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Burnum Burnum became involved in Australian Indigenous rights activism while attending the University of Tasmania in the late 1960s. He continued his activism after becoming a Bahá’í, and successfully campaigned for the skeleton of the last full-blooded Aboriginal Tasmanian woman, Truganini, to be removed from display in the Museum of Tasmania.
Australian Aboriginal flag first flown in public (designed by Harold Thomas, the flag was flown in Victoria Square, Adelaide on National Aborigines Day, 12 July). [71] 1972. First Indigenous Australian theatre company formed: "Nindethana" (founded by Jack Charles and Bob Maza). [72]
On 14 July 1995 the flag was made an official "Flag of Australia". [11] [2] In 1997 Thomas was involved in a high-profile case in the Federal Court and the High Court, to assert copyright over his design. [12] [13] The outcome was that he was declared the copyright owner of the flag's design, according to copyright law of Australia. [14] [15]
A number of Aboriginal flags at an Invasion Day Protest in Melbourne, 2019. The Aboriginal flag is often included in various proposed designs to replace the current Australian Flag. One proposal has been to substitute the Union Flag, located in the canton of the Australian Flag, with the Aboriginal flag. Harold Thomas said of this idea: "I ...
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Goodes, an Aboriginal Australian of Adnyamathanha and Narungga heritage, [1] was drafted by the Sydney Swans in the 1997 AFL Draft and went on to have a successful career with the Swans, being awarded a number of accolades for his performance including the AFL Rising Star award in 1999, [2] the Brownlow Medal (2003 and 2006), [3] the Bob Skilton Medal (2003, 2006 and 2011), [4] and All ...
Goldstone is a 2016 Australian crime thriller film directed by Ivan Sen.It is a sequel to Mystery Road (2013) and stars Aaron Pedersen, Alex Russell, Jacki Weaver, David Wenham and David Gulpilil.
According to a press release from the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Ken Wyatt: "All Australians can now put the Aboriginal Flag on apparel such as sports jerseys and shirts, it can be painted on sports grounds, included on websites, in paintings and other artworks, used digitally and in any other medium without having to ask for permission ...