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Prized artworks return home

By Chris Munro, May 9, 2013
Hope Beyond the Window by Jacqui Stewart. The painting represents children from a Stolen Generation. The church symbolises religion and the window represents ‘hope’ looking through to the sky. The children are portraying despair but also at the same time hopefulness and belief for a better future.

PERTH: Aboriginal artworks created by members of the Stolen Generation are returning home from a New York university.

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Nominations open for national Indigenous music awards

By Tracker, May 1, 2013
Award-winning Aboriginal singer Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu.

NATIONAL: Nominations for the National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMA) have opened and organisers are calling on everyone to have their say to celebrate our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists.

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Aboriginal actresses win big at Logies

By Tracker, April 8, 2013
Jim Bani, playing Eddie Mabo and Deborah Mailman, playing his wife Bonita Mabo.

NATIONAL: Aboriginal actresses Deborah Mailman and newcomer Shari Sebbo have taken home Logies at last night’s awards.

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Kim Scott wins top honours at NSW literary awards

By Tracker, December 3, 2012
Noongar author Kim Scott.

NATIONAL: It’s been quite a year for Indigenous artists and writers.

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Made in Wadeye was inspired by community

By Tracker, December 3, 2012
Gareth Sansom's work Made in Wadeye has won the Dobell Prize for Drawing 2012.

NATIONAL: An artwork that was created following the artist’s visit to a remote Aboriginal settlement in the Northern Territory has won the $30,000 Dobell Prize for Drawing 2012.

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Harris the face of first black fashion week

By Tracker, November 30, 2012
Aboriginal model Samantha Harris.

NATIONAL: The Australia fashion scene is set to change with the introduction of Australian Indigenous Fashion Week (AIFW).

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Yothu Yindi set for ARIA Hall Of Fame

By Tracker, November 28, 2012
Yothu Yindi lead singer Mandawuy Yunupingu.

NATIONAL: The world got to know Yothu Yindi in the early ’90s when their song Treaty was given a dance makeover by remix duo Filthy Lucre, cementing the band as the first poster boys for Aboriginal pop.

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Aboriginal land management book wins Aust’s richest prize

By Tracker, October 17, 2012
A picture from the front cover of Bill Gammage's book The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines made Australia.

NATIONAL: Bill Gammage hopes that winning the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award will mean more Australians learn about the Aboriginal land management techniques before white settlement.

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Mauboy wins big at the Deadlys

By Tracker, September 27, 2012
Jessica Mauboy.

NATIONAL: Aboriginal songstress Jessica Mauboy, star fullback Ben Barba and one of Aboriginal Australia’s most recognised actresses’ Deborah Mailman were just a few of the talented people awarded at this year’s Deadlys ceremony.

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Heiss wins Victorian Indigenous literary award

By Tracker, September 5, 2012
Wiradjuri author Anita Heiss.

VICTORIA: Popular writer Anita Heiss has won the $20,000 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing for her memoir Am I Black Enough for You?

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