Kempsey’s deadly day out

A momentous Australia Day event in regional NSW brought a community together to celebrate the world’s oldest living culture

Good vibes at Yabun!

Hundreds, if not thousands of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, flocked to Victoria Park in Sydney at the weekend for the annual Yabun festivities

Yabun: Music with a beat

Twenty five years ago people were heading out to La Parouse, Sydney for a day of music and dance from artists across the nation – a celebration of the survival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Today this celebration is called Yabun.

Celebrate Yabun on January 26

Koori Radio 93.7FM proudly invites Sydney and Australia to celebrate the survival of Aboriginal cultures at the Yabun Festival in Victoria Park on 26 January 2011. Now in its ninth year, Yabun is Australia’s premiere one-day festival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture presenting the best in music, dance, sport and so much more. […]

Rudd rules out Australia Day change

Speaking at a citizenship ceremony in Canberra, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has flatly rejected calls by Australian of the Year Mick Dodson and several other Indigenous leaders to change the date of Australia Day. After being named Australian of the Year on Sunday, Professor Mick Dodson called for a debate on whether Australia Day, which […]

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 […]