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Music from northern Australia – a celebration of traditional Indigenous music (March 30)
Catch a rare glimpse of the cultural heartland of northern Australia when Indigenous music experts from the University of Sydney perform the traditional music from northern Australia at the Macleay Museum at 2pm on Sunday, 30 March, 2008. Dr Joseph Neparrna Gumbula, an eminent Yolgnu elder and Australian Research Council Indigenous Research Fellow at the […]
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The 2008 Deadly Funny Grand Final – you’ll laugh your MOOM off! (April 5)
The Melbourne Comedy Festival is deadly serious about developing the art of comedy across all the country. In that spirit we welcome you to the Deadly Funny Grand Final. Deadly Funny is a comedy competition for Indigenous Australians. Continuing on from the success of 2007 in Victoria, Deadly Funny will also have representatives from Perth […]
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Roots Nation (May 25)
Featuring direct from Kingston, Jamaica International Reggae stars: HORACE ANDY, LUCIANO & MIKEY GENERAL with FULL BAND SUPPORT BY AUSTRALIA’S INDIGENOUS & REGGAE MASSIVE – SOUNDSYSTEMS, MC’S & SELECTORS INCLUDING: BART WILLOUGHBY (No Fixed Address, Mixed Relations) CHANT DOWN SOUND, NATTY SISTREN SOUND, HEARTICAL HIFI, TJIMBA POSSUM and more. From Kingston Jamaica to the bass […]
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PM announces tailored approach
After setting a target of 10 years to halve the literacy and numeracy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children, the Prime Minister has stated that there will be no a one-size-fits-all solution to the issue. The PM has also made a commitment to ensure that four-year-olds in remote Aboriginal communities have proper access to pre-school […]
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Smoking Initiatives a Good Start
Today’s announcement by the Rudd Government that it will spend $14.5 million to fund initiatives to curb high smoking rates among Aboriginal people has been welcomed by two leading Aboriginal health research bodies. The Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (CRCAH) and the Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control (CEITC) said the anti-smoking initiative […]
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Gordon Hookey
Deadly Vibe Issue 104, October 2005 Picture This Gordon Hookey takes home the Deadly for Visual Artist of the Year. One of the many areas in which Indigenous Australians excel is in the visual arts. Aboriginal artworks now fetch huge sums in art auctions, and our artists’ works are exhibited in prestigious galleries across the […]
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Timeline to Justice
Timeline to Justice There were many important events, both in Australia and internationally, that contributed to the ultimate success of the 1967 Referendum. 1850s to 1901 ” The Right to Vote Aboriginal people were classed as British subjects, and Aboriginal men were legally entitled to vote in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. […]
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Day of Mourning
Deadly Vibe Issue 90 August 2004 Sowing the seeds of sorrow January 26 has never been seen as a day of celebration by Aboriginal Australia. But for 150 years following the invasion of Australia by white colonialists, the Indigenous community’s feelings of grief and anger remained unheard. However, by the 1930s, Aboriginal people were becoming […]
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Magic in Melbourne
Deadly Vibe Issue 110 April 2006 The Commonwealth Games were a huge success, from beginning to end. What kicked it all of was the biggest party the city of Melbourne had ever seen ” the breathtaking opening ceremony. The spectacular opening ceremony of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games had audiences divided and some international viewers scratching […]
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Bevan Rankins
Deadly Vibe Issue 93 November 2004 Across the Airwaves The beauty of the Deadlys is that for many, it is a night that crystallises the reality and wonder of an amazing journey, and creates a moment in a Deadly winner’s life where they can look back and think to themselves, “Wow, I sure have come […]
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Nigel Beetson
Deadly Vibe Issue 107 January 2005 Road to Stardom Another Indigenous performer is on the road to Tamworth. A second Aboriginal heat winner will be heading to the Tamworth Country Music Festival this month to perform in the Telstra Road to Tamworth competition. Nigel Beetson won the Lithgow heat of the competition in November of […]
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The Long Walk
Long Walks Again Deadly Vibe Issue 117, November 2006 A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Back in November 2004, AFL Legend and Aboriginal activist Michael Long set out to walk from his home in Melbourne to Canberra. Fed up with the lack of action being taken to address the plight […]
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WA welfare trial announced
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Ms Jenny Macklin has today announced that the West Australian government will join with the federal government in imposing welfare payment management in selected Indigenous communities in and effort to combat parenting and behavioral issues. As part of the trial, funding will be provided to establish parent responsibility teams to […]
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Vibe 3on3 – Hip Hop Challenge
What is Breaking, Rap and Hip-Hop? Breaking is an acrobatic style of competitive dancing comprised of a number of discrete, energetically choreographed moves and routines. Breaking originated in the black and Hispanic street cultures of New York City’s South Bronx and Harlem boroughs in the early 1970s. One of the reasons breaking became – and […]
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Redfern AMS
Deadly Vibe Issue 81 The health and living standards of Indigenous communities in Australia has for too long been below acceptable standards. Thankfully, there is an increasing number of Indigenous organisations that are working hard to address this situation. One of the most important of these organisations is the Redfern Aboriginal Medical Service, which won […]
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Bull Riding
Deadly Vibe Issue 96 February 2005 Eight Second Heroes Most of us would prefer to stay away from an angry bull. These guys like to ride ’em. As the hot sun beats down on the dry brown dirt, young children scale the boundary fence to catch a closer glimpse of the action. Local people mingle […]
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