https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bmDXJQZH5vI

#aboriginal #kinship #reconciliation #culture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgKmUZtCX38

#music #aboriginal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkHB_2v68I4&list=OLAK5uy_kY-BN1bWQsTZTBSNK0xoVXVdArV7rX4cY&index=3

#aboriginal #music

A group of Aboriginal men with traditional clothing and tools, Australia, 1858

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/2113972/a-group-of-aboriginal-men-with-traditional-clothing-and-tools-australia-1858

The blue-tongued lizard at the heart of one school's reconciliation journey

https://quokk.au/c/australia/p/958240/the-blue-tongued-lizard-at-the-heart-of-one-school-s-reconciliation-journey

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: #Humans learned which #plants are safe through centuries of observation and #Indigenous food-processing methods (like soaking cassava to remove #cyanide). 🌿

Today, #food scientists explain #toxicology, preparation techniques, and even low-toxin plant breeding at #CQUniversity #Australia. 🧪

👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/how-humans-learned-which-plants-safe-to-eat/

#science #potatoes #beans #aboriginal #chemistry #botany #nutrition #health

#Australia - #KatherineNT residents say potential damages from #PFAS firefighting foam case should pay for further 'recompense'

by James Elton, 1 June, 2026

Excerpt: "PFASContamination in Katherine was first announced by Defence in 2016 — the result of decades of use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam at #Tindal, which sits above a large and interconnected #aquifer.

"In the immediate aftermath, Katherine's town pool was closed and Defence trucked in bottled water.

"Commonwealth to sue the manufacturer of a firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals that contaminated 28 #DefenceForce bases across Australia.

"A class action, settled in 2020, resulted in Defence paying $92.5 million to Katherine home owners and businesses to compensate for lost property value, as part of a broader class action that also included Williamtown in NSW and Oakey in Queensland.

"Today, Katherine's town drinking water supply is thoroughly treated using a specialised plant to keep PFAS levels below minimum thresholds.

"But residents with bores in the contamination zone are still advised not to drink their groundwater or eat eggs from chickens that drink water from the bores.

"A 2018 health assessment commissioned by Defence also found there was an 'elevated risk' for anyone who ate fish caught in the #KatherineRiver on a regular basis, defined as one fish per week.

"A Senate inquiry into the issue last year heard evidence that assessment had affected #Aboriginal people in the region, who had historically eaten large quantities and varieties of fish and crustaceans from the river."

Read more:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-02/pfas-katherine-residents-welcome-federal-government-legal-action/106735104

#3MKnew #ForeverChemicals #PFAS #FirefightingFoam #FirstNations #KatherineNT #IndigenousAustralians #NorthernTerritory #WilliamtownNSW #OakeyQueensland #WaterIsLife #AusPol #TraditionalDiets #TraditionalFoodSources

‘It’s our kinship’: can #Australia learn to coexist with #dingoes?

As dingoes vanish from parts of Australia, a new documentary is calling on governments to move away from #eradication and towards solutions that benefit both #farmers and #animals

By Rosamund Brennan, 11 May 2026

Excerpt: "As Takau began looking into dingo laws, she says she found that policy was shaped largely by livestock interests, with little regard for #FirstNations cultural authority. 'There were no Aboriginal people having a say in this animal,' she says.

"In many parts of Australia, dingoes are grouped with 'wild dogs' under biosecurity laws and treated as pests or invasive animals, allowing – and in some places requiring – landholders to kill or exclude them to protect livestock.

"But Takau argues that framing ignores both their cultural significance and their ecological role. 'Dingoes keep Country healthy,' she says; they can control #overgrazing by animals like goats and #kangaroos, and reduce pressure from feral cats and foxes, which prey on #NativeWildlife.

"Through her advocacy, Takau met #AlixLivingstone, founder of #DefendTheWild, and the two began working to centre #Aboriginal voices in #DingoConservation. That work led west, through a #CulturalExchange that brought rangers from #Queensland and northern #NSW together with Aboriginal corporations on WA’s south coast to share dingo monitoring knowledge and cultural stories.

"The film and campaign grew out of that exchange. In February, Moort was screened at WA parliament, where custodians called on the state government to remove dingoes from pest classifications in biosecurity law and phase out 1080 baiting and #strychnine-laced foothold traps, which can cause prolonged, painful deaths.

"Livingstone says the campaign is not about pitting Aboriginal people against farmers but shifting support from killing programs to coexistence measures such as #BetterFencing, #GuardianAnimals and practical help for landholders. 'It’s about finding solutions for farmers that protect their interests but also maintain dingoes in the environment,' she says."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/12/australia-dingoes-documentary-calling-dingo-back-to-country

#SolarPunkSunday #IndigenousAustralians #SonyaTakau #Rewilding #EndangeredSpecies #Coexistence #Nature