With cooking demonstrations of traditional Torres Strait Islander dishes, cricket workshops, weaving, and more, the annual Yaluk-ut Weelam Ngargee in Port Phillip in Melbourne is back for another fun-packed year. The festival on February 2 […]
Up to 30 important Aboriginal burial sites that shed light on how practices changed after European colonisation, have been found in and around the Baryulgil Cemetery in northern New South Wales. The sites were discovered […]
Aboriginal cultural heritage objects from one of the most important anthropological collections in the world has gone on display at the University of Melbourne. The Awaken exhibition includes almost 200 items gathered from communities in […]
In 1948, Frank Setzler, the head curator of anthropology at the world’s largest museum and research complex, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, visited Arnhem Land as a member of a US-Australian scientific expedition. While excavating […]
The “little people” of Aboriginal folklore are small, hairy, ugly, strong and have a distinct odour, a Larrakia academic who has been studying them has found. Dr Curtis Roman, from the Charles Darwin University, has […]
Aboriginal women have a message for South African comedian Trevor Noah — we’ve got inner and outer beauty in spades. Noah, best known for hosting the satirical American news program The Daily Show on US […]
Traditional owners in Western Australia’s Kimberley have called on the WA government to work with them to protect the State’s national heritage-listed Fitzroy River. The newly-established Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council wants only sustainable, culturally and […]
Aboriginal Victorians are set to go to the polls early next year to elect a representative body to enter treaty talks with the State Government. In an election in which the voting age may be […]
Redfern will once again be the focus for the annual inner-city NAIDOC Family and Sports Day, part of NAIDOC Week national celebrations from July 8 to 15. The family and sports day on July 13 […]
Cooking and bush foods guru Jody Orcher will be one of the star attractions at a new mini-festival at the Sydney Opera House. The Ularai/Barkandji woman from Brewarrina in north-west New South Wales is renowned […]
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS TIMES 2018
