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When Indigenous people are displaced from or denied access to Country, measurable declines in mental health, physical health and emotional wellbeing follow.
A new VR tool is bringing Country to the classroom.
Many Indigenous families around the world say hospital staff often don’t understand their cultures or even give them basic rights during maternity care.
As Australia confronts biodiversity loss, this research underscores the importance of listening to those who know Country best.
A partnership that combines Western science and Traditional Owners’ ecological knowledge is restoring the seagrass meadows of Gathaagudu/Shark Bay.
These five beautifully illustrated books by First Nations authors and artists are a window into culture and Country.
Rural emergency departments can be busier than normal during school holidays. Plus they can be short-staffed. So please, save the ED for true emergencies.
One way to protect our ecosystems is to confer legal rights on them. This idea is at the heart of the ‘rights of nature’ movement – but Australia has few examples of this principle in action.
Olkola Traditional Owners are working with researchers to use digital technologies to see how story interweaves with Country. It also aims to bring Country to Olkola people who are unable to travel.
Brenda Matthews’ story is a truth-seeking quest to right the wrongs perpetrated by a government hell-bent on doing ‘as they saw fit’ when it came to Aboriginal peoples, writes Sandra Phillips.
Vince Copley lived a long, impressive life, helping to make a better world for Aboriginal people. Born on a mission in 1936, he died aged 85, just after finishing his memoir, on 10 January 2022.
Long before Green Square was a huge urban renewal project it was Country known to Traditional Owners for its wetlands. Until now, those water stories have remained largely invisible.
These two new romances starring bold, culturally connected heroines from Redfern and Western Sydney break the genre mould – but remain faithful to what readers love about romance.
What might our future look like? Together, these speculative fiction stories offer a First Nations response to this burning question.
British countryside management needs a new co-ordinated approach, a researcher argues.
The destruction of one ancient rock shelter is devastating. But there’s a greater loss to cultural heritage that is occurring from the ‘cumulative impacts’ of mining operations in WA.
It was once thought the Aboriginal names for the Hawkesbury had been lost forever. But after a remarkable find in the Mitchell Library, almost 100 place names will be restored to Dyarubbin Country.
A travel guide to some of our most beautiful Country highlights the complexity of Aboriginal cultures and white Australia’s historic ambivalence towards them.
Archaeologists had some questions about an ancient Aboriginal site. So they involved the community and local school kids on their search for answers.
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D'harawal Knowledge Keeper, PhD Candidate and Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Dean Indigenous and Professor of Publishing and Communications, The University of Melbourne
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Elder for the Datiwuy people and a caretaker for the Gumatj clan; Bawaka Cultural Experiences; Honorary Associate of the Department of Environment and Geography, Macquarie University
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Elder for the Datiwuy people and a caretaker for the Gumatj clan; Bawaka Cultural Experiences; Honorary Associate of the Department of Environment and Geography, Macquarie University
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Bawaka Cultural Experiences and Honorary Associate of the Department of Environment and Geography, Macquarie University
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Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
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Assistant Professor Law, Politics & Society, Drake University
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Principal of Yirrkala Community School; Yolŋu woman; Bawaka Cultural Experiences; Honorary Associate of the Department of Environment and Geography, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Geography; Director of the Development Studies and Cultural Change Program, Macquarie University
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Associate professor, Macquarie University
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Author, artist, weaver; teacher at Yirrkala school; Bawaka Cultural Experiences; Honorary Associate of the Department of Environment and Geography, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor in Architecture and Design, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Olkola woman and the CEO of the Olkola Aboriginal Corporation, Indigenous Knowledge
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Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor in Human Geography and Development Studies, University of Newcastle