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Sorry Day and the Stolen Generation - Australia's Culture Portal

The first National Sorry Day was held on 26 May 1998 - one year after the tabling of the report Bringing them Home, May 1997. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission into the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their fami...

Bark Petitions: Many visits, many petitions and much misunderstanding - Australia's Culture Portal

The bark petitions were the first to use traditional forms and combine bark painting with text typed on paper. Petition to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd by Galarrwuy Yunupingu from Yirrkala, Northern Territory, 23 July, 2008. In July 2008, Yunupingu presented...

Indigenous film - Australia's Culture Portal

Indigenous film either portrays Indigenous people, issues and stories or is film made by Indigenous Australians. The portrayal of Indigenous issues and people in film provides a unique insight into Australia's relationship with its Indigenous peoples and...

Reconciliation - Australia's Culture Portal

Reconciliation is about unity and respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-Indigenous Australians. It is about respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and valuing justice and equity for all Australians. National R...

Western Australian Women Indigenous artists - Australia's Culture Portal

Image courtesy of Mangkaja Arts. Women have different Dreaming stories and law to men, and many of the women artists experienced pre-contact traditional life. The first wave of Aboriginal women artists in Western Australia includes Queenie McKenzie, Madi...

Australian Indigenous cultural heritage - Australia's Culture Portal

It also contains links to sites that may use images of Aboriginal and Islander people now deceased. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures are complex and diverse. In Australia, Indigenous communities keep their cultural heritage alive by passin...

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Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR)   (more info)

ANTaR (Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation), is an independent, national network of mainly non-Indigenous organisations and individuals working in support of justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. The website h

Lore of the Land   (more info)

Lore of the Land is a cutting-edge interactive documentary CD-ROM and website that seeks to reconcile spirit and place in Australia's story. It is the result of a co-operative and consultative partnership between Indigenous and non-indigenous people. Lore

Tribal Warrior Association Inc   (more info)

A non-profit community organisation dedicated to training disadvantaged Aboriginal youth in commercial maritime qualifications on board the vessel Tribal Warrior. The website provides information on vessels, cruises offered, access to gallery and more.

Koorie Heritage Trust Inc.   (more info)

The Koorie Heritage Trust Inc. protects, preserves and promotes the living culture of the indigenous people of south-east Australia. On the website you can find information on historical people and events, the trust's collections, the education kit, the K

Reconciliation Australia   (more info)

Reconciliation Australia is the independent, non-profit body established by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation to provide a continuing national focus for Reconciliation after the Council ended its work in December 2000.

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The Malcolm Fraser Collection: National Sorry Day   (website The Malcolm Fraser Collection )

Professor Ian Ring, a pre-eminent authority on Aboriginal health, says that there is nothing unique in the disease pattern and history of Aboriginal Australians. Government policy seems to be to mainstream services to Aboriginal communities. A million p...

The Malcolm Fraser Collection: Sorry Day 2003   (website The Malcolm Fraser Collection )

In this task, Governments, Indigenous communities, the private sector and the wider Australian community all have a vital role. Jackie Huggins has reminded us that Indigenous people are imprisoned at 16 times the rate of non-Indigenous people. Solutions...

Sorry Day and the Stolen Generation - Australia's Culture Portal   (website Culture Portal )

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Bringing them Home report. The first National Sorry Day was held on 26 May 1998 - one year after the tabling of the report Bringing them Home, May 1997. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission into th...

090525 Multi-lingual Storytime Launch on National Sorry Day / Files / Media - Alice Springs Town Council   (website Alice Springs Town Council )

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090525 Multi-lingual Storytime Launch on National Sorry Day / Files / Media - Alice Springs Town Council   (website Alice Springs Town Council )

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Speaking Out - Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

A few years ago, the Kimberley Stolen Generation Aboriginal Corporation began producing and selling imitation native hibiscus flowers in their community and itÆs an initiative that has spread, like the flower, across Australia. This year with the Nationa...

National Gallery of Australia Events Calendar   (website National Gallery of Australia (NGA) )

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Multi-lingual Storytime Launch on National Sorry Day / media releases / media centre / your council / ASTC - Alice Springs Town Council   (website Alice Springs Town Council )

The Alice Springs Public Library will launch its Multi-lingual Storytime initiative tomorrow, Tuesday 26th May 2009, which will coincide with this year,Äôs National Sorry Day. Childrens,Äô and Youth Services Librarian Georgina Davison said the multi-lingu...

Ipswich City Council - Sorry Day   (website Ipswich City Council Online )

This report acknowledged that 'Indigenous children have been forcibly separated from their families and communities since the very first days of the European occupation of Australia' by governments and missionaries. The first National Sorry Day was held ...