Listen Now - 10052008 | Download Audio - 10052008
The migratory water birds that once flocked thousands of kilometres to the Narran Lakes have returned and so has the Aboriginal community after recent heavy rains across north-western New South Wales and upstream in Queensland.
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It's been more than 20 years since Sally Morgan wrote My Place, a memoir of her search for identity. It was an unexpected hit with the Australian public and is now even a prescribed text in schools.
He's probably Australia's most successful Aboriginal country singer but deep down, he's a true blue Bundjalung boy.
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You'd be forgiven for thinking the Commonwealth intervention had reached into the north-western New South Wales town of Walgett, where youth allowance and Abstudy payments can be quarantined under a scheme designed to lift school attendance rates.
Saturday 6pm
repeated Monday 3pm
Presented by
Daniel Browning
Saturday 17 May 2008
What defines Aboriginal literature? Is it history and politics or are black writers now free to exercise their creativity in works of the imagination?
Daniel Browning presented a special program honouring the military service of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Listen to the story of the extraordinary war service record of the Lovett family from the western districts of Victoria, and a short feature about the grave dedication of Herbert Clem Hill, a World War II veteran from Western Australia. You can download this program as an MP3. (46.4MB)
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The National Interest
with Peter Mares
Local and national focus on the major issues of the week
