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13/11/09 Indigenous Astronomy experts converge on Canberra
Indigenous Astronomy practitioners and experts will meet for the first time in Canberra on November 27 for a symposium that coincides with the launch of an original art exhibition by Aboriginal artists from the Mid-West region of Western Australia. More...
26/10/09 AIATSIS fights to save Indigenous audiovisual materials
Audiovisual recordings of the songs, language and cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples must be urgently preserved before 2025 or they will be lost forever. More...
16/10/09 AIATSIS helps Christine Anu on Who Do You Think You Are?
Iconic Torres Strait Islander singer Christine Anu found out her singing voice came from her grandfather after hearing his voice for the first time thanks to an audio recording held at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in Canberra. More...
16/10/09 Memory of the World includes Australian Indigenous Languages
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages have been given world heritage significance today, with the United Nations this week inscribing the Australian Indigenous Languages Collection to Australia’s Memory of the World Register. More...
28/09/09 Time to recognise urban Indigenous identity: Dodson
Defining Indigenous people by location, descent or appearance does not reflect the complexity
of Indigenous experience and identity, says AIATSIS Chairperson and Australian of the Year
Professor Mick Dodson. More...
24/09/09 Conference explores challenges of Indigenous identity in the city
Asserting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identity in the city is an ongoing challenge to
most urban based Indigenous people, and one that is the heart of the AIATSIS National
Indigenous Studies Conference to be held in Canberra next week. More...
18/09/09 Media Advisory: AIATSIS National Indigenous Studies Conference 2009
All media are invited to register to attend the biennial AIATSIS National Indigenous Studies Conference Perspectives on urban life: Connections and Reconnections, to be held at the Australian National University, Canberra from September 29 to October 1. More...
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08/07/2009 Local Indigenous talent to shine at NAIDOC gig
Canberrans are invited to a showcase concert of some of the region’s best Indigenous performers at a
free, Smokefree event for all the family at Acton Peninsula this Saturday. More...
25/06/09 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...
23/06/09 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...
03/06/2009 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...
08/04/2009 First Australian Screening of ‘Firekeepers’ at AIATSIS
Canberrans are invited to the inaugural Australian screening of ‘Firekeepers’, a documentary which explores the struggle for identity of the Indigenous peoples of Scandinavia’s Sapmi region. ‘Firekeepers’ captures the renewed awareness of the ‘Yoik’, a musical and lyrical form sung by Saami people since time immemorial. More...
09/02/2009 Time to Revisit, Research and Reflect – Remembering the National Apology to the Stolen Generations
Australians are encouraged to revisit, research and reflect as we approach the one-year anniversary of the national Apology to the Stolen Generations, delivered by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on 13 February last year. More...
26/01/09 Australian of the Year 2009
AIATSIS Chairman, Professor Mick Dodson is awarded Australian of the Year, 2009. Under the leadership of Professor Dodson, AIATSIS continues to build its unique, world-class research collections. More...
Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd and Chair of Australian of the Year Board,
Adam Gilchrist with Professor Mick Dodson AM,
Australian of the Year 2009. Photo: National Australia Day Council
