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UK returns Torres Strait Islander remains
In the largest single return of indigenous remains, a London institution is repatriating 138 specimens.
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History & Culture
Top 10 Indigenous bush medicines
From witchetty grubs to kangaroo apples, these native medicines are used to cure ills the traditional way.
History & Culture
The world’s largest sponge farm
The Palm Island project aims to sustain jobs and repair a damaged community through its huge commercial sponge farm.
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First Aboriginal Rhodes Scholar announced
An anthropology student from the Adnyamathanha and Barngarla peoples will go to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.
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Aboriginal burn-off theory hosed down
Aboriginal Australians didn’t regularly use fire to manage the bush claims a new study, but experts aren’t convinced.
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Aboriginal rangers thwart crazy ants
Aboriginal rangers in Arnhem Land have won a national award for their work to contain the invasive yellow crazy ant.
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Booderee National Park wins global award
An Aboriginal-managed national park has won a major responsible tourism award.
History & Culture
Aboriginal massacre site commemorated
An infamous massacre of Aboriginal people at Myall Creek is gaining the prominence it deserves.
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Exploding star recorded in Aboriginal Dreamtime
Aboriginal Australians recorded an eruption of a bright star 150 years ago and wove it into their Dreamtime stories.
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35,000-year-old stone axe found in Australia
The oldest stone axe in the world sharpened by grinding shows that early Australians were highly innovative.