A jet skier rides in front of the Sydney Opera House as the Australian Aboriginal flag is projected onto the sails during an ...

One of the biggest misconceptions about NAIDOC Week is that it’s simply a celebration. While it is a time to celebrate, it ...

It was the first legislation in Australia that enabled First Nations peoples to claim land rights for Country where traditional ownership could be proven. For almost 200 years, First Nations peoples ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article may contain images of deceased people. It contains mentions of the Stolen Generations, and policies using outdated and ...

Professor Eleanor Bourke (left), chair of Yoo Rrook Justice Commission, the first formal truth-telling process into injustices experienced by First Peoples in Victoria, at the smoking ceremony at its ...

We warn readers that the content of this study is confronting and may be distressing. In April 1789, the first smallpox epidemic among Aboriginal people in the Sydney region began, just 16 months ...

Captain Sidney Leonard Morse's achievements would have remained hidden were it not for a chance discovery by a volunteer ...

Lowitja O’Donoghue, one of the most respected and influential Aboriginal activists in Australian history, has died at age 91. O’Donoghue, who passed away surrounded by her family on Sunday in Adelaide ...

Many Aboriginal Australians would say with conviction that they have always been here. Their ancestors and traditional learnings tell them of this history, and their precise place within it. Our ...

The known timeline of the Aboriginal occupation of South Australia's Riverland region has been vastly extended by new research. Radiocarbon dating of shell middens - remnants of meals eaten long ago - ...

Cultural burning is proactive, while Western-style controlled burning, also called hazard reduction burning, is reactive. A firefighter sprays foam retardant on a back burn ahead of a fire front in ...