The Wallabadah Manuscript recounts the resilience and endurance of the Indigenous people in the face of colonisation.
The earliest records of British colonists shows Aboriginal people as skilled and knowledgeable custodians of the land.
Dark Emu Rising in the southern night sky. Image courtesy David Stewart. In the velvet shroud of southern night, Milky Way rivers twist, gleam like forgotten songs, stars igniting in…
I In the molten hush before sunrise, Serpent breath thickens beneath the earth – muscle of creation, ancient and coiled, smouldering in the belly of red country.II With a tremor…
Ngaya bamal. Sun rides high – warami, old people, the barray (land) shimmers as cicadas cry out their heat song.By the ngurra (camp), we weave, fish for garara (mullet), burra…
The concept of an unpopulated land has been used to disenfranchise both Indigenous in Australia and Palestinians in Israel.
Introduction The controversies that have circulated around the ACT Home Loan Portfolio and the Belconnen Pool tender process occupy a central place in the broader debate about governance, accountability, and…
Preamble It’s almost Australia Day again, I’m not interested in engaging in the divisive Australia Day versus Invasion Day debate. Instead I’m going to delve into Indigenous spirituality. Indigenous spirituality,…
As one of the originating members of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Aunty Isabel endeavoured to bridge the divide between people.
Before the day begins, when the city still holds its breath, I walk on ground that remembers other footsteps – long before roads and fences, before this place was claimed…
In the quiet fold of Djarrakpi, where sacred Country draws the ancestors close, spirits linger in the shadow of bloodwood, Milngiya River stirs – time-old and wise – flowing with…
Racism is a product of the environment, one we can reshape through collective action.
Thomas Emerson's Closing the Gap Bill is a crucial step toward dismantling the systemic racism in the ACT Public Service.
Far from the typical Aborigine consigned to a mission, Mary Ann Bugg learned and adapted her lifestyle to support her loved ones.
From Palaeolithic cultures to the modern world, rock art transmits spiritual and practical knowledge through time, preserving culture and history.
No more excuses, no more cover-ups. It's time that Indigenous Australians are shown respect.
The rock art of Arnhem Land represents the passage through time to the present day.
Tu Pham investigated herself. Unsurprisingly, she was exonerated, much to the detriment of her Indigenous direct report.
Beware the minor malcontent seeking glory.
The extremist views of neo-Nazi's makes integration with mainstream society an almost unsurmountable pursuit.