Boandik leaders oppose sale of Aboriginal artefacts collected by teacher
A South Australian teacher who collected hundreds of objects starting in the 1960s is now trying to sell them, but Indigenous ...
‘This is for all Australians’: Invaluable Aboriginal cultural collection reunited at Melbourne University
At a time when petty theft and grave robbery were rife in anthropology, Donald Thomson was distinctly respectful. His UNESCO ...
Arguments over Arapiles climbing bans rage on as Aboriginal leader blasts lawmakers
Climbers, lawmakers, and Aboriginal community leaders in war of words over proposed climbing and hiking bans in the iconic ...
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‘This is for all Australians’: Invaluable Aboriginal cultural collection reunited at Melbourne University
Some of the artefacts from Donald Thomson’s ... In Victoria, he was involved in the Aboriginal Welfare Board, and sat on the board of the Lake Tyers Victorian Aboriginal Reserve in Gippsland.
Phys.org26d
Four projects blending First Nations knowledge and science to rewrite our understanding of the past
To Aboriginal people, fossils are artifacts. We don't see or distinguish between our artifacts and a fossil. Our artifacts come from Mother Earth; a fossil comes from Mother Earth. I come from the ...
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Vale 2024: saluting those we lost this year
Lex Marinos OAM (1949-2024) The acclaimed and much-loved Greek-Australian actor, writer, director and advocate Lex Marinos ...
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‘Don’t like us mob being developers’: fiery meeting over Aboriginal homes
A fiery discussion about an Aboriginal housing project resulted in an Indigenous ... ‘feral cats and dogs’ and damage to ...