Freeman won the Olympic title in a time of 49. 13 seconds, becoming only the second Australian Aboriginal Olympic champion ( the first was Freeman's 4x400 teammate Nova Peris-Kneebone who won for field hockey 4 years earlier in Atlanta ).

However, since the party reforms by Gough Whitlam in the 1970s, the Left has also been the principal champion in the party of socially liberal values, such as women's rights, gay rights, reconciliation with Aboriginal Australians and land rights.

The Museum holds the world's largest collection of Aboriginal bark paintings and stone tools, the heart of champion racehorse Phar Lap and the Holden prototype No. 1 car.

Many of Canberra's suburbs are named after former Prime Ministers, famous Australians, early settlers, or use Aboriginal words for their title.

The other judges were John Toohey QC, a former Justice of the High Court of Australia who had worked on Aboriginal issues ( he replaced New Zealander Sir Edward Somers QC, who retired from the Inquiry in 2000 for personal reasons ), and Mr Justice William Hoyt QC, former Chief Justice of New Brunswick and a member of the Canadian Judicial Council.

This was illustrated by the former Prime Minister John Howard refusing to apologise and the then Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, John Herron controversially disputing the usage in April 2000.

In 1996, the land in Stage Three, apart from the former Goodparla pastoral leases, was granted to the Gunlom Aboriginal Land Trust and leased to the Director of National Parks to continue being managed as part of Kakadu.

The former Hull River Aboriginal Settlement was located in this park.

This referred to the Howard Government's refusal to apologise to Aboriginal Australians for the former policy of removing of Aboriginal children from their families.

An estimated 3, 000 further agreements have been reached in which Aboriginal peoples have regained former lands.

Concern for this may stem from what Aboriginal peoples perceive as neo-colonial or eurocentric attitudes which persist in the leadership of contemporary separatist leaders, such as Robert Bourassa, former Premier and self-proclaimed " Conqueror of the North ".

The Torres Strait Island Region, created in 2008, is the embodiment of 15 former island councils, these areas have been relinquished by the Government of Queensland to specific Islander and Aboriginal Councils under the provisions of the Community Services ( Torres Strait ) Act 1984 and the Community Services ( Aboriginal ) Act 1984.

Farmer established the Polly Farmer Foundation, joined by Sir Ronald Wilson, former High Court judge, Fred Chaney, former Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, and Greg Durham, chief executive of Geelong Football Club.

Badger Creek is near the Healesville Sanctuary and the former Coranderrk Aboriginal Station, now known as the Coranderrk Bushland.

Schools in Healesville include the 125 year-old Healesville Primary School, St Brigid's Catholic primary school, the Healesville High School and Worawa College, an Aboriginal school whose former students include noted Australian Rules Footballer David Wirrpanda.

From 1605 to 1867 ( prior to Canadian confederation ) population counts reflected only the former colonies and settlements and not the country to be as a whole or Aboriginal nations.

* Clontarf Aboriginal College, the current name of a former orphanage in the Perth suburb of Waterford in Western Australia.

Michael Long ( born 1 October 1969 in Darwin, Northern Territory ) is a former Australian rules footballer of Aboriginal descent and spokesperson for indigenous rights and against racism in sport.

Batman's Treaty negotiations with Aborigines took place in June 1835 on the banks of the Merri Creek in present-day Northcote, Victoria ( in Melbourne ), "... using legal advice from the former Van Dieman's Land attorney-general, Joseph Gellibrand, and with the support of his Aboriginal companions from New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land.

Debate continued over the safety of the site and the long-term health effects on the traditional Aboriginal owners of the land and former personnel.

She previously served as Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Minister of Children and Families, Minister of Healthy Living and Sport and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health for the Conversation on Health and the former chair of the Surrey School Board in Surrey, British Columbia.

Duaringa is a significant centre for Aboriginal peoples and there is a former reservation at Woorabinda.

Musgrave Park is a remnant of the former Kurilpa ( South Brisbane ) Aboriginal camping ground that stretched from “ Highgate Hill and on ( to ) the slanting slopes of Cumboomeya (= Somerville House )” and additionally “ sometimes they made a camp in the little scrub then situated on the river bank near the recent entrance to the Dry Dock ”.

