Indigenous

Old practices rekindled in new firefighting partnerships: Forestry Corporation of NSW

Contributor, ARR.News - 23 October 2025

Aboriginal communities across NSW are working with Forestry Corporation to integrate cultural burning into government bushfire management frameworks. These local partnerships, under the Federal Government-funded program Fire, Country and People, aim to strengthen community resilience to major bushfire events and improve land management practices across traditional Aboriginal lands.

Underground war: Native title vs. home ownership in the White Cliffs dugouts

Krista Schade, Back Country Bulletin - 21 October 2025

White Cliff dugouts are some of the most unique homes in the country, but the underground residents say the stress of ongoing ownership issues is affecting their health and stifling new businesses ... The ongoing land tenure dispute at White Cliffs, NSW, is a deeply complex problem, but behind the Native Title legalities are real people, and decades of frustrated community expectations. As expected, when homes and businesses are threatened, emotions run high.

Indigenous businesses thriving with $5.83 billion in procurement spend: Supply Nation

Contributor, ARR.News - 20 October 2025

Supply Nation ... announced a new national milestone with members recording a total of over $5.83 billion in procurement spend with verified Indigenous-owned businesses in the 2024-25 financial year ... Supply Nation’s recently released report The Sleeping Giant Rises found that for every dollar of revenue produced by Indigenous-owned businesses, $3.66 of positive economic and social value was generated into the Australian economy.

Author interview – Tim Dobbyn

Aedeen Cremin, ARR.News - 20 October 2025

After reviewing "Black, White + Colour - A biography of Mervyn Bishop, Australia's first indigenous professional photographer", Aedeen Cremin was able to speak with the author, former journalist Tim Dobbyn, about his book and its celebrated subject, a long-time family friend.

Review – Black, White + Colour

Aedeen Cremin, ARR.News - 20 October 2025

You may not know Mervyn Bishop’s name, but you certainly know his work. He took the ultra-famous photo of Vincent Lingiari and Gough Whitlam at Wattie Creek, NT, in that defining moment when the Prime Minister of Australia poured earth into the right hand of the representative of the Gurindji people ... The biography starts with a road trip to Mervyn’s birthplace of Brewarrina ... It is absolutely charming and we get to know and - to an extent - understand Mervyn’s life and achievements.

Indigenous Culture and Intellectual Property

Wilcannia News - 15 October 2025

Back in the August 19th edition, we talked about Intellectual Property rights (IP) in relation to quandongs and ensuring that if anyone wants to start a business using quandongs, any benefits are shared with the Indigenous people of the area from which the quandongs come from. This week Create NSW has announced they are sending out a roadshow to tour the state to talk about Indigenous Culture and Intellectual Property (ICIP). This information is focused on the Arts however, the facts are the same.

NSW Government launches historic Aboriginal Water Strategy: Jackson, Harris

Contributor, ARR.News - 15 October 2025

A landmark plan to address inequities in water ownership will see the NSW Government put water back in Aboriginal peoples’ hands, strengthen their role in water management, and create new opportunities for self-determination.

First Nations communities may get massive Ayers Rock Resort assets

Erwin Chlanda, Alice Springs News - 22 September 2025

The Ayers Rock Resort land "to be divested to the First Nations communities" and to traditional owners is understood to include all hotels, restaurants, shops and staff accommodation, assets worth several hundred million dollars ... The populations are 269, about 300 and 124, respectively ...

The Baaka Cultural and Art Centre

Wilcannia News - 17 September 2025

Baaka, our new Cultural and Art Centre, looks wonderful! All of us who've been on guided tours inside it are excited about what it will mean for Paakantji people, the town of Wilcannia and our whole region.

Desert Mob closes the gap

Erwin Chlanda, Alice Springs News - 15 September 2025

For four days a year, pride in The Centre's art closes "the gap" as people, black and white, from near and far, stream in to Alice Springs for Desert Mob. They celebrate ancient stories kept alive on paper and canvas, on clay vessels or as sculptures made from metal, wire or grasses.

Victorian Farmers Federation statement: In response to Victoria’s Statewide Treaty Agreement

Contributor, ARR.News - 10 September 2025

The VFF acknowledges the Victorian Government announcement that it has reached an in-principle agreement on Australia’s first Treaty. “The introduction of this legislation today will be the first time it’s been seen by many stakeholders."

