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About 65,000 years ago, people started making art in the country we now call Australia. This is their story.
Degenerative illness Machado-Joseph disease, which affects speech, is prevalent among First Nations people in northern Australia. Researchers have now created Yolŋu communication systems to help mob.
A series of four live-streamed concerts from Arnhem Land offers a welcome break from bad news and a way for Indigenous musicians to share their talents with the world.
Tony Abbott spent most of this week in North East Arnhem Land, part of his long-held hope “to be not just the Prime Minister but the Prime Minister for Aboriginal Affairs”. In the final of our Abbott in…
Tony Abbott is spending this week in North East Arnhem Land, part of his long-held hope “to be not just the Prime Minister but the Prime Minister for Aboriginal Affairs”. We asked our experts: what stories…
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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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Professor of Midwifery, Charles Darwin 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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Senior Lecturer in Human Geography; Director of the Development Studies and Cultural Change Program, Macquarie University
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Founder and Convener of Aboriginal Cultural Birthing and Parenting NSW; Aboriginal Cultural Healing Educator at Gungarrimaa Aboriginal Corporation; Master of Indigenous Studies Graduate (Southern Cross University) & Currently a Master of Education Student, Deakin University
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Professor in Human Geography and Development Studies, University of Newcastle
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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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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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Associate professor, 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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Aboriginal Health and Community Worker with the MJD Foundation, Indigenous Knowledge
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Professor and Inaugural Director, Indigenous Knowledge Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Clinical Education Coordinator - Speech Pathology, Charles Darwin University
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Researcher, English and Writing, University of Tasmania