It was in Wee Waa police station that rugby player Eddie Murray was killed in 1981, one of the Aboriginal deaths in custody that prompted a Royal Commission to be set up.

New Zealand Maori pre-match huddle before their clash with the Australian Aboriginal rugby league team | Indigenous Dreamtime team before the start of the 2008 Rugby League World Cup | 2008 World Cup

Category: Australian Aboriginal rugby league team coaches

Category: Australian Aboriginal rugby league team coaches

Category: Australian Aboriginal rugby league team players

Category: Australian Aboriginal rugby league team players

: Note: This annual game involves a publicly voted selection of the best club players from the league versus an Aboriginal team in honour of reconciliation.

His quality was recognised in 1993 when he won the Brownlow Medal for the best and fairest player in the league, the first Aboriginal Australian to do so, as well as being a key player in Essendon's premiership win that year.

Wanganeen was the first Aboriginal player to play 300 games.

He came into the count as a heavy favourite and he is only the twelfth player to have won two or more Brownlow Medals, the first Aboriginal to win two and the first player to win two with a non-Victorian club.

He raised the issue of racism as a possible explanation for this, but this explanation was refuted by another Aboriginal player who represented New South Wales.

Charles Nelson Perkins, AO, commonly known as Charlie Perkins ,( 16 June 1936 – 19 October 2000 ) was an Australian Aboriginal activist, football ( soccer ) player and administrator.

In 1935, he was the first Aboriginal player to be selected to play for the Victorian Interstate Team.

* Warren Mundine ( born 1956 ), Aboriginal politician

* Warren Mundine, the first Aboriginal president of the Australian Labor Party.

* Ella Award for Lifetime Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sport: Tony Mundine

In his 2001 book, writer Robert Holden identified at least nine regional variations for the creature known as the bunyip across Aboriginal Australia.

It is said to lie to the east of Arnhem Land, and is where the Barnumbirr creator-spirit ( who is identified as Venus ) came from ( see Aboriginal Astronomy ) as she guided the Djanggawul sisters.

Called the " Plinthios Brokhos ", the resulting figure has been identified by multiple sources as the figure known to Aboriginal Australians as " The Sun Clouded Over ".

By the 1990s, three groups were identified as being underrepresented among National Historic Sites: Aboriginal peoples, women, and ethnic groups other than the French and the English.

John Oxley found Aboriginal people living here the following year 1818 — later identified as the western language reach of the Kamilaroi clans ( Gamilaraay is the spelling used by linguists ).

The Sunbury area has several important Aboriginal archaeological sites, including five earth rings, which were identified in the 1970s and 80s, and believed to have been used for ceremonial gatherings.

In 2006, the town had a population of 647, of which 56 % identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent.

The maban ( magical essence ) of Australian Aboriginal mythology is by some tribes identified with tektites, black or olive-green natural glass objects that most scientists believe to have been formed by the impact of large meteorites on Earth ’ s surface.

At the 2001 census, Tennant Creek had a population of 3, 185, of which 1, 176 identified themselves as Aboriginal.

At the 2011 census, Hermannsburg had a population of 625, of whom 537 ( 86 per cent ) identified as Aboriginal.

Two sites of Aboriginal heritage land have been identified with the airport ; both of these are included in the conservation reserve.

Of those, 96. 9 % identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.

At the 2011 census, Kintore had a population of 454, of which 413 ( 91 per cent ) identified themselves as Aboriginal.

* Belief that a name is too inclusive or not inclusive enough of all indigenous people, so does not effectively convey the group intended ( example: " Aboriginal " has become associated with Australian Aborigines given its wide use on that continent ; the UN uses " Indigenous " to refer to all tribal peoples around the world ( as their representatives chose to be identified ); " Native American " in general use has not applied to indigenous peoples within Canada or Mexico );

The report also identified instances of official misrepresentation and deception, such as when caring and able parents were incorrectly described by Aboriginal Protection Officers as not being able to properly provide for their children, or when parents were told by government officials that their children had died, even though this was not the case.

This protected the status of First Nations women and their children, and was important in preserving the culture of descendents who identified as Aboriginal.