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| Art association pushes for Indigenous cultural centre 9 December 2008 - The executive officer of an Aboriginal art association says central Australia would benefit from a visitor centre for Indigenous art and culture. |
| A fresh look at Yorke Peninsula in South Australia 8 December 2008 - Each year thousands flock to Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. And each year thousands fail to see the giant kangaroo dominating the skyline; or recognise a jail with a grim history; or spot a fish trap that is blindingly obvious from another angle. |
| Arnhem Land communities to connect to the world of high speed broadband 19 September 2008 - Telstra Media Release - Telstra, the Northern Territory Government and Rio Tinto Alcan today announced they had teamed up on a $34 million project to connect northern Arnhem Land to the nation's fibre optic backbone. |
| Indigenous landowners to bid for Uluru resort 16 September 2008 - ABORIGINAL landowners around Uluru are planning to bid for the nearby $440 million Ayers Rock Resort to secure a slice of the tourism dollar at the country's biggest icon. |
Garrett urged to protect cave art from extraction |
| Kakadu tourism to go the indigenous way 31 July 2008 - NATASHA Nadji sat for hours at the feet of her grandfather, the legendary "Kakadu Man", as he told stories passed on through his Aboriginal ancestors over 50,000 years. |
| Torres Strait museum takes out top reconciliation award 26 June 2008 - The 2008 Queensland Reconciliation Awards for Business were announced in Brisbane recently, with a unique business that promotes the contribution of Torres Strait Islanders to the war effort during WWII taking out the top prize. |
| Aboriginal threat to close Rock over abuse crackdown 22 June 2008 - The Scotsman - ABORIGINALS have threatened to close Ayers Rock, known as Uluru, to tourists in protest against a government campaign aimed at countering alcoholism and sexual abuse in remote communities. |
| Aborigines threaten to shut Uluru 21 June 2008 - BBC UK - Aboriginal leaders have threatened to ban tourists from one of Australia's top landmarks in protest at what they describe as racist government policies. |
| Australian Tourism Exchange 18 June 2008 - THE southern hemisphere's biggest travel trade show will see more than 2300 delegates help sell Australia to the world. |
| Indigenous tourism must improve, says industry 3 June 2008 - Australia's tourism industry must improve its indigenous tourism offerings after a report found tourists had major problems finding out about them, an industry group says. |
| Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park appoints new Conference and Incentive Sales Executive 1 May 2008 - General Manager of Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park David Brook has appointed Sharon Kennedy as Tjapukai’s new Sales Executive - Conference and Incentives. |
| Aboriginal musician astonishes Australian audiences 22 April 2008 - IHT - Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu doesn't speak much, but when he takes up his guitar, he sings, literally and figuratively. |
| Yunupingu scores Sir Elton support 18 April 2008 - GEOFFREY Gurrumul Yunupingu's path to stardom will take a giant leap when he supports Elton John at his Darwin concert. |
| Aborigines to welcome Pope Benedict 17 April 2008 - Aboriginal elders will be the first Australians to officially welcome the Pope when he arrives in Sydney for the Catholic Church's World Youth Day (WYD) in July. |
| Australia special: Aboriginal Sydney 9 April 2008 - The Telegraph UK - The greeting could have come from just about anyone in Australia. And the name had a comfortingly familiar ring, too. “G’day,” said Shane, “and welcome aboard. This afternoon we’re going to show you Sydney as you’ve never seen it before. Help yourselves to a drink from the cool box, then sit back and enjoy the ride.” |
| Aborigines 'locked out of real economy' 1 April 2008 - Aboriginal people are condemned to poverty and treated as "museum pieces" by governments whose education policies have locked a generation out of the real economy. |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts board appointments 25 March 2008 - Media Release - The Australia Council for the Arts welcomes Arts Minister Peter Garrett's appointment of Lynette Narkle to its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts board for a three-year term from February 2008. |
| Guides to help do the right thing with Indigenous culture 28 February 2008 - Media Release - The Australia Council for the Arts has released a fully revised second edition of its protocol guides to help Australians better understand the use of Indigenous cultural material. |
