July 2015

We feud over Adam Goodes because our big questions remain unanswered | Paul Daley

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In the absence of a political settlement between black and white Australia, events like Adam Goodes’ war dance can easily call forth a history of racism

Some argue the catalyst for the racially freighted booing of Adam Goodes was in 2013, when he singled out a 13-year-old Collingwood supporter who called him an ape.

Related: Adam Goodes booing: AFL head Gillon McLachlan says fans can't be told how to behave

David Gulpilil – magnetic Indigenous actor connecting two Australias

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Melbourne International film festival celebrates an enduring career with Walkabout, Charlie’s Country, Ten Canoes and an important new film

David Gulpilil is the first Aboriginal person that I can remember.

Enduring controversy: BP sponsorship ignites new row over British Museum's Indigenous exhibition

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Even before it opened, this landmark exhibition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artefacts was criticised over the acquisition of many of its treasures. Now protesters are focusing on the oil company sponsor and claims about its treatment of Indigenous communities

Three months after opening an exhibition of treasured items from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, it is clear just how thoroughly London’s British Museum has anticipated the potential anger and emotion of Indigenous Australians.

Anthony Martin Fernando: the Aboriginal activist who took his people's fight to London

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A century ago, Fernando travelled to Europe in self-imposed exile to protest the massacres of Indigenous people in Australia. Once there he was interned and deported to Britain – where he took the fight to the streets

It is the London winter of 1928. Fog blankets the city.

Pedestrians and commuters along one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares are arrested at the spectacle directly outside the Edwardian baroque marble facade of Australia House on the corner of the Strand and Aldwych.

This is all that Australia has left of my people