest woman may have died from 'broken-heart syndrome'
The NSW Coroners Court hands down findings into the 2023 death of a young Indigenous mother after a doctor gave evidence the woman may have died from "broken-heart syndrome".
Published: Source: ABC North CoastTopic: Courts
Detection dogs part of fight to protect native freshwater turtles
A team of environmental experts, Indigenous rangers and conservation detection dogs is working on recovering the population of native freshwater turtles.
Published: Source: StatelineTopic: Conservation
Family demands answers after 'disturbing' arrest captured on camera
An Aboriginal man who was known by NSW Police to have mental health issues was hospitalised after his arrest over a traffic stop.
Published: Source: ABC Western PlainsTopic: Police
Leroy Johnson talks and sings about his travels through the far west.
Leroy Johnson performing his songs about Barkindji country in far west New South Wales.
Duration: 3 minutes 32 seconds
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Aboriginal Language
Vietnam veteran and land rights champion remembered for courage, service
Alice Springs war veteran Geoffrey Shaw OAM has been remembered as a tireless advocate for Indigenous rights in Central Australia, who leaves a legacy of courage and service.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Australians
Woman survives 500-metre crawl with broken ankle in remote Arnhem Land
Lying on the ground with her ankle snapped in half in the remote bushland of western Arnhem Land, her mind racing, and with no help or phone reception, Margie Moroney began to crawl.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Accidents and Emergency Incidents
Lawyers launch High Court challenge to 'unconstitutional' NT bail laws
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency says hundreds of people are likely being held on remand in Northern Territory jails "unlawfully and unconstitutionally".
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Courts
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Outback bike program celebrates four years of teaching the next generation
An Alice Springs teenager who grew up with cycling program Bikes Mwerre is now sharing his knowledge with the next generation. It's a full-circle moment for the outback program built on pride, skills and belonging.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Community Education
Grace Lillian Lee weaves a path from the Torres Strait to Paris
Lee's woven, wearable art creations have catapulted her from Cairns and the Torres Strait to Paris, a bustling textile mecca more than 15,000 kilometres away.
Published: Source: ABC Far NorthTopic: Textile Arts
'Obscene': More spent on removing kids than intervening early, report finds
Only 15.6 per cent of national child protection funding goes towards family support services aimed at keeping families intact, a report has found. Advocates are urging the government to "invest in families, not crisis".
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Children
Ayers Rock Resort operation being sold to US company
A deal for the sale of operations at Ayers Rock Resort, near Uluru, and the Mossman Gorge Cultural Centre, in Far North Queensland, is one step closer after the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation reached an agreement with Journey Beyond, an…
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Travel and Tourism
From 99 to 15 cases: How outback region reduced preventable disease
A lack of access to clean clothes and sheets led to high rates of heart disease in this outback Queensland town. But an Indigenous-led washing initiative is changing health outcomes in the region.
Published: Source: ABC North West QldTopic: Heart Disease
Detection dogs part of fight to protect native freshwater turtles
A team of environmental experts, Indigenous rangers and conservation detection dogs is working on recovering the population of native freshwater turtles.
Published: Source: StatelineTopic: Conservation
'Sentimental and special': Students find connection through Kaurna program
Kanyanyapilla means "place of many eagles", and it's where Indigenous students in Adelaide are coming to connect with Kaurna culture.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Aboriginal Language
'Obscene': More spent on removing kids than intervening early, report finds
Only 15.6 per cent of national child protection funding goes towards family support services aimed at keeping families intact, a report has found. Advocates are urging the government to "invest in families, not crisis".
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Children
'Obscene': More spent on removing kids than intervening early, report finds
Only 15.6 per cent of national child protection funding goes towards family support services aimed at keeping families intact, a report has found. Advocates are urging the government to "invest in families, not crisis".
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Children
From capping rent to burying the dead, Cape Barren Island governs itself
Twenty years ago, Cape Barren Island was handed back to its traditional owners. Today's children are proof of the life-changing power of that act.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Policy
Detection dogs part of fight to protect native freshwater turtles
A team of environmental experts, Indigenous rangers and conservation detection dogs is working on recovering the population of native freshwater turtles.
Published: Source: StatelineTopic: Conservation
Victoria's historic treaty formally commences with cultural celebration
Victoria's statewide treaty has officially launched with a day of cultural celebrations in Melbourne.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Australians
'Obscene': More spent on removing kids than intervening early, report finds
Only 15.6 per cent of national child protection funding goes towards family support services aimed at keeping families intact, a report has found. Advocates are urging the government to "invest in families, not crisis".
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Children
Victorian government makes historic apology to Aboriginal people
The Victorian government makes a historic apology to Aboriginal Victorians, in one of the first public acts to follow the signing of the state's treaty agreement.
Duration: 9 minutes 5 seconds
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Policy
Fashion helps to heal community years after floods
Almost three years ago, a region in Western Australia's far north was devastated by once-in-a-century floods. Now fashion is stepping in, to heal scars and promote confidence.
Published: Source: ABC KimberleyTopic: Fashion
One in six Kimberley children infected with strep A, study finds
An infectious disease study hopes to see faster and earlier diagnosis of strep A to prevent chronic diseases in high-risk communities.
Published: Source: ABC KimberleyTopic: Children's Health
Marlinyu Ghoorlie celebrates recognition as traditional owners
The result comes eight years after the native title claimant group first registered for native title, with a counterclaim by another group dismissed.
Published: Source: ABC GoldfieldsTopic: Native Title
'Home' to some and 'hell on earth' to others, mission site burns down
Parts of WA's Indigenous community are in mourning, while others have mixed feelings, after a former mission where members of the Stolen Generation were institutionalised was partly destroyed in a bushfire.
Published: Source: ABC Midwest & WheatbeltTopic: Fires