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24.01.2022 In 1974, Norman Tindale’s indigenous map of Australia was published and 50 years of work recognised. At the same time, a new method of dating called carbon dati...ng proved beyond all doubt what he had argued for decades; that the Aborigines had inhabited the Australian continent for tens of thousands of years today, it is known that they arrived on the continent over 50, 000 years ago. Yet still we don't educate our children of the traditional owners of the land. There were over 500 different clan groups or 'nations' around the continent, many with distinctive cultures, beliefs and languages. Today, Indigenous people make up 2.4 per cent of the total Australian population (about 460,000 out of 22 million people). There were many different Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities made up of people who spoke different languages with various cultural beliefs, practices and traditions. Before 1788 there were approximately 700 languages spoken throughout Australia with an estimated population of 750 000 people. See more

23.01.2022 App reveals who are the traditional owners of Australia - prior to colonization. http://www.sheknows.com//app-reveals-local-indigenous-hist

23.01.2022 Cultural performers required for NRL All-Stars https://www.qrl.com.au//cultural-performers-required-for-/

22.01.2022 I want to post this as many times as I can.

20.01.2022 Only 4 weeks until Booin Gari on Tuesday 11 April. Full program out now. The festival line-up includes performances by Chris Tamwoy, Emily Wurramara, Yarwah, McMooks as well as Dance troups Gubbi Gubbi Dance and Malu Kiai Baui Dance Company...!

18.01.2022 Gold Coast Indigenous Elders to join the launch of the Queen's baton relay in London.

18.01.2022 Our Elders play a special role in handing down our stories. http://www.sbs.com.au//our-dreaming-indigenous-link-betwee

16.01.2022 Aboriginal people without cultural and spiritual connections, is like a tree without roots and branches. Roma Pregarc, 2018Aboriginal people without cultural and spiritual connections, is like a tree without roots and branches. Roma Pregarc, 2018

16.01.2022 This school creates all its own learning material in the Murrinh-patha Aboriginal language and teach students in their language until grade 2, and then teach in English and Murrinh-patha from grade 3 onwards. #IYIL2019 #IY2019 #Indigenouslanguages #Aboriginallanguages

12.01.2022 https://www.sbs.com.au//why-racism-so-hard-define-and-even

11.01.2022 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1908771975903901&id=182480485199734

10.01.2022 Aboriginal dot painting activities, testimonial ... (photos attached) "All the students truely did enjoy the event. For some, it was the first time they were ever introduced to anything that involved indigenous culture. The students as well as myself were blown away by the amount of support and care you truly put into your events." Char, 27 July 2018

10.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/events/200573984148754/?ti=cl

07.01.2022 Scope Solutions (formerly Spirit of Country) is available to provide specialist advice and tailored solutions for all your business and event management requirements. We are an Australian company based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, with close proximity to the Gold Coast, Queensland. We work within other areas of Queensland and Australia-wide, and additionally welcome any international enquiries. Scope Solutions specializes in planning and managing events and exhibitio...ns for any occasion, including corporate and government events, board meetings and annual general meetings, social gatherings, sports tournaments and carnivals, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ceremonies and cultural workshops, and any other culturally inclusive events and activities. We are authorised to work with children, have experience in group and community engagement, and possess skills in negotiation and conflict management. Our range of business services include (but are not limited to) improving your simple business processes, developing complex business frameworks, and delivering specialist governance advice. We can guide and mentor you in your professional and personal development, with the added value of delivering qualified tutoring in all areas of business management, event and project management, and international tourism. The team at Scope Solutions invites you to contact us to learn more about our reliable and high-quality services. We look forward to discussing how we can work with you to provide professional advice and valuable solutions for your specific needs.

07.01.2022 Elders Patricia O’Connor and Ted Williams have been invited to Buckingham Palace to launch the Queen’s Baton Relay as part of the Commonwealth Games 2018 next Monday. It is the first time in Commonwealth Games history that Indigenous Elders from the host country have been invited to the stage to send the Queen’s Baton on its journey. Patricia will share the stage with just four other dignitaries including Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and HRH Prince Philip.

