 
A Visit to the Torres Strait
The people of the Torres Strait were well known as proud and independent people. Eddie Mabo took his case to the High Court of Australia and finally the idea of native title was recognised in 1992 after a 10 year long legal battle.
 
 Nurturing better mental health
Better mental health policies and strategies for Aboriginal people in Port Lincoln, South Australia, should result from a special report that identified the existence of extensive social and emotional well-being problems for the local Indigenous population. - Port Lincoln Times
Station owners welcome moves to set aside land for Aborigines
The owners of a Kimberley cattle station in Western Australia's north-west have welcomed the setting aside of land for Aboriginal people evicted in the 1950s. - ABC
Thorpe shocked by Indigenous plight
Swimming champion Ian Thorpe has made an emotional plea on behalf of Aboriginal children while touring Katherine, saying the country is divided into two
Australias. - Northern Territory News
 
Racial hatred in a northern town
Claims of racism are nothing new in Townsville. "This is probably the most racist town in Australia," says Lloyd
Wyles, a broadcaster for Indigenous radio station 4K1G. - The Guardian
 
'Extreme' action to stop brutality in Aboriginal communities
Violence is not and never was part of Aboriginal tradition. But it is undermining our life's very essence, it is destroying us, and there are very few Aboriginal families that are not struggling with the debilitating effects of trauma, despair and damage resulting from their experiences with violence. - Professor Mick Dodson - newly appointed Indigenous Chair at the Australian National University, ABC website, The Public Record
 
 Journey of Healing
This site takes as its point of departure the 1997 Bring Them Home report that "shook Australia" and led to the landmark event of the Reconciliation March across Sydney Harbour Bridge, and the annual 26 May Sorry Day events. It contains useful resources such as the talk given on Sorry Day this year in Old Parliament House by Doris
Pilkington, author of Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence. Special emphasis is given to suggestions for getting involved, because "Whether the Stolen Generations and their families find healing, or die in despair, depends on us all".
 
Ripe for regeneration
"You have survived the flames, and you have still the power to be born. The time for re-birth is now" - Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in Oceania - NATSICC website
 
Who I Am: Bonita Mabo SBS TV, 1.25 pm, Friday 4 July
Profiles an Indigenous Australian who, despite facing prejudice, ignorance and apathy, has made remarkable achievements in education. Bonita Mabo and her husband, the late Eddie
Mabo, battled on behalf of the Torres Strait Islanders for the recognition of their native title rights.
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