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July 2011
05 July 2011 - Institute seeks help in tracking down missing NAIDOC Posters
Australia’s leading Indigenous archive has begun a nationwide search for three rare posters promoting NAIDOC Week celebrations dating back over 40 years ago. [PDF version]
04 July 2011 - Powerful manuscript on Aboriginal child sexual assault wins esteemed award
A brave and powerful manuscript highlighting the prevalence of child sexual abuse in some Aboriginal communities has been named as the winner of this year’s esteemed Stanner Award. [PDF version]
June 2011
24 June 2011 - Annual Indigenous festival axed as budget cut hits home
Funding constraints have forced the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) to cancel Canberra’s premier NAIDOC Week event – NAIDOC on the Peninsula - scheduled for the first Sunday in July. [PDF version]
20 June 2011 - Donations from Canberra families boost AIATSIS collection
Recent generous donations by two Canberra families of archival recordings and five valuable paintings are a priceless addition to world’s largest collection of materials relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lifestyles and cultures. [PDF version]
7 June 2011 - ‘Father of Australian archaeology’ leads symposium to mark unique anniversary
Emeritus Professor John Mulvaney - often referred to as the ‘father of Australian archaeology - will deliver the keynote address at a special symposium in Canberra tomorrow to mark the 50th anniversary of a ground breaking 1961 Conference on Aboriginal Studies. [PDF version]
3 June 2011 - Future leaders want say on taking native title forward
Australia’s recently appointed Youth Representative to the United Nations has called for an open conversation and dialogue between Indigenous youth and older generations about native title and rights. [PDF version]
3 June 2011 - Arabena becomes first Meriam woman to deliver prestigious Mabo Lecture
Nineteen years on from the hallmark determination, Mabo Day was commemorated at the 2011 National Native Title Conference through its annual Mabo Lecture- which for the first time was delivered by a Meriam woman, Dr Kerry Arabena. [PDF version]
2 June 2011 - Canadian First Nations experience highlighted at National Native Title Conference
Australia Indigenous peoples and Canada’s First Nations would derive significant benefits from the sharing of each others challenges, opportunities and experiences in Native Title - a keynote speaker has told a national Indigenous conference in Brisbane today. [PDF version]
2 June 2011 - AIATSIS runs first accredited Family history workshop
Ten Indigenous Australians from Link Up services around Australia first group of Link Up workers to attend a formally accredited course run by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Family History Unit. [PDF version]
1 June 2011 - Indigenous groups support call to reverse onerous burden of proof in Native Title Act
The Chairperson of the world’s leading research, collecting and publishing institution in the field of Australian Indigenous studies has backed calls for an overhaul of native title legislation to shift the presumption in favour to indigenous claimants. [PDF version]
1 June 2011 - Green’s Native Title Amendment Bill a ‘first step’ say Indigenous delegates at Native Title Conference
The Native Title Amendment Bill is an important first step – but it is not an end in itself,” said Monica Morgan yesterday at The National Native Title Conference’s pre-conference opening plenary. [PDF version]
May 2011
18 May 2011 - National and international speakers boost to National Native title conference
The Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, The Hon Patrick Keane, is one of several high profiled keynote speakers confirmed to address Australia’s largest Indigenous policy conference – the National Native Title Conference – in Brisbane next month. [PDF version]
15 May 2011 - AIATSIS’ researcher wins prestigious Australian Medical Journal award
The Principal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), Mr Russell Taylor, today congratulated AIATSIS Indigenous Research Fellow Lindy Moffatt on winning a prestigious Australian Medical Journal of Australia award. [PDF version]
12 May 2011 - Budget blow: AIATSIS Chairperson expresses grave concerns
Speaking on behalf of its governing Council, AIATSIS Chairperson, Professor Mick Dodson AM, today expressed grave concerns over the future financial capacity of the organisation to effectively manage and preserve its priceless collections. [PDF version]
11 May 2011 - Traditional owners to explore carbon trading at National Native Title Conference
Traditional owners will explore their roles and rights in a future Australian carbon market at this year’s National Native Title Conference, to be held in Brisbane from June 1-3. [PDF version]
4 May 2011 - Registrations open for Australia’s largest Indigenous policy conference
Registrations are now open for Australia’s largest Indigenous policy conference - the annual National Native Title Conference – which will be held in Brisbane in June. [PDF version]
4 May 2011 - Twenty years of iconic Indigenous newspaper goes online and global
Twenty years – more than 35,000 pages – of an Australian publishing icon will be available online from this week, thanks to a unique project undertaken by the nation’s premier Indigenous research organisation. [PDF version]
April 2011
14 April 2011 - ‘Phenomenal’ Institute captures student’s attention during Canberra visit
Eighteen Indigenous students studying for the University of Western Sydney (UWS) newly introduced, Bachelor of Community and Social Development degree, visited the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) in early April as part of their “Who do you think you are?” studies. [PDF version]
12 April 2011 - 80-year-old archived material valued by Kimberley visitors
A four-person group from the remote Kimberley communities in the Fitzroy Valley visited the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) last week to work with the field notes, genealogies, maps and photographs recorded over 80 years ago by anthropologist Phyllis Kaberry. [PDF version]
11 April 2011 - A snapshot of Taree/Purfleet -courtesy of AIATSIS
Hundreds of members of the Aboriginal community in the New South Wales township of Taree and nearby Purfleet were able to look back on their history recently- when Australia’s biggest repository of Aboriginal history – the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) brought a snapshot of their archives to the community. [PDF version]
March 2011
13 March 2011 - Positives of Wiradjuri culture underpinremarkable Koori educational program
A unique community based educational program based on the strengths of Indigenous culture – in particular the traditions of story-telling and sharing and caring – has met with enormous success in Cowra, a NSW country town of 10,000 over 300 kilometres from Sydney. [PDF version]
9 March 2011 - A snapshot of Taree/Purfleet -courtesy of AIATSIS
Members of the Aboriginal community in the New South Wales township of Taree and nearby Purfleet, can look back on history today – Tuesday, March 29 - when Australia’s biggest repository of Aboriginal history – the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) brings their archives to the community. [PDF version]
9 March, 2011 - Successful Maori education initiative the focus of lunch-time address
The creator of a remarkable New Zealand teaching program that has seen dramatic improvement in Maori students school performance – a program the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) research fellows are evaluating for possible piloting in Australia – will talk about the program in Canberra this week. [PDF version]
1 March 2011 - Brisbane to host nation’s biggest Indigenous policy Conference
Brisbane will host Australia’s leading and biggest Indigenous policy conference - the annual National Native Title Conference in June. [PDF version]
February 2011
14 February 2011 - Nothing comical about new display
A fascinating collection of Indigenous themed comics, cartoons and posters are the feature of a new display at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) in Canberra. [PDF version]
January 2011
19 January, 2011 - Garage find sees former Hasluck staffer donate unique Aboriginal artworks
Four Aboriginal artworks collected by the former Governor General and Minister for Territories, Sir Paul Hasluck, have been donated to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) in Canberra. [PDF version]
18 January 2011 - New research fellowships enhance Institute’s reputation as world leader
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) has appointed an additional five researchers under its innovative and successful Indigenous Visiting Research Fellowship (IVRF) Program. [PDF version]
12 January, 2011 - Deadline looms for manuscript entries in prestigious Stanner Award
Aspiring and emerging Indigenous authors, scholars and academics have less than three weeks to submit manuscripts in the enhanced and prestigious Stanner Award 2011. [PDF version]