Prior to the introduction of equal wages for Aboriginal Australians in 1968, it was not unusual for Aboriginal workers in the Northern Territory to be paid in kind; in basic food, clothing and tobacco. Some workers received a few shillings a week, but even this wage could be withheld ...
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I did. I did see Bigfoot when I was a kid and I still believe it to this day. I saw a big furry man outside my window. It's not funny! It was real. — Barry Watson 80 You have to be optimistic. I still have doubts and conflicts, but the bottom line is, I believe in t...
When dreams become (augmented) reality: preserving Australia’s Indigenous cultures Mikaela Jade, an Indigenous entrepreneur, and Tianji Dickens, the lead of Microsoft Philanthropies in Australia, combined resources to use Microsoft HoloLens as a culture-preserving technology Follow us:...
and so did she. We were just as surprised to find that he was just a teenage Sicilian immigrant. My friend has tanned skin, dark hair, blue eyes, and freckles to boot. So you can see both ethnicities in her. My Greek professor is way darker than h...
The game might still look the same as it did 20 years ago, but the mindset and motivations behind the most elite athletes have changed. Today’s generation of athletes see culture, sports, and music as one, and go all-in and all-out for something bigger than themselves: their team. ...
Part of that includes aboriginal performances that I feel incredibly proud to see blasted out every night in front of an audience of 15,000 people. I also have fine art exhibitions. This year I did Rock Angels Limited Edition. The exhibition was put together and opened in Berlin last month...
Did you know you’d be required to sing?Yeah, I mean, I can sing a little bit. I come from a musical kind of family. They say every Irishman has a song in him, and I think I proved it’s just one. Did you sign onto this before Bridesmaids?No, it was weird. It was two wee...