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Indigenous Australians were the world's first astronomers. But their knowledge is now at risk

I'm a proud Yorta Yorta and Barapa Barapa man, an Indigenous astronomer and a trainee ecologist. When I look at the night sky, I don't just see stars. Instead, I see an ancient kno...

How Indigenous Acknowledgments Became a Target in Australia

Recognition of Aboriginal Australians has become standard at most public events. Increasingly, the right is taking aim at the practice.

Indigenous Speakers Are Booed During Commemorations of Australia’s War Dead

Dawn services for Anzac Day were disrupted in three cities. The hecklers seemed to be targeting a widespread Aboriginal custom meant to acknowledge the land’s original inhabitants.

Is Australia’s native foods industry missing an ingredient? ‘It’s not just about products, it’s about people, story and...

Interest in bush foods is booming but some say a lack of Indigenous leadership and ‘black cladding’ plague the businessGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOn...

What to Know About ‘Welcome to Country’ Ceremony Used by Indigenous Australians

The tradition, dating back thousands of years, is used by Indigenous Australians to greet visitors to their ancestral lands.

All They Seek Is to Keep their Culture Alive

They have lived in Australia as skilled gleaners of flora and hunters of fauna, and friendly catchers of fish for years. Their intimate and bold bond with the land defines their ar...

Using songlines, elders codify traditional knowledge to care for Country

LAJAMANU, Australia — A group of Warlpiri men and women gathered along one of the most remote tracks in Australia and stared intently at the ground. Here in the Tanami Desert, alon...

Before the marches: They were already here

Muslim men who stopped to pray five times a day in the red dust of the Australian interior, doing the work that made modern Australia possible, their names are largely lost to us,...

Violence Breaks Out in Australia Over Indigenous Girl’s Killing

Members of the Indigenous community in Alice Springs, Australia, clashed with the police outside the hospital where a person suspected of killing a 5-year-old girl was taken.

UN committee warns systemic discrimination against Indigenous children in Australia youth justice system

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) warned in a statement issued Tuesday that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia continue t...

‘The birds are a global citizen’: Indigenous groups in Australia and Alaska team up to track a feathered adventurer’s ep...

A new knowledge-sharing project aims to ensure the survival of the migratory short-tailed shearwaterShort-tailed shearwaters used to blacken the skies on the south-west coast of Au...

Australian Aboriginals cared for a dingo's grave for decades

For some ancient Aboriginal Australian communities, dingoes were part of the family.

Karajarri celebrate Australia’s first ‘Sea Country’ Indigenous Protected Area

In northwestern Australia lies a remote and wildly diverse region called the Kimberley. There, the iron-red soils of the Pindan Country connect forests and the Great Sandy Desert,...

‘Racism is a cancer’: Indigenous leaders condemn orchestrated booing at Anzac Day ceremonies

Uncle Jack Pearson, an army captain, says heckling ‘not in the Anzac spirit’ after welcome to country booed in Sydney, Melbourne and PerthIndigenous speakers booed at services whil...

Evacuees from flooded remote Indigenous areas in NT housed in compound likened to ‘a prison camp’

Exclusive: Residents must sign in and out at a security gate, and vehicles and bags are routinely searchedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking new...

Energy sovereignty: remote Indigenous towns are investing in microgrids to power their homes

Most communities rely on government-supplied diesel generators. Solar microgrids offer a secure supply – and residents can own the infrastructureGet our breaking news email, free a...

Man charged over death of Australian indigenous girl

Australian police find body in search for missing indigenous girl, 5

Australian police вЃ said on Thursday they have found a вЃ body believed to be that of a missing five-year-old indigenous girl and were searching for the man who allegedly murdered...

Indigenous lands outperform government protected areas

Despite shortfalls in funding, studies show these areas are better at managing biodiversity and carbon storage The post Indigenous lands outperform government protected areas appea...

Australia struggles to contain worst diphtheria outbreak in decades after over 220 cases reported

Health authorities say almost all cases involve Indigenous Australians

Aboriginal child moved 1,700km from remote NT community should be returned, family court rules

Judge says boy should go back to his community to learn about stories and rituals ‘that can only be taught on country’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn...

Instead of Arresting Indigenous Fishermen, Australia Begins to Pay Them to Control Sea Urchin Plague

Native coastal Australians are experiencing a dramatic reversal of fortunes—from facing jail time over fishing to being trained to lead a whole new fishing industry. Documented in...

Riot erupts after Indigenous girl, 5, killed in Australia

Hundreds of protesters clashed with Australian emergency services workers in a remote town following the arrest of a ⁠man suspected of murdering a five-year-old Indigenous girl, po...

Indigenous people honor and raise awareness for relatives who are missing or have been killed

Indigenous people are gathering to honor loved ones who have gone missing or been killed