Opinion

‘Sit down, talk with Indigenous Australians’: Wyatt’s message to Hanson after ‘primitive’ comments

The former Indigenous affairs minister said Pauline Hanson should educate herself about the role of Aboriginal labour in rural Australia before ahead of her speech at an upcoming WA Pastoralists and ...

First Australians

Aboriginals had the continent to themselves for 50,000 years. Today they make up less than 3 percent of the population, and ...

More than 2 million Indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788: new research

Content warning: This article discusses mass death, epidemics, frontier violence, and the structural violence experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. More than two million ...
New Scientist on MSN

Colonisation of Australia led to big increase in wildfire danger

An analysis of lake sediments in south-eastern Australia has revealed that the expulsion of Indigenous communities in the ...
nytimes.com

Indigenous Australians and the Women’s World Cup: A fight for self-determination

In 1938, when John Moriarty was born in the tiny hamlet of Borroloola, in Australia’s Northern Territory, he was not classified as an Australian citizen. In 1960, when he became the first indigenous ...
Washington Post

After failed referendum, Indigenous Australians ask what’s next

ALICE SPRINGS, Australia — It would have been the perfect day for a party. Hundreds of people had gathered in this desert town to celebrate the 50th anniversary of an Aboriginal health organization.
The Economist

Aboriginal Australians may at last be given a say in their own affairs

Beginning in 2016 thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders from hundreds of communities across Australia came together in regional dialogues culminating in a constitutional convention. The ...
ScienceAlert on MSN

Australia's Indigenous Population Was 7 Times Larger Than Estimated, Study Finds

(chameleonseye/iStock Editorial/Getty Images Plus) Cultural warning: This article discusses the deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, including through disease and frontier violence ...
Artnet

Australian Indigenous Art Is Having a Moment. Here’s How It Happened

While Indigenous Australian art is an incredibly broad and diverse term, encompassing a range of First Nations cultures and creators, one intriguing facet is the role art centers in Indigenous ...
Phys.org

Indigenous Australians are crucial to hitting our 2035 climate targets. That transition has to be fairer

"If we act now and move with common purpose, then we can do more than just guard against the very worst. We can protect our environment and build a stronger and fairer economy for the next generation.
The Conversation

An Indigenous person is 4 times more likely to die from diabetes. We need to better understand how exercise can help

It’s estimated almost 1.9 million Australians have diabetes, and numbers are growing. Between 2013 and 2023, the total number of people known to be living with diabetes across the country rose by 32%.