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Compiling a list of Aboriginal names for children comes with some challenges.. At the time of European settlement in 1788, more than 250 Indigenous Australian languages including 800 dialectal ...
Experts urge people to get vaccinated against the flu, after the death of a little girl from the virus in Perth.
In an extract from her new book, Narungga poet and researcher Natalie Harkin reveals intimate truths about the shameful ...
Ex-Principal of Australian Girls’ School Sentenced to 15 Years for Abuse. Malka Leifer, extradited from Israel after a lengthy process, was found guilty in April of sexually abusing two students ...
Thousands of girls and boys, including infants, ... it is believed that throughout Australia, as many as 100,000 Aboriginal children were separated from their families, ...
“The Exiles” follows a trio of women — two English convicts and an orphaned Aboriginal girl — in nineteenth-century Australia. The historical novel is set to be published by Custom House ...
Bruce Pascoe’s book “Dark Emu” sparked a reconsideration of Australian history. Now he hopes to use his writing to revive Aboriginal community.
Aboriginal girl band gets discovered, ... There is much hand-wringing over Kay’s racial identity, set against the civil rights struggles in both Australia and the U.S.; ...
Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander readers are advised this story contains images of people who have died. ... Australia’s “Mission Girl” Annie Lock, out now with Wakefield Press.