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Friday essay: ‘I claimed our data’ – confronting the colonial archive is ‘intense Aboriginal love’ in action

This is my data. And this is my sovereign right. No more whitewashing. Let Truth be told. — Data Sovereignty Words I am a Wajarri, Badimaya and Wilunyu woman from the Yamaji Nation who has grown up on country with family in the small rural inland community of Mullewa, in…

The Conversation · Oct 10, 2024

Nelson Ave in East Perth renamed Sailani Ave to honour contribution of Indian Anzacs

A street in the City of Perth is renamed in recognition of Private Nain Singh Sailani, following a personal request from India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

ABC News · May 23, 2023

Silk, mulberry trees and the WA 'get-rich' scheme that was tainted by 'scandals'

In the 1800s, the WA government invested in the lucrative silk trade, taking it to the "world stage". But in less than a decade its opportunistic silk ambitions "fell through".

ABC News · May 5, 2023