Two years after his death legendary Aboriginal leader and entrepreneur Tracker Tilmouth can still pack a punch. In the final years of his life, the charismatic figure whose importance to Australia has been compared to […]
Australia’s oldest independent Indigenous publisher, Magabala Books, is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a call for entries to the inaugural Kestin Indigenous Illustrator Award. The winner of the biennial award will receive $10,000, a mentorship […]
Central Australia could become a seventh, Aboriginal State taking in land from the Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland under a plan put forward by Tasmanian lawyer and veteran activist Michael Mansell. In […]
For tens of thousands of years before colonisation, the Noongar people were much healthier than most Aboriginal Australians are today. A new book sheds light on some of the secrets of that healthy lifestyle and […]
Students from three remote schools are in Sydney to launch their new book, The Goanna Was Hungry, as part of Indigenous Literacy Day. The book, a compilation of stories, was written and illustrated by budding […]
A team of young footballers from Katherine is squaring up to the literary world. The Big River Hawks’ first foray into literature — Shock ‘Em — will be launched at the Hawthorn Football Club in […]
Bunurong man, Aboriginal language guru and jack of all trades Bruce Pascoe has taken out one of the country’s most prestigious literary awards with his latest work, Dark Emu. The Victorian writer won Book of […]
In the 1980s, the Warumpi Band had an enduring hit with ‘Blackfella, Whitefella’. It’s been covered by a new generation of indigenous musicians, but it’s a lot more than just a catchy song. Indigenous bands […]
Far North artist and author, Munganbana Norman Miller, and Adelaide-based RenBro Publishing have won a major independent book publishing award and will head to the US to pick up their gong. A full colour coffee table […]
Desert Writing, Stories from Country, is the latest offering from University of WA Publishing, showcasing the extraordinary talents of some of our best Indigenous writers and poets. The NIT today publishes an extract from the […]
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS TIMES 2018