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25 years of Garma: PM's speech, Closing the Gap (not)
Aug 7, 2025
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The settler-invaders had a code for it: Guardian Australia's series The Descendants
Aug 6, 2025
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Leap into the Great Australian Silence: Paul Daley’s new novel reviewed
Aug 4, 2025
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In 1991, the Royal Commission showed the links between First Nations history and deaths in custody
Jul 31, 2025
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In a country where we often shrink from our history, let's hear it for the humanities
Jul 30, 2025
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Ms Marion Scrymgour MP becomes the first Aboriginal person to Chair the House of Representatives Chamber
Jul 29, 2025
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Culture is Life: school curriculum aligned resources built around SBS/NITV documentary, The Australian Wars
Jul 28, 2025
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Myall Creek Memorial marks 25 years amid ongoing silence on Frontier Wars
Jul 18, 2025
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Shared history, shared responsibility: lessons from Victoria's Yoorrook Justice Commission
Jul 18, 2025
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'A defiant stand': Heidi Norman reviews Stephen Gapps' Uprising: War in the Colony of New South Wales, 1838–1844
Jul 8, 2025
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Re-stor(y)ing Australia’s cultural policy
Jul 7, 2025
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Are the Australian Wars too hot for the War Memorial to handle? Professional Historians Association Conference
Jul 3, 2025
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