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How Indigenous Protected Areas became a vital way to protect nature in Australia

When you think of conservation in Australia, chances are you’ll think of a national park.

The Conversation · Sep 6

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.

The Conversation · Aug 17

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.

AAP · Aug 14

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.

The Conversation · Jul 22

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.

AAP · Jul 8

‘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 · Jul 7

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.

AAP · Jun 19

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 · Jun 2

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.

AAP · May 25

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.

AAP · May 24