Boys create original songlines to preserve and pass down 60,000 years of culture
Gippsland's Boorun Boys are reclaiming their cultural heritage, preserving ancient songlines and creating new ones as they honour their ancestors through dance.
Gippsland's Boorun Boys are reclaiming their cultural heritage, preserving ancient songlines and creating new ones as they honour their ancestors through dance.
The NT Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that the territory government is legally responsible for providing safe drinking water in remote communities. Lawyers say the decision could have implications for a wider class action on remote housing.
A veterans' group in regional NSW is searching for stories of First Nations soldiers who fought for Australia to finally give them the recognition they deserve.
Three Adelaide siblings say their lives have changed forever after undergoing pancreas removal — and they're wearing their scars with pride.
Jeffrey Frank, 20, and Deacon Sawdy, 17, patrol the streets of Tennant Creek until 4am in their night bus, getting kids home safely and keeping them out of trouble.
The Tiwi Land Council chief executive has accused retailer Anaconda of applying "its own name to Tiwi country" as part of a promotional competition.
A decade after Raina Thaiday killed eight children in a tragedy that shocked the nation, a family spokesman says Indigenous access to mental health support still isn't good enough.
While many Australians await the arrival of Santa Claus, kids in outback Australia are celebrating with their own unique Christmas icon.
A collection of long-lost stories and illustrations have been celebrated in the Wangka Walytja exhibition in Papunya, paying tribute to the radical bilingual literature movement of the 1970s.
A South Australian teacher who collected hundreds of objects starting in the 1960s is now trying to sell them, but Indigenous leaders say they should instead be put on display in a "keeping place" that doesn't yet exist.
Sonja Kurtzer was a "trailblazing feminist" who inevitably lost her identity in an attempt to seek "spiritual healing". Now, her daughter Ellen Bertani is on a quest for justice.
Supporters of the Koori Court say the informal setting and discussions with Indigenous elders can have a transformative effect, steering people away from a life of crime.
Parks Victoria will launch a new steering committee for climbers, residents and local government to discuss a controversial cultural heritage draft management plan in the Mt Arapiles-Tooan State Park.
A traditional owner says a key part of a new agreement is ensuring the project's impacts on country can be monitored.
The state coroner finds an Indigenous teen drowned in 2022 as a "tragic consequence" of following his adored older brother into the Ross River while fleeing police.
When the ABC visited Alpurrurulam, a tiny outback town on the Northern Territory-Queensland border, all anyone in town wanted to talk about was what was happening at the local school.
Scott Wilson grew up superhero-obsessed, but he never saw his own culture in the comic books he'd get lost in. So he decided to create his own.
Traditional owners express immense disappointment at the approval of Billy Lights Point as the site for a desalination plant in South Australia's Eyre Peninsula.
For those living in northern Australia, local pools are a part of everyday life. But for remote councils, the costs of keeping a pool up and running can be crippling, leaving some communities without a safe place to swim.
Australians on the front line of climate change are fighting to save their vanishing ancestral home. Can a landmark lawsuit against the federal government save their way of life?
Those who lived through the terror following Cyclone Jasper share their fears, along with some of the small joys that have helped them through the mammoth recovery effort.
Scientists have developed a cost-effective wound treatment, which uses the Indigenous bush remedy lemon myrtle oil as a key ingredient.
A list of seven requests has been issued to the Commonwealth by NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro to tackle recent violent crime in Alice Springs. It includes a call for Centrelink payments to be distributed on days when takeaway alcohol sales are banned in the outback town.
The Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission found it was unsuitable for the seat to continue to be named after Edward Frome, due to his involvement in the aftermath of the hanging of two Aboriginal people.
The 16-year-old died under suspicious circumstances in NSW more than 40 years ago. His family is calling for a new coronial inquest to be held following the emergence of fresh evidence.