Playing Aussie Rules football keeps Indigenous people happier and healthier. That’s the finding of a new West Australian study which says Indigenous adult football players are twice as likely to rate their health as excellent […]
Little Athletics in Western Australia is hoping to encourage more Indigenous children to join by hosting a special barbeque this Sunday. The Have a Go Day community event will celebrate the contribution of Aboriginal people […]
The winners of last year’s Koori Knockout, the Redfern All Blacks, are going into this year’s NRL competition as favourites as the countdown begins to one of the biggest gatherings of Indigenous peoples in the […]
NRL legends are lacing up the 2017 Murri Rugby League Carnival, a celebration of Indigenous sport at its very best. For the first time in the carnival’s seven-year history, a legends game will take place […]
Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga has praised a giant mural unveiled in Darwin of Australian stars Cameron Smith, Will Chambers and Allana Ferguson for highlighting the diversity within rugby league. The 40m Rugby League World Cup […]
Ashleigh Gardner and Dan Christian have been named captains of the national Indigenous women’s and men’s cricket teams ahead of next year’s tour of the United Kingdom. The announcement was made last week by Cricket […]
Indigenous runner Harold Matthew has conquered another of the world’s great running races and taken his place in history. Matthew, who ran laps of tiny Thursday Island to train for the London Marathon, crossed the […]
AFL superstar Buddy Franklin notches up his 250th game on Friday and will reflect on his career in a special interview on NITV’s Marngrook Footy Show tomorrow night. Franklin and host Grant Hansen will discuss […]
A football team that hasn’t won a premiership since 1977 is hoping to break its 40-year losing streak with a fresh crop of talented Indigenous players. The Perth ‘Demons’ Football Club, a West Australian Football […]
Marathoner Harold Matthew has been running laps of his homeland, tiny Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, as he prepares to become the first Indigenous runner to compete in the prestigious London Marathon. “Thursday Island […]
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS TIMES 2017
