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- BBC
- Radio 4 - Woman's Hour
18 June 2004 - Cathy Freeman: What does the future hold after the Sydney
Olympics?
- ABC Far
North Queensland - Sariba Shibasaki's TI
7 May 2004 - The Torres Strait Islands are home to a diverse mix of
cultures - not all of them are Indigenous.
- BBC - Radio 4 - Woman's
Hour
23 Apr 2004 - Natasha Wanganeen. The aboriginal actress came to prominence
in Rabbit Proof Fence. She is currently making her debut on the London
stage in Bullies House at the Riverside Studios. The play by Booker
Prize winner, Thomas Keneally, is the true story of Aboriginal Australians
who exchanged the secrets of their precious totems for knowledge from
white Australians. She tells Martha what it means to be an aboriginal
Australian actress.
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- New research centre to save 'lost languages'
March 24, 2004 - Guardian (UK) - A language is lost every two weeks,
according to the head of a new centre for research into endangered languages,
which is being launched today. People are increasingly choosing to teach
their children more commonly used languages in a bid to help them gain
work in later life, their research says. As a result half of the 6,500
languages spoken around the world are anticipated to disappear in the
next century - a rate of one every fortnight.
Streaming media: Jack
Butler the last native speaker of the western Australian aboriginal
language Jirwarli, tells a traditional story (real audio) -- The
translation (real audio)
- Hindmarsh Island affair revisited.
ABC PM, Monday, 12 May , 2003 - Streaming media RealAudio
- BBC
Radio 4 - Today Show report on repatriation of Aboriginal remains.
- ABC Western Australia - Health and Reconciliation:
Ted Wilkes and Fiona Stanley
The Institute of Child Health is carrying out a survey of Aboriginal
children and adolescents to improve our understanding of what they need
to develop in healthy ways. Professor Fiona Stanley and Ted Wilkes talk
about the importance of reconciliation in relation to health. And we
even get to hear Ted sing!
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- Stolen
Wages - Minister Judy Spence
9 September 2002 - Think for a moment - what do you think is a reasonable
amount of money for your life's work? Aboriginal people used to work
in Queensland for what could almost be described as slave conditions.
They got paid, around 32% less than white workers, and the money was
held by the state government in a trust. When years later Aboriginal
people found out and said they wanted the money back, the government
said: "Oops sorry, we can't find what we did with it!" The
current Beattie government has made an offer of between $2,000 and $4,000,
saying: "Take it or leave it, and by the way if you take it and
later find out you're owed a lot more, you can't sue us for it."
Why is the government taking such a cold and seemingly unjust position?
To explain the governments thinking, Queensland Minister for Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Policy, Judy Spence.
- The
business of caring
27 August, 2002 - The boss of one of the world's biggest mining
companies has denied that big business is the enemy of the environment.
Robert Wilson, chairman of the multi-national mining company, Rio Tinto,
said that everyone must work together to protect the planet. The web
page for this story is here.
- BBC
Radio 3
February 13, 2002 - 'Undercurrents' debate about cultural restitution
— the repatriation of cultural property — features contribution
from ENIAR's Lyndon Ormond-Parker
The web page for this story is here.
- The
BBC's 'Walkabout Oz' examines the diverse aspects of the land and
people of Australia. Includes 'Dreamtime Disturbance': The Aboriginal
story is told by historians as Pauline Coulthard of the Adnamutna people
climbs to an ancient rock painting site in the Flinders ranges. The
web page for this story is here.
- ATSIC
Radio report of the 1868 Tour of England by an Aboriginal Cricket
team.
- ABC
Lateline: Calls for an Aboriginal treaty
At the highest levels of Aboriginal politics in Australia the debate
over reconciliation has now turned to calls for a treaty and self-determination.
The web page for this story is here.
- ABC
Lateline: ATSIC's pre-election challenge
You might think that National Reconciliation Week would be the ideal
occasion to celebrate the advances made by indigenous Australians over
the past 12 months. So what advances have there been? That's the question
being posed by the nation's top indigenous leader, ATSIC chairman Geoff
Clark. The web page for this story is here.
- ABC
Lateline: Indigenous societies battle extinction
The ferocity of the political debate over reconciliation has actually
obscured a deeper question. What does Aboriginal society have to teach
us? Writer Hugh Brody asked that question not just about the first Australians
but about hunters and gatherers everywhere.. The web page for this story
is here.
- ABC
Lateline: Ridgeway critical of reconciliation process
When Senator Aden Ridgeway first went to Canberra he went out of his
way not to attack the Government's approach to reconciliation. So much
so that, behind his back, hardened activists called him naive -- even
an Uncle Tom. How things have changed. The web page for this story is
here.
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 Between
The Lines': Aboriginal Rights Activists Draw Attention During Olympic
Games to Australia's History of Discrimination
While throngs of people and media from around the world have gathered
in Sydney, Australia to cheer their nation's athletic teams competing
in this year's Olympic Games, little or no attention has been paid to
thousands of Australians, both white and Aboriginal, who have turned
out to demonstrate against what they say are the corrupt practices of
the Olympic Committee and the negative impact the costly games will
have on many of Sydney's poor residents.