Negotiations finalised for Victoria’s Treaty: Hutchins

Contributor, ARR.News - 10 September 2025

A major milestone in Victoria’s decade-long Treaty process has been achieved with the Victorian Government and First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria reaching in-principle agreement on Australia’s first Treaty. The first negotiated Statewide Treaty Agreement brings together First Peoples, through the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria, and the Victorian Government, to build a new relationship based on respect, trust and integrity.

Two blokes on the porch have a grave talk

Susanna Freymark, indyNR.com - 8 September 2025

Two blokes sit on the porch, each cradling a stubby of beer as the sun goes down, talking about times gone by. John Cousins and Frank Fletcher live close to each other out near Pagans Flat. “We were talking about graves,” John said. Frank is 89 years old and lives at Ewingar. He has been pushing to preserve Peter Pagan’s grave at a property on Pagans Flat Road.

Indigenous community and Bendigo’s last remote bank on hit list

Dale Webster, The Regional - 2 September 2025

Bendigo Bank closed its last remaining banking service in an Aboriginal community 27 days before celebrating the launch of its Aboriginal Reconciliation Action Plan. The Aurukun agency in far north Queensland was one of 27 to be closed in 2022-2023 under the eye of the bank’s now chief executive Richard Fennell when he was in charge of the consumer banking division.

Gallery? Museum? We’ve finally got to get it right

Contributor, Alice Springs News - 2 September 2025

Alex Nelson. This week marks the 34th anniversary of the official opening of the Commonwealth's Jock Nelson Centre in August 1991. This is the splendid Commonwealth building I suggested ought to be re-purposed as the permanent home of the Museum of Central Australia during my presentation at the Friends of the Strehlow Research Centre Symposium in April 2018.

Magical night walk

Contributor, Naracoorte Community News - 27 August 2025

The Walking the Seasons program provides guided walks led by local First Nations Elders and aims to deepen the understanding of local landscapes ...

Nuffield scholar leading the world in Australian native finger limes: AgriFutures Australia

Contributor, ARR.News - 25 August 2025

In the subtropical rainforests of Queensland and New South Wales, a remarkable fruit has quietly thrived for thousands of years. The Australian native finger lime, with its vibrant “citrus caviar” pearls and tangy flavour, was once known only to Indigenous communities.

Mutawintji Blockade September 1983

Wilcannia News - 20 August 2025

In 1983, the local Aboriginal people set up a blockade at Mutawintji. Why: Aboriginal people wanted control over their own heritage. They wanted respect for Aboriginal culture.

Quandongs

Wilcannia News - 20 August 2025

Joe, Vince and Chris came to visit from Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga. They have a project which Joe tells us is "primarily to improve the cultivation of quandongs. So we're looking to traditional knowledge as well as we're trying to. I guess you could say, promote Indigenous people to start growing quandongs again."

Indigenous Games – Bridging the Gap

Narrandera Argus - 14 August 2025

Yanco Agricultural High School Year 10 PASS students travelled eight hours north to the small remote town of Goodooga to take part in their annual Indigenous Games. The event embraces the theme of Bridging the Gap – creating connections between city and rural communities, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people, and the young and the old. It is a day dedicated to celebrating culture and fostering social harmony.

First Nations voices lead the way in new mental fitness podcast

Contributor, ARR.News - 13 August 2025

Australian health promotion charity, Gotcha4Life Foundation, has today launched a powerful new podcast series centred on First Nations voices, exploring what truly shapes and sustains mental fitness – in culture, in community, and in individuals. The inaugural series is hosted by award-winning Indigenous businesswoman and Gotcha4Life Board Member Mundanara Bayles and produced in partnership with award-winning Black Magic Woman podcast.

Yaegl people to manage Pilot Hill

Rodney Stevens, Clarence Valley Independent - 6 August 2025

The Yaegl Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation have been as appointed Crown Land managers for parts of Yamba’s Pilot Hill reserve including two heritage listed cottages. Celebrated at a special ceremony at Pilot Hill during NAIDOC week, the appointment marks a significant step forward in supporting the local Aboriginal community’s aspirations for the culturally significant area.

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