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Explore powerful stories at the intersection of history, culture, and music—from Aboriginal cricket pioneers and war heroes to legendary albums by Hendrix, Miles Davis, and Gurrumul. This blog dives deep into First Nations resilience, iconic protest music, and untold truths that shaped Australia and the world. Engaging, thoughtful, and unapologetically real—where powerful voices from the past meet today's social conversation.
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On This Day: 13 February 2008. The National Apology to the Stolen Generations.
From the floor of Parliament, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered the National Apology to the Stolen Generations — acknowledging the deep harm caused by past government laws and policies that forcibly removed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, cultures and Country. The apology was never about assigning personal blame. It was not about telling today’s Australians — particularly non-Indigenous Australians — “you did this.” It was about saying, a
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Feb 131 min read
On This Day, 4 February 1939: The Cummeragunja Walk-Off.
On 4 February 1939, a quiet but revolutionary act unfolded on the banks of the Murray River. About 200 Aboriginal men, women and children walked off Cummeragunja Aboriginal Station, near Moama in southern New South Wales, in what became one of the first mass Indigenous strikes in Australian history. This was no spontaneous protest. It was a carefully considered act of resistance against years of neglect, abuse and control imposed by the NSW Aborigines Protection Board, the go
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Feb 42 min read
January 26: A Date That Still Divides a Nation.
Each year, January 26 arrives carrying two very different meanings. For some Australians, it marks the foundation of the modern nation — the day the First Fleet raised the British flag at Sydney Cove in 1788. For many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, however, it represents the beginning of dispossession, violence, and the systematic disruption of cultures that had thrived on this continent for tens of thousands of years. This is why the date is widely referred t
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Jan 261 min read
Colonisation: A Global Story of Displacement and Survival.
Colonisation is often taught as a chapter of expansion and exploration. For Indigenous peoples, it is remembered as a profound rupture — one that reshaped lands, laws, cultures, and lives across continents. In Australia, British colonisation from 1788 was built on the false premise of terra nullius, the claim that the land belonged to no one. This legal fiction ignored the existence of hundreds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations, each with their own laws, langua
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Jan 212 min read
Gary Foley: The Firebrand of Aboriginal Activism.
Dr. Gary Foley (born 1950) is one of the most influential and outspoken figures in the history of Aboriginal activism in Australia — a man whose life’s work has challenged the nation to confront its deepest injustices. Born in Grafton, New South Wales, and a proud Gumbaynggirr man, Foley came of age during an era of immense social upheaval. His voice would soon become one of the defining ones in the modern Aboriginal rights movement. Foley moved to Sydney in the late 1960s, w
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Oct 13, 20252 min read
The Many Nations of Aboriginal Australia: Countries, Languages, and Traditions.
Long before the arrival of Europeans, the continent we now call Australia was already a vast, vibrant mosaic of nations. Rather than a...
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Sep 15, 20252 min read
Pearl Mary (Gambanyi) Gibbs: A Voice That Couldn’t Be Silenced.
Pearl Mary Gibbs (1901–1983), known affectionately as Gambanyi, was one of the most influential Aboriginal activists of the 20th century....
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Sep 8, 20252 min read
Blak History Month 🎙Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920–1993): Poet, Activist, Educator, Trailblazer.
Born Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska at Bulimba, Brisbane in 1920, her home was on North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah). Oodgeroo Noonuccal was...
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Jul 18, 20252 min read
Blak History Month🎙 The 1965 Freedom Ride: When the Nation Was Forced to Look Inward.
In February 1965, a group of students from the University of Sydney — many of them young, idealistic, and determined to confront racism...
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Jul 16, 20252 min read
On This Day May 27 – Anniversary of the 1967 Referendum.
On this day in 1967, over 90% of Australians voted YES in a landmark referendum to amend the Constitution, finally recognising Aboriginal...
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May 26, 20251 min read
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