| Peregrine starts tours in Australia, NZ 29 January 2008 - Adventure travel company Peregrine, which started with trekking tours in the Himalayas, has finally made it to Australasia. |
| Going walkabout 2 January 2008 - Aboriginal culture can be seen and heard throughout this city |
| Musical journey to Aboriginal heart 31 December 2007 - Who would have thought conservative historian Geoffrey Blainey would inadvertently provide the name for a music group? Calling yourselves the Black Arm Band is wryly subversive, given its members are mostly indigenous singers, songwriters and performers. |
| Aboriginal dancers shoot to internet fame with 'Zorba' 29 December 2007 - The Independent UK - A quirky dance routine to the music of Zorba the Greek has earned a group of young Aborigines worldwide fame on the internet as well as invitations to perform around Australia, and also to visit Greece. |
| Qantas to further promote reconciliation with new Action Plan 3 December 2007 - Qantas Thursday launched a formal Reconciliation Action Plan with major objectives such as furthering Indigenous employment opportunities and support within its own ranks. |
| Indigenous tourism in Australia 27 September 2007 - Tourists visiting indigenous communities don't want a "Disneyland experience", according to Aden Ridgeway, Executive Chairman of Indigenous Tourism Australia. |
| Experience The Essence Of Australia 19 September 2007 - Media Release Tourism Australia - Australia is the land of adventure and surprise; of the strange and the wonderful. A place where you will quickly appreciate the feeling of space and the fresh informal attitude that shapes the Australian way of life. A place where you you'll be welcomed like a local and invited to get involved. |
| Outback tourists spared Aboriginal alcohol ban 12 September 2007 - The Telegraph, UK - A draconian ban on drinking alcohol on Aboriginal-owned land in the Australian outback is to be ditched in order to placate the country's lucrative tourist industry. |
| Tour company awarded for presenting the real Australia 8 June 2007 - Requests from overseas visitors for an experience of the ‘Real Australia’ has placed demands on the tourism industry to deliver. Tour company Anangu Waai! has been recognised for rising to the challenge, offering a range of authentic natural and indigenous encounters with Uluru and Central Australia. |
| Plan to offer Aboriginal tourism 12 April 2007 - Overseas tourists would pay to live in indigenous communities and enjoy the authentic experience of Aboriginal life, under a scheme being pushed by Aden Ridgeway. |
| Indigenous tourism finds market in Europe 2 April 2007 - Aboriginal tourism experiences from Victoria's south-west have been taken to London, Milan, Paris and Berlin. |
| Tourism plans for troubled island 31 March 2007 - Holidaying in the so-called most violent place on earth outside a war zone might not automatically appeal to those seeking a little R'n'R. |
| Heritage listed 26 March 2007 - Surrounded by the red earth of central Australia, Cathy Freeman flinches at the prospect of eating a freshly dug-up witchetty grub. "It's really slimy," she says, as an Aboriginal elder offers her the writhing creature. "I'm feeling a bit of pressure here." After a few trademark giggles and a "here we go", the 34-year-old takes an adventurous bite. |
| Western Australian culture walk a treat 4 March 2007 - Contra Costa Times (CA) - While scores of tourists wait knee-deep in Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort's inviting waters, awaiting the arrival of its namesake dolphins for breakfast, we opt for a bush walk instead -- with Darren "Capes" Capewell, an Aborigine from the Mulgana tribe. |
| Cathy Freeman champions wonders of indigenous tourism 4 March 2007 - CATHY Freeman is urging all Australians to visit Aboriginal communities in the outback to fully appreciate the issues facing indigenous people. |
Palm Islanders to take leap of faith into tourism
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| On the Cadigal trail 30 January 2007 - Did you know that Captain Arthur Phillip's missing front tooth proved a vital breakthrough in his friendly reception by Sydney's indigenous people? |
| See Cairns up high and Tjapukai up close 29 January 2007 - Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park and Hot Air have come together to deliver a unique experience for those craving an adventure. |
