Knowing the words for numbers is not necessary to be able to count, according to new research. The study of the aboriginal children -- from two communities which do not have words or gestures for ...

Growing up in an Indigenous Aboriginal family in Australia, nothing was scarier to horror director Jon Bell than the government. He recalls the “Stolen Generations,” a tragedy that Americans likely ...

ELCHO ISLAND, Australia (Reuters) - Soon after getting a green laptop distributed free to Aboriginal school children in hopes of combating illiteracy and truancy, Jericho Lacey learned his computer ...

At any time, almost one in two Aboriginal children living in remote areas will have a school sore. That means right now, there are an estimated 15,000 children needing treatment. School sores can be ...

From time to time, Jane Lester finds the peace, quiet and stability of her home life a little “odd”. Lester, 35, has been happily married for some time, but sees the first 27 years of her life as “a ...

The Voice referendum was an important rallying cry for recognition of Indigenous rights in 2023. This, and the Uluru Statement from the Heart called for Australians to engage with critical issues ...

ELEANOR HALL: Legal aid and Aboriginal legal groups say it's time for the Federal Government to invest more in organisations which focus on Indigenous people. They say spending money on legal ...

Michael Christie receives funding from the Australian and Northern Territory Governments to undertake governance research, as well as funding from the Australian Research Council. Tony Abbott is ...

A PROMINENT Aboriginal lawyer says a radical new approach is needed to avoid losing another generation of indigenous wards of the state to despair and dysfunction, as ANDREW DOWDELL reports. Mr ...

Bendigo District Aboriginal Co-operative has welcomed and fully supported the recommendations issued from the coronial inquest into the death of an Aboriginal teenager in state care. BDAC CEO said ...