Over the last 45 years, Aboriginal political aspirations for treaty or treaties have been met with procrastination, refusal, and denial.
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An analysis of Australian history narratives in secondary school textbooks shows many still repeat the myth that Aboriginal peoples were nomadic hunter-gatherers.
Submerged in the waters off Western Australia lies an ancient site home to Aboriginal people thousands of years ago, when sea levels were lower than they are today.
There are many questions about the inquiry into the destruction of an Aboriginal heritage site, including how it will be conducted, what will be publicly disclosed and who will be protected.
Police played a unique role in many settler colonies executing assimilationist policies designed to dismantle First Nations families.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison's statement that 'there was no slavery in Australia' is at odds with the historical record.
The destruction of the 46,000 year old site Juukan Gorge forces us to confront archaeology and history in Australia.
The bushfire royal commission will look at incorporating Aboriginal knowledge into mainstream fire management. But in practice, what does that mean?
Britain had an urgent problem after it lost its American colonies: where to send its convicts. It settled on NSW after rejecting other options, but the new spot didn't exactly live up to its billing.
An honest reckoning with Captain Cook’s legacy won’t heal things overnight. But it’s a start.
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The impact of 1770 has never eased for Aboriginal people. It was a collision of catastrophic proportions.
Incidents from Cook's first voyage highlight themes relevant in Indigenous-settler relations today: environmental care, reconciliation and governance. This collision of beliefs, it seems, wasn't lost on Cook.
State archives hold precious Noongar letters pleading for the return of Stolen Generations children. Among them, I find my grandmother’s grandfather: historical records of love.
New research shows just how many first people were needed to create a viable population in what is now Australia.
The story of Australia has been studied and explored many times by researchers. Look what they've revealed, so far.
Mukurtu: an online dilly bag for keeping Indigenous digital archives safe.
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Mukurtu - Warumungu word meaning 'dilly bag' or a safe keeping place for sacred materials - is an online system helping Indigenous people conserve photos, songs and other digital archives.
Progress, in historical terms, has so often meant clearing places of their native inhabitants – both human and non-human.
Etchings over much earlier Aboriginal engravings show foreign whalers made contact with Australia's remote northwest long before colonial settlement of the area.
Museums around the world hold remains of Aboriginal people that were often taken without permission and in the absence of accurate records. New DNA methods may help return these items to country.
When the remains of Aboriginal people who died more than a century ago were found, the local Aboriginal community wanted to know more about these past lives.
The NSW government has purchased the land where Bennelong is buried. His third wife played a key role in the early colonisation of Australia.
Principales colaboradores
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Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Sean Ulm es Amigo de The Conversation.
Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, James Cook University
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ARC Laureate Fellow, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Linguistics, Yale University
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Kimberley Chair in Rock Art and Professor of Australian Archaeology, Centre for Rock Art Research and Management, University of Western Australia
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Michael Bird es Amigo de The Conversation.
JCU Distinguished Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, James Cook University
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Director, Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, University of Western Australia
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Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Griffith University
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ARC Future Fellow, La Trobe University
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Research scientist, Griffith University
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Associate professor, University of Tasmania
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Professor, School of Science, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of New South Wales, UNSW
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David Bowman es Amigo de The Conversation.
Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, University of Melbourne
