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For Indigenous people, connection to Country can be a preventive health measure

The inherent connectedness between people, land and spirituality runs deep in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. It’s seen today through art, songs, stories, ceremonies, languages and cultures being revived and practised across the continent.

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Huge swath of land returned to Traditional Owners

A Federal Court ruling has granted Traditional Owners native title for more than 170,000 hectares in northern Australia as part of a decades‑long campaign.

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Rock star Elder hails Gove mining closure as land win

The end of mining at Gove is a chance to reclaim Yolŋu land, an Indigenous Elder says, and turn Rio Tinto's old fuel tanks into a national storage hub.

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Stunning kookaburra dance lights up Garma Festival

A kookaburra-inspired dance at Garma weaves family, survival and joy into a powerful tribute to Aboriginal ancestors, capturing the festival spirit on Country.

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Connected under the Milky Way: new exhibition shares Indigenous astronomical knowledge from Australia to South Africa

The Yamaji-Wajarri people studied the wide-open skies of their country for millennia before being host to one of the world’s largest radio telescopes

The Guardian - AU

‘A river is our life force’: why Indigenous cultural values must be visible in conservation

In the Kimberley, Martuwarra – also called the Fitzroy River – is far more than a waterway.

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Microscopic plant remains reveal 25,000 years of GunaiKurnai rituals deep in a Victorian cave

Deeply etched into a cliff face in GunaiKurnai Country, near the township of Buchan in East Gippsland in rural Victoria, is a large limestone cave that hosts an extraordinary story.

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Indigenous activist 'obliged to save slaughtered kin'

An Aboriginal woman whose attempt to set up a court hearing on Country was unsuccessful has spoken about her obligation to protest forests.

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‘We learn off one another and we follow through’: weaving fishing nets with the Aunties

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of people who have died.

The Conversation

Traditional lands returned 256 years after Cook arrival

Traditional Owners have regained control of key national park and conservation land under a landmark hand back and joint management agreement.

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Fish bones and scorching hair: new research shows how Aboriginal people fought smallpox

As Aboriginal nations mounted a series of coordinated and strategic campaigns to defend Country against invading settlers, the smallpox epidemic spread across the southeast from 1830 to 1832.

The Conversation

SA:'Very special to us': stockman's final journey home

An Aboriginal stockman whose remains have been stranded in a museum for decades is going home, as his family began a solemn journey to return him to Country.

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SA:Stockman's remains to leave museum for Country burial

A museum that houses thousands of Aboriginal remains is returning a former stockman to Country for burial, with plans to repatriate many more.

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'Very special to us': stockman's final journey home

An Aboriginal stockman whose remains have been stranded in a museum for decades is going home, as his family began a solemn journey to return him to Country.

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Why Native Title rulings need a system to value cultural loss

Right now, courts across Australia are grappling with a difficult legal question. How do you put a dollar value on the cultural and spiritual harm done to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples when their Country has been damaged or taken away?

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Australia's story of spear versus gun needs telling

Australians need to know thousands of Aboriginal people died defending Country with spears, says one of the activists who founded the Aboriginal Tent Embassy.

Evening Standard

Country pub of the week: the Wrotham Arms, Broadstairs

Here is a pub you seldom meet but always want to, says David Ellis

Evening Standard

Country pub of the week: The Nag's Head, Abercych

Find a perfectly poured pint in Pembrokeshire, says Maggie John

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Carbon credit rewards MIA for Indigenous stewards

Rules that ensure carbon credits only go to new emissions removal could be penalising the long-term conservation efforts of First Nations people.

Evening Standard

Country pub of the week: The Merry Harriers, Hambledon

Here is a pub for down-from-Londoners, but locals too, says Fiona Roberts-Moore

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Stories from traditional knowledge combined with archaeological work trace 2,300km of Songlines

All over Australia, Songlines, or Dreaming tracks, connected First Nations people in one place with those in another through ritual, song and storytelling, which told of their shared beliefs.

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Barriers hinder Indigenous dementia support on Country

Indigenous people are at higher risk of developing dementia, but getting a diagnosis and support can be fraught with barriers, especially in remote regions.

The Guardian - AU

Hope, heart and home leads at the National Indigenous Art Triennial: ‘We are going through a stage of enlightenment’

Curated by Tony Albert, After the Rain at the National Gallery of Australia explores cultural and familial legacies two years on from the referendum

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Community healing together as ancestors reburied

As Aboriginal ancestors are reburied at a special memorial park, the Indigenous community says it is time to walk together and heal.

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Opportunities abound for junior Indigenous rangers

Students are connecting to and nurturing Country as eleven new junior ranger programs are established across Australia.

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