TOUR ITALY, GERMANY, HOLLAND, DENMARK, SWEDEN, NORWAY, UNITED KINGDOM, 2002 First published on Let’s Tour UK Introduction Alice Springs-based international Aboriginal dance group Red Centre Dreaming (RCD) successfully completed a 8 -month (Feb-Sept 2002) tour of Europe and the UK, promoting Australia and Aboriginal culture to the This was the largest and longest Aboriginal cultural […]
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Colin Cowell My Stroke Journey
“I am urging all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mob to take steps to reduce their stroke risk and become familiar with the signs of stroke.” Australian National University research found around one-third to a half of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in their 40s, 50s and 60s were at high risk of future […]
Colin Cowell : NACCHO Social media
How a national Aboriginal health authority used social media to bridge the divide and Close the Gap. “In the lead up to 2013 Federal campaign NACCHO developed a comprehensive social media/Twitter based political campaign built around the simple key message that “Investing in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health makes economic sense”. It was a social media campaign […]
Social media and the Internet : Every sixty seconds
The Portrayal of Aboriginal Health in Selected Australian Media
One of the factors impacting on the relationship of Indigenous Australians with mainstream society is the way in which the media portray Indigenous people and issues. There is growing research that suggests negative media portrayals in relation to Indigenous Australians perpetuates racist stereotypes among the wider population and that this type of racism has […]
Aboriginal Referendum 1967: Article written in 1966 Colin Cowell Hadfield High Student News
Background to the first article I wrote on Aboriginal issues 47 years ago: Hadfield High School Newsletter 1966 (Northern Suburbs of Melbourne) The referendum of 27 May 1967, called by the Holt Government, approved two amendments to the Australian constitution relating to Indigenous Australians. Technically it was a vote on the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal People) […]
Dr Charles Perkins 1993 speech “Aboriginal people and a healthy economy”
“ Importantly Aboriginal people should be aware of this false economy which forms the basis of Aboriginal affairs in this country. The economic lifeline is maintained only at the discretion of politicians and a fickle public. We must therefore develop and consolidate a viable economy for our various communities and organisations that will sustain […]
How can we get Aboriginal kids eating healthy foods : learn from the fast food industry
Black in the USSR : Aboriginal dancers arrested in Red Square for dancing “naked”
NACCHO launches new Aboriginal Health in Aboriginal Hands App
NACCHO launches new Aboriginal Health in Aboriginal Hands App The chair of National Aboriginal Community Controlled health organisation (NACCHO) this week joined with the AFL Indigenous All Stars at its International rules training session in Melbourne to launch Australia’s first Aboriginal Health APP. Pictured above: MICK O’Loughlin coach of the Indigenous All Stars and Sydney Swan legend promoting the […]