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Renowned multi-arts space Carriageworks will come alive with a celebration of LGBTQIA+SB First Nations brilliance, artistry and culture, on Gadigal Country, as part Sydney WorldPride 2023. The program will be the largest Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and global First Nation LGBTQIA+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy celebration ever to take place in Australia. “It’s so important that […]
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3 Feb 2023 /
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Connections Nightclub has issued an apology over imagery promoting an upcoming Halloween Party in a way that was offensive to First Nation Australians. On their Instagram page the popular nightclub offered an apology. “On Wednesday, we published an online promotional image for Halloween that was deeply offensive to elders and First Nations people within our […]
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16 Oct 2022 |
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Screen Australia’s First Nations Department and Meta Australia have announced the return of the First Nations Creators Program for Instagram. For the second year in a row the First Nations Creators Program will continue to foster First Nations talent, amplify their voices online and help create long term career prospects in social media and digital […]
Tags: Film, first nations, first nations creators, indigenous, instagram, Screen Australia
10 Jul 2022 |
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Uncle Jack Charles is an award wining actor, musician and activist, and one of the most recognisable Indigenous Australians. The living legend has shared that he was shocked when he allegedly received a call from a staffer at the Stolen Generations Advisory Committee asking him if he would be able to prove his Aboriginality. The […]
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1 Jul 2022 |
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May 26 marks National Sorry Day, remembering and acknowledging the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people forcibly removed from their communities. The day was first held in 1998, one year after the Bringing Them Home report was tabled in Parliament – the result of a government inquiry past policies which led to what is […]
Tags: Aboriginal, first nations, healing foundation, national sorry day, reconciliation, uluru statement from the heart
26 May 2022 |
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Ablaze | Dir: Alec Morgan and Tiriki Onus | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Tiriki Onus’s grandfather had died before he was born but he found a suitcase full of photos that William Bill Onus had had taken with his Brownie Box Camera in the 1930s and 1940s. One photo was of three young Aboriginals, painted in traditional […]
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22 May 2022 |
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In a state gallery first, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art takes the entire stage at the Art Gallery of WA during BlakLight, a month-long program celebrating the diversity of First Nations art and culture. BlakLight will see every gallery space at AGWA dedicated to Australia’s most significant contemporary art form – showcasing the diversity […]
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14 Mar 2022 |
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The Art Gallery of Western Australia, National Gallery of Australia and Wesfarmers Arts are excited to announce the expansive touring exhibition Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia, opening on Thursday 9 December 2021 at The Art Gallery of Western Australia. Drawn from the renowned collections of the National Gallery and The Wesfarmers Collection of […]
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8 Dec 2021 |
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9 of Western Australia’s brightest First Nations women have been announced as finalists for Miss NAIDOC Perth 2021. Miss NAIDOC Perth is an annual 6-week leadership and empowerment program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Celebrating a decade just last year, this grassroots program has helped over 100 young First Nations women strengthen their […]
Tags: Aboriginal, first nations, miss naidoc, NAIDOC, skye richmond
30 Jun 2021 |
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A groundbreaking study out of Edith Cowan University (ECU) has exposes the effects of racism, queerphobia and social exclusion on the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LBGTIQ+ people. As part of the study, two reports published this week provide important insights and recommendations for the health, education and community services sectors to support […]
Tags: Aboriginal, Braden Hill, breaking the silence, ECU, first nations, torres strait islander
25 Jun 2021 |
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