Between The Lines' Ruben Abreu recently traveled to Australia and spoke
with Isabel Coe, an elder and veteran civil rights activist who helped
establish a "tent embassy" in Sydney's Victoria Park. She
speaks of the changes that have occurred in the Aboriginal rights movement
since the first protest tent encampment went up in Australia's capital,
Canberra, 28 years ago. The web page for this story is here.- worldtrek.org: Jacqui Katona & Yvonne Margarula, Island Nations
(Jabiru, Australia)
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- audio
At the heart of Kakadu, Australia's largest national park, lies Jabiluka,
one of the world's largest uranium deposits. It is also home to the
Mirrar Aboriginal people, whose ancestors have lived in the area for
more than 40,000 years. The plan to mine Jabiluka, thereby altering
forever this fragile landscape, has found vocal opposition in the Mirrar.
Leading this passionate campaign are two Aboriginal women, Jacqui Katona,
33, and Yvonne Margarula, 41. The web page for this story is here.
- Pulse
of the Planet: Jacqui Katona
Australian radio show produced by David White for Sydney's 2DAY FM and
the Austereo Radio Network.
Peter Garrett, President of the ACF, and Jacqui Katona, Executive Officer
of the Gundjehmi Aboriginal Corporation, talk about the Jabiluka uranium
mine and it's impact on Kakadu National Park and the traditional land
owners. The web page for this story is here.
- Democracy
NOW!: Race Rebels
Just a few hours ago, Australian Olympic sprinter Cathy Freeman, lit
the cauldron that signifies the beginning the 2000 Olympic summer games
in Sydney. Cathy Freeman is an Aboriginal athlete who became a household
name after she wrapped herself in the Aboriginal flag rather than the
Australian flag when she did her lap of honor at the 1994 Canadian Commonwealth
games. A few months ago Freeman told a British newspaper that the Australian
government was "insensitive" for refusing to apologize to
the Stolen Generation of indigenous Australians. She also told of how
her grandmother was a stolen child. Today, Cathy Freeman is Australia's
best chance for a track gold medal. The web page for this story is here.
- National Public Radio: Australia and Its Aboriginals
Part One:
Reconciliation reconsidered
Part
Two: Life and Death for the Tiwi
Josh Levs reports on the surprising lack of protests during the Olympics
on one of the most controversial issues in Australia --relations with
the aborigines.
Host Alex
Chadwick talks with Lingiari, Patrick Dodson who is trying to represent
his people through support of various foundations.
Scott talks
to social historian Henry Reynolds about the Australian Prime Minister's
apology to the Aboriginal people this week. It was an apology for a
racist policy that took nearly one third of all Aborigine children away
from their families and community.
The web page for these stories is here.
- United Nations: Dialogue
among civilisations: The Unsung Heroes of Dialogue
Jack Beetson, is an indigenous Australian educator, who every year
invites indigenous and non-indigenous people to meet “the other”
at his Linga Longa Philosophy Farm in the country. They share camp,
ask questions, and explore cultures and identities. It’s a rare
opportunity for two different cultures to transcend division and meet
and discover, in a friendly and informal environment.
Jack is also Chief Executive Officer of Tranby Cooperative for Aborigines,
which runs courses on Aboriginal studies by Aboriginal people, for both
indigenous and non-indigenous people. Apart from providing culturally
appropriate vocational education, his “cultural renaissance”
programmes have helped Aborigines removed from their families as children
to piece together their identity and regain dignity and pride. By providing
insights into the nature of the people and their relationship to the
land during the years before white people settled Australia only 200
years ago, non-indigenous students gain an added dimension to their
own identity and an alternative appreciation of the unique land in which
they live.
Jack’s motivation is not just indigenous rights, but human rights
for all. The web page for this story is here.
- ABC Australian tourism
Aboriginal Australia has become a major drawcard for visitors. In response,
some Aboriginal communities are using tourism as a tool of cultural
revival. But tensions remain.
Is the quest for economic return ultimately exploitative of Aboriginal
culture and sites?
Tourists and Aboriginal
Tourism
Many tourists nowadays are lured by the powerful tourist icon of Aboriginal
culture. Hear Wendy Carlisle talk to some overseas visitors from America
and Europe about their perceptions and expectations of Aboriginal culture.
Ayers Rock vs Uluru
Ayers Rock is one of Australia's most recognisable tourist icons, but
to the local aborigines it holds spiritual significance and shouldn't
be climbed. Some people want to build a restaurant on top of Ayers Rock!
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- Hindmarsh Island affair revisited
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- National Treaty Conference
The Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), the Australian Institute of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) and Australians for Native Title
and Reconciliation (ANTaR) co-hosted the National Treaty Conference from 27 -
29 August 2002 at the National Convention Centre, Canberra - Tjulyuru
Cultural And Civic Centre
A unique part of the Tjulyuru Cultural And Civic
Centre, is the extensive Art Gallery display including the nationally significant
Warburton Arts Collection. The Warburton Arts Collection is the most significant
collection under ownership and control of Aboriginal people in Australia. It comprises
more than 300 individual pieces, a selection of which are displayed within the
Tjulyuru Art Gallery.
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