06.01.2022 Australians, ALL let us rejoice!

06.01.2022 One of our most valuable resources that really puts things into perspective when talking about our beautiful big island home and the hundreds of different natio...ns we consist of. Check out the map on the website for more: https://aiatsis.gov.au//a/aiatsis-map-indigenous-australia Which states: For thousands of years, the original inhabitants of Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples occupied the lands with very different boundaries than today, centred on intimate cultural relationships with the land and sea. It’s my fathers land, my grandfather’s land, my grandmothers land. And I’m related to it, which also give me my identity. Father Dave Passi, Plaintiff in Mabo Case. The map is an attempt to represent all the language, tribal or nation groups of the Indigenous peoples of Australia. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups were included on the map based on the published resources available between 1988 and 1994 which determine the cultural, language and trade boundaries and relationships between groups. Regions were determined using the watershed basis as a template. The map was developed along with the Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia as part of a research project. The Encyclopedia is available in libraries and contains more detailed information about the groups represented on the map. "What was before Lord Vestey born and I born? It was blackfella country." Vincent Lingiari (Wattie Creek 1966) Limitations of the map The AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia was produced for a general reading audience. The map is not definitive and is not the only information available which maps language and social groups. The information on which the map is based is contested and may not be agreed to by some traditional custodians. The borders between groups are purposefully represented as slightly blurred. They do not claim to be exact. The map was produced before native title legislation and is not suitable for use in native title or other land claims. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.

04.01.2022 ‘White Privilege’. 1. I can, if I wish, arrange to be in the company of people of my race most of the time. 2. If I should need to move, I can be relatively con...fident that new neighbours will be neutral towards me or maybe even pleasant to me. 3. I can go shopping most of the time feeling assured that I will not be followed around by shop keepers while in their store. 4. I can turn on the television or open to the front page of the paper and see people of my race widely represented. 5. When talking about our nation or about civilization, I am told that people of my colour made it what it is today. 6. I can be sure that my children will be given curricular materials that testify to the existence of their race. 7. If I want to I can go into a supermarket and find the staple foods that fit with my cultural traditions or into a hairdresser’s shop and find someone who can deal with my hair. 8. Whether I use checks, credit cards, or cash, I can count on my skin colour not to work against the appearance of financial reliability. 9. I can arrange to protect my children most of the time from people who might not like them. 10. I can swear, or dress in second-hand clothes, or not answer letters without having people attribute these choices to the bad morals, the poverty, or the illiteracy of my race. 11. I can speak in public to a powerful group without putting my whole race on trial for what I say. 12. I can do well in a challenging situation without being called a credit to my race. 13. I am never asked to speak for all the people of my racial group. 14. I can remain oblivious of the language and customs of people of colour, without feeling in my culture any penalty for such oblivion. 15. I can criticise our government and talk about how much I fear its policies and behaviour without being seen as a cultural outsider. 16. I can more often than not be pretty sure that if I ask to talk to the person in charge I will be facing a person of my race. 17. If a traffic officer pulls me over I can be sure I haven’t been singled out because of my race. 18. I can easily buy posters, postcards, picture books, greeting cards, dolls, toys, and children’s magazines featuring people of my race. 19. I can go home from most meetings of organisations I belong to feeling somewhat tied in rather than isolated, out of place, outnumbered, unheard, held at a distance, or feared. 20. I can take a job with an affirmative action employer without having coworkers on the job suspect that I got it because of race rather than merit. 21. I can choose public accommodation without fearing that people of my race cannot get in or will be mistreated in the places I have chosen. 22. I can be sure that if I need legal or medical help my race will not work against me. 23. If my day, week, or year is going badly, I need not ask of each negative episode or situation whether it has racial overtones. 24. I can choose make-up, blemish cover or bandages in flesh color that more or less match my skin tone. *All examples shown have been adapted and / or paraphrased from an original article called White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack which was written by Peggy McIntosh. https://www.pcc.edu//2018/05/white-privilege-essay-mcintos

03.01.2022 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day. https://www.facebook.com/events/412366682603116/?ti=cl

02.01.2022 A collection of tools and weapons used by the Yugambeh people.

02.01.2022 I am not the problem; racism is the problem. Last Sunday morning (29 March 2021), I experienced yet another instance of racism at a personal level. Since it happened it is honestly affecting my spiritual wellbeing, and for some reason, this time it wounded me more deeply than usual. What I endured has been weighing on my emotions more and more as each hour and day passes. For something like this I normally tuck my feelings away and deal with them internally, but this time...Continue reading