| Bush foods could soon be on the mainstream menu 27 January 2007 - THE Aboriginal film Ten Canoes won best film at the 2006 AFI Awards. Aboriginal footballers and athletes are household names. Now a Melbourne chef, Mark 'the Black' Olive, is on a mission to make native foods just as famous. |
| History through indigenous eyes 20 January 2007 - More travellers want to know about the cultural heritage of the first people of Australia, but it's difficult to find traces of pre-contact history in the big cities. |
| Planeta.com Launches Australia Update Focusing on Ecotourism and Aboriginal Tourism 15 January 2007 - Planeta.com's Ron Mader has been invited by Aboriginal Tourism Australia to participate in the annual Business Development Symposium for Indigenous Tourism Operators February 6-8. Ron will also attend the 2007 Corroboree Indigenous Tourism Expo at the Sydney Opera House on February 9. |
| City through original eyes 13 January 2007 - THE Deerubbun, a former navy torpedo recovery vessel, made quite an impression as it pulled up to the dock near the Opera House concourse with speakers blaring out a recording of clap sticks and didgeridoos. |
| Cultural warriors 4 January 2007 - RESPECTED north Queensland Aboriginal elder Willie Gordon comes to a halt near a clearing at the top of a ridge. With a stick he draws the letter S three times in the dirt at the feet of a group of tourists who have come a long way to hear him speak. |
| Aboriginal tourism targets Europe 21 November 2006 - BRITISH and European tourists to Australia will be encouraged to get a taste of Aboriginal culture after a report revealed fewer than one in five visitors arrive in the country seeking an "indigenous experience". |
| Indigenous
tourism on show to the world 29 June 2006 - Over 2,000 overseas delegates who attended the 2006 Australian Tourism Exchange in Adelaide have been given a rundown on Australia’s Indigenous tourism experiences. |
| Outback
Café serving up indigenous tourism experiences with Mark Olive 20 July 2006 - An exciting and innovative Indigenous program the Outback Café starring Mark Olive debuts on the Lifestyle Channel this Saturday, Tourism Australia Managing Director, Scott Morrison said recently. |
| Catching
the secret new wave 30 April 2005 - The land rights movement gave Aborigines places to call their own. Samantha Selinger-Morris discovers a guide book that takes you to them. |
| Tourists
guided on respect of country 17 February 2005 - A new Welcome to Country guide will give every traveller in Australia an opportunity to learn more about Australia's many Indigenous groups and cultures, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell said earlier this month. |
| Growing
Indigenous Tourism will help address Future Challenges 7 February 2005 - Australia's burgeoning Indigenous tourism industry represents a new opportunity to meet environmental challenges, as well as the cultural needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, Federal Tourism Parliamentary Secretary Warren Entsch said on Saturday (5 February 2005) at the inaugural Indigenous Tourism Expo in Sydney. |
| First conference for indigenous tourism 10 February 2004 - The first-ever Australian Indigenous Tourism Conference is underway this week in Fremantle. |
| New UK Promotion To Win An Aboriginal Tourism Adventure 2 February 2004 - A new promotion on Aboriginal tourism experiences in Australia has been launched in the United Kingdom's Daily Telegraph newspaper as part of a month long promotion. |
| Aboriginal tourism 13 January 2004 - Aboriginal tourism gives Indigenous people the chance to tell their story in their way, to share cultural insights, traditional practices and contemporary concerns with non-Indigenous Australians and international visitors. Indigenous communities view tourism as a means of both educating others about Indigenous culture, and creating employment and training opportunities at a local level. |
| Racism claims off the planet, says Beattie 25 May 2002 - Queenslanders have been branded racist in the latest edition of travellers' bible, the Lonely Planet. |
| Coming in from the Outback 19 August 2001 - Britons flock to Australia each year but rarely learn anything about its Aborigines or their culture. Caroline Hendrie says that could be about to change |
| Groundbreaking guide challenges stereotypes of Indigenous Australia August 2001 - "There's more to being an Aborigine than playing the didjeridu and posing in a barren landscape, spear in hand, before a mystical dusk backdrop"Contributing author Bryan Andy, p122 Aboriginal Australia & the Torres Strait Islands, Lonely Planet 2001 |
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