ABC Indigenous
Divers risked their lives to collect shells like these for others to create buttons, luxury items
Wearing helmets as heavy as a medieval suit of armour, divers had one hour to fill their baskets with pearl or trochus shells.
Published: Source: ABC Far NorthTopic: Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
Trial for four people accused of murdering Indigenous schoolboy Cassius Turvey set for 2025
The trial of four people accused of the murder of Cassius Turvey has been set down for February 2025.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Courts and Trials
This busker knows the streets well, including where he can and can't go
Malcolm Walalgie, who lives with cerebral palsy, loves life in his WA town. But he says "people like me" can't enjoy every aspect of it — and that is something he wants changed.
Published: Source: ABC Midwest & WheatbeltTopic: Indigenous Music
'Soaked in trauma, soaked in grief': Why a region in southern WA is in the grip of an Indigenous suicide crisis
Joanne Woods has lost count of the loved ones her community has lost to suicide in WA's Great Southern region, as her family and advocates call for urgent change to stop more people dying.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Suicide
Seaweed was once important in traditional Boandik diets. Now its beauty is under the microscope for an art project
On South Australia's wild Limestone Coast seaweed is abundant. Due to the southern ocean's nutrient-rich Bonney Upwelling there are more types of seaweed here than elsewhere in the world, making it the ideal subject for a local art project.
Published: Source: ABC South East SATopic: Aboriginal
Joseph's ancestral language is no longer spoken but he's trying to change that
The Wakaman language has been dormant for generations. But thanks to archival material found in a SA museum, Joseph is hopeful this important part of his cultural identity will be revived.
Published: Source: ABC Far NorthTopic: Aboriginal Language
Why beds at the Ngunnawal Bush Healing Farm remain unused six years after the centre opened
The $12 million purpose-built health facility for Indigenous people in Canberra's south has been open for over six years, but its eight beds have never been slept in.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Drug and Substance Abuse
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