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Keywords: Elders

  • AUSTRALIA

    The frontier fallen

    • Tom Griffiths
    • 05 July 2006

    Historians are fighting a mini war over frontier history and the number of Aboriginal dead. Tom Griffiths argues for a different approach.

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  • ENVIRONMENT

    Unsexy science

    • Tim Thwaites
    • 16 June 2006

    Archimedes would argue that such science forms the backbone of our society, in the way that adequate sewerage, clean water and good dietary information do more for human health than heart transplants and Viagra.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Colourful ties

    • Jenny Zimmer
    • 15 June 2006

    Jenny Zimmer looks at Patrick McCaughey’s The Bright Shapes and the True Names.

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  • RELIGION

    Theology of conversation

    • Andrew Hamilton
    • 05 June 2006

    Passing on inherited wisdom is always fraught. Especially when the wisdom clashes with that of the prevailing culture.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Of passion and belief

    • Juliette Hughes
    • 31 May 2006
    1 Comment

    Juliette Hughes looks at the impact of The Passion of the Christ.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Costs and benefits of protest camp

    • Marisa Pintado
    • 18 May 2006
    4 Comments

    The fire at the Camp Sovereignty Aboriginal protest action staged to coincide with the Melbourne Commonwealth Games was finally extinguished last week. Some believe it has thrust indigenous rights back onto the political agenda, while others believe the action has inadvertently reversed years of hard work.

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  • ENVIRONMENT

    The Australian wound

    • Mark Byrne
    • 18 May 2006

    Mark Byrne looks at the particular characteristics that make an Australian 'hero', and asks what it is about the interior of this country that moulds the interior of our collective suconscious in such a unique way.  

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    Cattle currency

    • Matthew Albert
    • 14 May 2006
    1 Comment

    When elders and officials in South Sudan are asked about the challenges facing peace in their region they talk of cows.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Thoughtful reflection

    • Andrew McGowan
    • 14 May 2006

    Andrew McGowan on Peter Carnley’s Reflections in glass: Trends and tensions in the contemporary Anglican church.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Captured on canvas

    • Gemma Gadd
    • 10 May 2006

    The artists of the Kimberley capture more than images

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  • AUSTRALIA

    The wisdom of the elders

    • Peter McConchie
    • 08 May 2006

    Peter McConchie interviews Indigenous elders.

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  • INFORMATION

    Letters to Eureka Street

    • Anne Dooley, Lynn Webber
    • 30 April 2006

    Letters from Anne Dooley and Lynn Webber.

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