Stories from traditional knowledge combined with archaeological work trace 2,300 km of Songlines

All over Australia, Songlines, or Dreaming tracks, connected First Nations people in one place with those in another through ritual, song and storytelling, which told of their shared beliefs.

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Child held in solitary cell for three days, denied food and medications https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-06/child-don-dale-kept-in-solitary-cell-three-days/105740300 #JusticeSystem

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Exploring the #Aboriginal rock shelters once used by the Gweagal tribe for over 60,000 years. The Gweagal controlled sacred white clay pits in the area that were used for body paint and medicine.

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Exploring the #Aboriginal rock shelters once used by the Gweagal tribe for over 60,000 years. The Gweagal controlled sacred white clay pits in the area that were used for body paint and medicine.

#AboriginalLand #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #Australia #OurElders #OurPeople #IndigenousPeoples #FirstNationsPeople #NakedHiking #Nude #Naked #NoClothes #ClothesFreeLiving

These brothers grew up revering their great-uncle Bill. Then the full story came out

Constable Bill McKinnon shot an Aboriginal man at Uluru. Facing up to crimes like this is part of the work Indigenous Australians have been calling on colonial descendants to do for decades – to ‘be brave’ and seek out the truth. It’s why Guardian Australia has launched this project

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Review into over-representation of First Nations people in ACT justice system makes almost 100 recommendations

The Jumbunna review recommends "priority" systemic racism reviews of ACT Policing and Canberra's jail, and an inquiry into recent deaths in custody.

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Precious finger traces from First Nations ancestors revealed in a glittering mountain cave in Australia

Australia's First Nations history stretches back many tens of thousands of years, rich in depth and diversity. Archaeological research has revealed much about this deep past, but it has rarely captured the gestures of the ancestors—their movements, postures and physical motions. Material traces like tools and hearths tend to survive; fleeting movements usually do not.

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Hobart City councillor proposes moving Acknowledgement of Country from official proceedings - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-24/hobart-city-council-louise-elliot-acknowledgement-of-country/105564218

Another white person upset at honouring the original inhabitants of this invaded land.

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Hobart City councillor proposes moving Acknowledgement of Country from official proceedings

Hobart City councillor Louise Elliot wants to move Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome to Country protocols from official proceedings, arguing they are akin to religious rituals and being forced on people "against their will".

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11yo held overnight in NT police watch house 'with the lights on 24 hours' https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-22/nt-watch-houses-palmerston-children-held-overnight-naaja/105558156 #HumanRights #Prisons #Police #Crime

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