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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
Beer box musician and land rights champion: Ted Egan's 'big and generous life'
A former Government House occupant and a prolific author and historian, Ted Egan will also be remembered as the man who reinvented the beer box as a musical instrument.
Duration: 2 minutes 11 seconds
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Governors-General and State Governors
Kado felt it was his duty to achieve native title determination
It was 1994 when Ngalia man Kado Muir first sat down with two of his elders and a lawyer to discuss lodging a native title claim for his ancestral country, Payarri. Today, the Federal Court will make an on-country determination of that claim.
Published: Source: ABC GoldfieldsTopic: Native Title
'Proudest grandmother' works alongside granddaughter at Barkly art centre
An apprenticeship program in a remote Northern Territory town is helping businesses find skilled workers by connecting homegrown teens to local employment.
Published: Source: ABC Alice SpringsTopic: Education
NSW council votes to stop flying Indigenous flags to 'promote civic neutrality'
A mayor in southern NSW says removing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags from council meeting chambers will "promote civic neutrality".
Published: Source: ABC Goulburn MurrayTopic: Local Government
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
At a pivotal place, an urgent problem goes unaddressed by the PM
The prime minister's address at Garma this weekend contained strong commitments on economic development and land rights, but what was left unsaid became a talking point.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Australians
The broken promise that has loomed over 25 years of Garma
From the pain of a broken political promise and one community’s desire to push forward, the Garma festival was born.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Culture
ACT public servants legally required to uphold 'Closing the Gap principle'
Senior ACT public servants will soon be required to demonstrate their work towards ending the inequality experienced by First Nations people.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Policy
Elder in PFAS hotspot attends more than 20 funerals in two years
An elder in an Aboriginal community exposed to PFAS contamination says the town is proof of the health risks of "forever chemicals", as a federal inquiry recommends widespread testing to establish a link.
Published: Source: ABC IllawarraTopic: Health
Aboriginal teen mistakenly pulled from bus at gunpoint after 'racial profiling'
The family of a 17-year-old Indigenous boy says he was racially profiled when he was pulled from a Canberra bus by police officers who handcuffed him before realising he was the wrong person.
Duration: 2 minutes
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Police
NSW council votes to stop flying Indigenous flags to 'promote civic neutrality'
A mayor in southern NSW says removing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags from council meeting chambers will "promote civic neutrality".
Published: Source: ABC Goulburn MurrayTopic: Local Government
Greek astronomy is ancient but this Wiradjuri knowledge is far older
All 88 internationally recognised constellations have European origins. But First Nations astronomy tells older, beautiful stories that contain invaluable lessons and knowledge.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Culture
'Looked like a Hills hoist': Australian native plant named for backyard icon
A species of Australian native plant related to kangaroo paws has been named after the humble rotary clothesline.
Published: Source: ABC ScienceTopic: Plants
Officer found guilty of dangerous driving causing death of Indigenous teen
Benedict Bryant had pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving occasioning death over the crash in inner Sydney in February 2022, which killed Jai Wright.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Black Deaths In Custody
Beer box musician and land rights champion: Ted Egan's 'big and generous life'
A former Government House occupant and a prolific author and historian, Ted Egan will also be remembered as the man who reinvented the beer box as a musical instrument.
Duration: 2 minutes 11 seconds
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Governors-General and State Governors
'Proudest grandmother' works alongside granddaughter at Barkly art centre
An apprenticeship program in a remote Northern Territory town is helping businesses find skilled workers by connecting homegrown teens to local employment.
Published: Source: ABC Alice SpringsTopic: Education
First community-designed, culture-first home arrives in Tennant Creek
A one-of-a-kind home, designed with the input of Tennant Creek families, has rolled up the Stuart Highway from Adelaide on a convoy of trucks. It is part of a new initiative aiming to transform housing in remote First Nations communities.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Housing Construction Industry
High-rise hotel planned for Darwin Waterfront scrapped after controversy
A $100 million luxury hotel planned for the Darwin Waterfront has fallen through, after concerns were raised by Larrakia traditional owners over its interference with a sacred site.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Tourism and Leisure Industry
Archaeologists bring 170yo Aboriginal artefacts to surface in the outback
A stash of Aboriginal artefacts, dating back about 170 years, is unearthed from the red dirt of outback Queensland, bringing history to life for the local Pitta Pitta people.
Published: Source: ABC North West QldTopic: Cultural Artefacts
'Easier to access poker machines' than support in Indigenous communities
New figures show there are 50 per cent more pokies in areas with an Indigenous population of at least 10 per cent. Gambling groups say it is "not surprising".
Published: Source: StatelineTopic: Gambling
'Justice not division': How treaty could change Australia
Aunty Thelma lived through the mission era, stolen children and forced assimilation. As she witnessed the signing of the country's first treaty, her thoughts were on those who came before.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Australians
First community-designed, culture-first home arrives in Tennant Creek
A one-of-a-kind home, designed with the input of Tennant Creek families, has rolled up the Stuart Highway from Adelaide on a convoy of trucks. It is part of a new initiative aiming to transform housing in remote First Nations communities.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Housing Construction Industry
Out here, the river is life. But right now, not even children will swim in it
For months, people in remote Indigenous communities have been reporting skin rashes after going in the water, and a report confirms something is wrong with the river.
Published: Source: ABC Broken HillTopic: Rivers
APY Lands governance hearing delayed indefinitely
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands community members have been left disappointed by a last-minute decision to halt a hearing that was set to probe governance issues in the region.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Australians
Calls for BHP to end water extraction before culturally significant springs are lost
Environmentalists are calling for mining giant BHP to end its water extraction from the Great Artesian Basin when a major desalination plant is built in South Australia's north.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Water
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
Victoria's treaty is here. What does it mean? And is one coming to my state?
Hundreds of treaties exist between First Nations people and governments around the world. One state in Australia just became one of them.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Policy
NSW council votes to stop flying Indigenous flags to 'promote civic neutrality'
A mayor in southern NSW says removing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags from council meeting chambers will "promote civic neutrality".
Published: Source: ABC Goulburn MurrayTopic: Local Government
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
Kado felt it was his duty to achieve native title determination
It was 1994 when Ngalia man Kado Muir first sat down with two of his elders and a lawyer to discuss lodging a native title claim for his ancestral country, Payarri. Today, the Federal Court will make an on-country determination of that claim.
Published: Source: ABC GoldfieldsTopic: Native Title
'Looked like a Hills hoist': Australian native plant named for backyard icon
A species of Australian native plant related to kangaroo paws has been named after the humble rotary clothesline.
Published: Source: ABC ScienceTopic: Plants
Banksia Hill juvenile justice centre alternative opens in WA's north
An on-country youth diversion facility has been built in the state's far north, offering a culturally grounded alternative to traditional youth justice programs.
Published: Source: ABC KimberleyTopic: Justice System
Embattled Aboriginal corporation to oversee cultural services at Rottnest Island
A strife-torn Aboriginal corporation crucial to heritage approvals across Perth wins a contract to oversee cultural services on Rottnest Island, Wadjemup, one of Western Australia's premier tourism destinations.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Culture