Contemporary Issues

• Aboriginal Issues
  • This Internet Resource was the first of its kind in Australia. It is an on-going project which aims to provide complete, detailed and unbiased information about Politics in Australia.

• InfoKoori
  • InfoKoori provides a comprehensive index to articles published in the Koori Mail newspaper and to information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, issues and events from various sources.

• The Koorie Homepage
  • Pages of quality information regarding Koorie lifestyle, comtemporary issues and a comprehensive history

• RCIADIC Research Register
  • The RCIADIC Research Register monitors the implementation of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody by tracking research into outcomes of the Commission's recommendations.
• Proposals For The Recognition and Protection of Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property
  • Prepared for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies for the Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Project (the ICIP Project). The ICIP Project is a joint initiative of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.

• Aboriginal Interest
  • The "Flight Of The Ducks" website listing

• Action For Aboriginal Rights
  • These pages are designed for students(and other searchers) looking for information on current Australian Indigenous issues.
• Australians for an Ecologically Sustainable Population (Vic) Koori Pages
  • Submission to the Australian Population 'Carrying Capacity' Enquiry'

• Racism in the Media - the Portrayal of Australian Aboriginal People in the Mainstream Media
  • by Abby Dickson

• Other Australian Media Texts Since 1/9/95
  • "Articles that I have had lots of requests for now have links to them. If they don't, and you really want to read one that you can't get hold of easily" by Sarah Peckham

• Amnesty International Australian News
  • Amnesty International keeps regular track of Australia's human rights record

• Settlers for Indigenous Sovereignty - Aboriginal First Nation - Fourth World - Aboriginal Peoples and Indigenous Rights Homepage of Jim Duffield
  • This site is dedicated to the memory of the Nyungar peoples who have given their lives in defence of "country." Those Warriors, and their Women who fought against colonial oppression, and the men and women today who continue to fight for their liberation and land justice.

• Kumarangk Coalition
  • [Kumarangk is Ngarrindjeri for Hindmarsh Island]

• Native Title Cases Archive
  • A collection of legal authorities and documents relating to the Australian High Court's Mabo decision and the Federal Native Title Act.

• The Mabo Decision
  • In June 1992 the High Court of Australia held, for the first time, that the common law of Australia recognised the prior land rights of Australian Aboriginal people. The decision (Mabo v Queensland (1992) overturned the judgment of Mr Justice Blackburn who had held, 21 years earlier, that Aboriginal title to land had not survived British settlement of the continent

• Online in the Outback
  • by Mark Hodges

• The Potential Impact of Future Telecommunications Developments on Aboriginal People in Australia
  • by Peter Toyne, Tanami Network

• 'White Australia has a Black History'
  • Sources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in the National Library of Australia - John Thompson, Director, Collection Research, Documentation and Promotion, Collections and Reader Services Division.

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