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  • Bringing Them Home – You Don’t Have To Do It Alone

    Bringing Them Home counsellors came into existence in the late ’90s in response to the growing number of Indigenous families dealing with the effects of the Stolen Generations. Sandy Laughton is a Bringing Them Home (BTH) counsellor at the Goondir Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Service in Dalby, Queensland. Goondir Health Service looks after […]

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  • Aboriginal Tent Embassy

    Deadly Vibe Issue 90 August 2004 Thirty-two years on, the Aboriginal tent embassy still has special significance. On the afternoon of January 26, 1972, a tent appeared on the lawns in front of what is now Old Parliament House. This was the beginning of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, the oldest active protest site in Australia. […]

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  • Life’s A Beach

    We all know it’s not hard to have fun at the beach, even if we are not surfers. The beach is a great place to go for a walk, lie in the sun or sit in the shade, play in the sand, go fishing, swim, scuba-dive or just simply explore. LOOK AFTER OUR BEACHES CLEAN […]

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  • Trackers

    Deadly Vibe Issue 96 February 2005 Making Tracks An inborn understanding of the land gives Aboriginal trackers an ability to see what others cannot. Many of us have seen the role of the Aboriginal tracker depicted in feature films such as Rabbit Proof Fence and The Tracker, an d t here are many more historical […]

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  • Esmai Manahan

    Remembering the Referendum As a teenager, Esmai Manahan joined her father, mother and brothers in the fight to have Indigenous people recognised as citizens in their own country. Forty years on, Esmai reflects on one of the most remarkable and inspiring times in Indigenous political history. When Esmai Manahan looks back on her memories of […]

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