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Saturday 9 Dec 2017
Softly-spoken but forthright Mudburra woman Eleanor Dixon is a driving creative force in her community.
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My Name is Jimi tells the story of actor Jimi Bani's family across four generations.
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In the Mudburra language the word for keeper or custodian is interchangeable with tree or rock - something permanent and immovable.
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Baton twirling acrobat Dale Woodbridge-Brown has worn many hats in his young life but lately he's found his dream job.
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Saturday 2 Dec 2017
Anger and frustration at being typecast drives the first theatrical work by multi-talented performer Ursula Yovich.
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There's a term for people who don't listen in the Jandai language of Stradbroke Island.
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Although he created gay characters for Black Comedy, Steven Oliver decided the subject of same-sex relationships needed more serious treatment.
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Meet one of the editors of the satirical online newspaper Betoota Advocate, whose coverage of Indigenous affairs is pretty insightful.
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Saturday 25 Nov 2017
The fact of his life far exceeds our sense of historical time. In many ways, Mungo Man is more alive than dead.
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Saturday 18 Nov 2017
As the remains of Mungo Man are returned to his country we explore the dry lakebed where he was interred 42,000 years ago in one of the oldest ritual burials in human history.
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Known for its magnificent white sand dunes, Shelburne Bay on north-eastern Cape York is Wuthathi country.
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Just hours after she crossed the finish line in the New York City Marathon, the unstoppable Anita Heiss crashed through another barrier.
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It's an epic story: three brothers are washed ashore after their sea journey is broken by a wild storm conjured by a mother's fury.
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Former frontman of The Medics, Kahl Wallis has gone solo as he explores his Wuthathi culture and language.
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Saturday 11 Nov 2017
The Prime Minister struck a conciliatory tone when he spoke at Garma on the Uluru statement in August. So what happened?
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A former drover and shearer, Harold Hunt has lived an extraordinary life - and he's not finished yet. We ask why at 91, he has declared his support for same-sex marriage.
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In the remote community of Warmun in the East Kimberley, the art centre has been working to strengthen Gija language among the next generation.
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After 43 years in a box, the remains of the oldest human ever found on the Australian continent are on their way home.
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Saturday 4 Nov 2017
Tree Of Knowledge describes Christian Thompson's multidisciplinary practice - personal history inflected with the political and the pop.
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For the women who make them, 'mission dolls' are a poignant reminder of their lost childhood.
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Although its a 400-year old artform, opera couldn't be any more removed from everyday life in the south-west Queensland town of Cunnamulla.
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Gubbi Gubbi woman Eve Fesl went from failing English to being awarded a PhD in linguistics.
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A new web series to be pitched to ABC TV explores the trials of black millennials as they navigate predominantly white spaces.
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Saturday 28 Oct 2017
Even the man who brokered the deal that ended the bitter and protracted Namatjira copyright dispute is "absolutely amazed" it's been resolved.
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Life in the homeland communities of the Western Desert is nothing like you would imagine. For one, living on your ancestors' country is not a lifestyle choice.
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Durga is one of the languages of the Yuin nation which stretches along the south-east coast of Australia.
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