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An irresistible dash

By Chris Munro, May 15, 2013
19 members of the 33rd. William Allan is in the centre, second row from the back with the moustache.

NATIONAL: In September this year, a tough little Aboriginal woman living in a tiny country town called Werris Creek in New South Wales, turns 100 years of age. Not one to make a fuss, Aunty Mary Porter dismisses talk of a party to celebrate her latest and greatest birthday. “I’ve told the family I’m not [...]

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NAIDOC celebrations in Broken Hill

By Tracker, May 15, 2013
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NAIDOC: Highlights of the 2013 Broken Hill NAIDOC Ball and an extended interview with award recipient Anthony Heywood.

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ARTIST PROFILE: Michael Cook

By Tracker, February 28, 2013
Michael-Cook

NATIONAL: ‘Dreams broken, hopes replaced with despair. She begins to shed her newly clothed skin and returns to her roots to find freedom – the connection back to her land,’ ‘Broken Dreams,’ Michael Cook, 2010.

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A song to sing

By Amy McQuire, February 28, 2013
Aboriginal singer/songwriter and Australian treasure Archie Roach.

NATIONAL: AMY MCQUIRE speaks to one of Australia’s treasures – Archie Roach – about the album that helped him find light through his pain.

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Hero or Jacky-Jacky?

By Chris Munro, February 28, 2013
A sketch of Galmahra, later known as "Jacky" who helped English born surveyor Edmund Kennedy.

HISTORY: Aside form a few phrases and names far too outrageous to be printed in these pages, there’s no other term for an Aboriginal person that incites as much rage as the name ‘Jacky Jacky.’

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Legends of Land Rights: William Bates

By Tracker, February 28, 2013

NATIONAL: Sol Bellear interviews William Bates, Traditional owner of Mutawintj and a long-time land rights campaigner.

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The Tindale legacy

By Chris Munro, November 1, 2012
Norman Tindale's photograph of Aboriginal artist Vernon Ah Kee’s great grandmother Annie Sibley.

HISTORY: For many Aboriginal people across this nation, the concept of Aboriginal history can be a perplexing one, writes CHRIS MUNRO.

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Tjangamarra: The fight for country

By Chris Munro, October 2, 2012
Actor Keithan HOlloway as Tjangamarra in the film Jandamarra's War

NATIONAL: It’s just before the turn of the 20th century, and colonial Australia is desperate to forge a ‘nation’ and pull away from self-governing British colonies.

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Wiradjuri warrior

By Chris Munro, August 28, 2012
Wiradjuri warrior Windradyne.

NATIONAL: Windradyne was a hero of the Wiradjuri people, and waged a fierce resistance against settlers, writes CHRIS MUNRO*.

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A loss to land rights, and Lightning Ridge

By Tracker, July 30, 2012
Uncle Roy and Aunty June Barker, who passed away within weeks of each other in Lightning Ridge.

LALC LAND: The NSW Aboriginal Land Rights Network would be aware that only a few weeks ago, Aunty June Barker of Lightning Ridge passed away. Tragically, her loving husband Uncle Roy also passed away only 12 days later, also in Lightning Ridge.

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