A community portal about Australia with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest...
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A community portal about Australia with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent and a number of islands in the Southern, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the French dependency of New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the southeast.
Australia's Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin has praised major international cultural institutions that are prepared to return Aboriginal ancestral remains. The Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC has agreed to release the remains of 33 ...
We look at a study into the eating habits of urban Indigenous communities which found that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people ate more white bread and processed meats than the average Australian, we ...
Police and Australian Customs officials say they have smashed an alleged crime ring involving the smuggling of cannabis from Papua New Guinea into the Torres Strait. The break allegedly came when two men, suspected of importing the drug from Daru in ...
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he wants more Aboriginal communities to team up with major companies to help close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Galarrwuy Yunupingu presents Kevin Rudd with the petition. Map: Yirrkala 0880 Former Australian of the Year Galarrwuy Yunupingu has presented Prime Minister Kevin Rudd with a petition calling for full ...
Thirteen people have been arrested in a drug raid in Torres Strait, between Australia and Papua New Guinea. Police also seized 100 kilos of cannabis, grown in the PNG highlands, when they arrested the group as their boat ran out of fuel in Torres ...
The Pope said that Aboriginal "ancient heritage'' forms an essential part of the landscape of modern Australia. "Thanks to the Australian Government's courageous decision to acknowledge the injustices committed against the indigenous peoples in the ...
Indigenous artists from Australia's remote Torres Strait Islands brought their distinctive artworks to the United Nations this week to celebrate the survival of their ancient culture.
UngambikkulaO Rastro do Canto (Azul, 2008)Brazilian band Ungambikkula embraces global culture and spirituality in its latest album, O Rastro do Canto. The large ensemble based in Sao Paulo includes masterful multi-instrumentalists an superb vocalists. Their beautifully crafted melodies are an...