The New York Times

Indigenous Australians and the Women’s World Cup: A fight for self-determination

In 1938, when John Moriarty was born in the tiny hamlet of Borroloola, in Australia’s Northern Territory, he was not classified as an Australian citizen. In 1960, when he became the first indigenous ...
Reuters

Australian trees made famous by Aboriginal artist destroyed

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A pair of "ghost gum" trees in Australia's outback made famous in watercolours by Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira have been destroyed in a suspected arson attack, shortly before ...
The Economist

Aboriginal Australians may at last be given a say in their own affairs

Beginning in 2016 thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders from hundreds of communities across Australia came together in regional dialogues culminating in a constitutional convention. The ...
Phys.org

Indigenous Australians were the world's first astronomers. But their knowledge is now at risk

I'm a proud Yorta Yorta and Barapa Barapa man, an Indigenous astronomer and a trainee ecologist. When I look at the night sky, I don't just see stars. Instead, I see an ancient knowledge system that ...
The Conversation

‘Why didn’t we know?’ is no excuse. Non‑Indigenous Australians must listen to the difficult historical truths told by First Nations people

Professor Eleanor Bourke (left), chair of Yoo Rrook Justice Commission, the first formal truth-telling process into injustices experienced by First Peoples in Victoria, at the smoking ceremony at its ...