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After over 18 years in the business, Native Ryme’s debut album may be one of the most overdue albums in local hip hop history. Despite a touring history estimated at over 800 live performances, a gold/platinum hit and Multiple National Music awards – Native Ryme have never released a full album. So, The Debut Recordings […]
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Stan Yarramunua, innovative entrepreneur
Stan Yarramunua (Dryden) is a painter as well as an entrepreneur who has opened two galleries in Melbourne and another one in Daylesford, Victoria. He is passionate about promoting his culture and helping other Indigenous artists. Stan is the founder of Art Yarramunua Galleries in Melbourne and Daylesford. He started painting over 20 years ago by […]
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My Country: Paulette Whitton
My name is: Paulette Whitton My Job Is: Acting Program Manager, Koori Radio, Sydney My mob Is: I’m from northwest NSW and over the border into Queensland. Both of my parents are Aboriginal. My mum’s people come from Goodooga NSW and Hebel in Queensland. My dad’s people come from Burra Bee Dee Mission at Coonabarabran […]
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Body of interest
Biomedical Science student Dylan Shaw has just been awarded the Australian Rotary Indigenous Health Scholarship which will help her with university and living costs over the coming 12 months. Dylan from the Paredarerme people in Tasmania has been studying at the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC). It’s all part of her dream to one […]
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Seaman Dan
Born on Thursday Island in 1929, Henry Gibson ‘Seaman Dan’ is one of our most treasured singers and performers. In the late 1940s and 1950s, Seaman Dan worked as a boat captain and pearl diver and his music blends traditional Torres Strait Islander and pearling songs with jazz, hula and blues. After a lifetime performing […]
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