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25/06/2009 Bilingual the best way to learn English: AIATSIS Symposium
Aboriginal people and researchers have urged the Northern Territory Government to reverse its decision to dismantle Indigenous bilingual education in schools because it is the best way for children with other first languages to learn English and achieve literacy. More...
23/06/2009 Bilingual education symposium to discuss NT policy
Media are invited to attend a one-day symposium on Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory and an evening reception hosted by AIATSIS. More...
5/06/2009 2009 Mabo Lecture - as spoken at the 10th Annual Native Title Conference, 3-5 June 2009, Spirit of Country - Land - Water - Life. More...
03/06/09 Conference explores Aboriginal land justice in Victoria.
With Victoria considering historic native title reforms, the Chairman of Native Title Services Victoria (NTSV) Graham Atkinson will deliver a timely speech on land justice for Aboriginal Victorians at the 10th annual Native Title Conference in Melbourne tomorrow (Thursday 4 June). More...
03/062009 Smoking ceremony to open 10th Annual Native Title Conference.
A traditional smoking ceremony by the Wurundjeri people will open the 10th Annual National Native Title Conference on Wednesday 3 June, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. More...
02/06/2009 Native title holders call for national peak body.
More than 60 native titleholders have called for a national peak body for Prescribed Bodies Corporate to have a direct line of communication with Governments about land and sea matters at a meeting in Melbourne today. More...
28/05/2009 AIATSIS Bilingual Education Symposium. Friday 26th June 2009.
This one-day symposium will bring together Australian leaders in bilingual education and practitioners from Northern Territory schools. More...
28/05/2009 Spirit of Country, Land, Water, Life: Invitation to attend the 10th Annual Native Title Conference
Registrations are open for media representatives who wish to attend the upcoming 10th annual Native Title Conference, taking place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, on 3 – 5 June 2009. More...
13/05/2009 'Renaming the land' - The Voss journey begins at AIATSIS.
THE VOSS JOURNEY, a four-day festival of events, begins tomorrow, Thursday 14 May, with a dynamic performance of Ludwig Leichhardt’s expeditions from the perspective of the First Australians. More...
12/05/2009 AIATSIS wins 'Government Agency of the Year' for keeping languages alive.
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) was tonight awarded ‘Government Agency of the Year - Using Information, Communication and Technology to Connect to the Community’ for its’ highly acclaimed online languages resource, AUSTLANG. More...
07/05/2009 The 10th Annual National Native Title Conference will be hosted by the Wurundjeri people in Melbourne from 3-5 June and all interested parties are urged to register to attend by 22 May. More...
06/05/2009 The Voss Journey begins at AIATSIS
AIATSIS Invites you to attend the opening event and dance performance of ‘The Voss Journey’ by the renowned NAISDA Dance College, on Thursday 14 May 2009 from 12.30pm – 1.30pm. More...
25/03/2009 AIATSIS annouces new Chief Executive to head Australia's leading centre on Indigenous Studies
Professor Mick Dodson AM today announced the appointment of Mr Russell Taylor as the new Chief Executive (Principal) of Australia’s leading centre for information and research on the world’s oldest continuing cultures. More...
03/03/2009 Sorry: More than a word. AIATSIS is proudly hosting the critically acclaimed photographic exhibit, ‘Sorry: More than a Word’.
This moving and powerful exhibit features images taken by Wayne Quilliam and Mervyn Bishop at Parliament House for last year's Apology to Australia’s Indigenous Peoples on 13 February 2008.
The free exhibit is open to the public at AIATSIS. AIATSIS Foyer from 03 Mar 2009 09:00 am - 05:00 pm weekdays
26/01/2009 AIATSIS celebrates professor Mick Dodson AM, as Australian of the Year, 2009. More...
Image courtesy of the National Australia Day Council