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  1. Indigenous dads challenging stereotypes this Father's Day
    By Chris Murrkarany Fitzpatrick

    Indigenous fathers say damaging stereotypes continue to shape how they are seen as parents, as advocates call for their strengths and contributions to families to be celebrated this Father's Day.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/cel

    #Parenting #IndigenousAustralians #NTIntervention #ChrisMurrkaranyFitzpatrick

  2. Fred Hollows built something remarkable but its future is under threat
    By Catherine James and Rachel Kelly

    Sixty years after Fred Hollows ventured into the outback to save the sight of thousands, a devoted team of specialists fears the life-changing work he started might not survive if governments cannot see past a funding blind spot.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-05/fre

    #Health #Eyes #Charities #IndigenousAustralians #RuralandRemoteCommunities #Volunteering #CatherineJames #RachelKelly

  3. NT government says no more ‘coddling criminals’ or ‘identity politics’ after experts walk out over ignored advice
    By Douglas Smith Indigenous affairs reporter

    Independent experts and organisations tasked with improving justice outcomes for First Nations people say Territorian government is not entering into ‘genuine partnership’

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #IndigenousAustralians #NorthernTerritory #Australianews #Prisons #TheGuardian #DouglasSmithIndigenousaffairsreporter

  4. Canberra woman to receive $100k settlement over illegal strip search
    By Jade Toomey

    Julianne Williams sued the ACT government for damages after a court found the illegal strip search breached her human rights.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-04/act

    #Prisons #HumanRights #IndigenousAustralians #JadeToomey

  5. Uneven distribution of class action payments causing havoc in Arnhem Land
    By Oliver Chaseling

    Aboriginal organisations in north-east Arnhem Land say they have been left to deal with the aftermath of a stolen wages class action that failed to include hundreds of potentially eligible claimants. One Yolŋu elder says he only found out about the class action after others received payments.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-04/nt-

    #Courts #WagesandBenefits #IndigenousAustralians #OliverChaseling

  6. 'Grossly inadequate': NT traditional owners plan to mandate mine rehabilitation
    By Jane Bardon

    Traditional owners in the NT want to see more money put aside for the rehabilitation of closed mines and are considering making it a requirement of any agreement established between mine companies and traditional owners.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/nt-

    #MiningandMetalsIndustry #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #IndigenousAustralians #LandRights #JaneBardon

  7. Another plan unveiled to tackle long-standing issues in Port Augusta
    By Arj Ganesan

    The state government has announced another plan to tackle issues regarding crime, violence and substance abuse in Port Augusta. The efforts have been praised by Indigenous leaders who say it is needed, but have criticised the lack of Indigenous consultation.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-02/por

    #SocialProblems #IndigenousAustralians #Crime #IndigenousPolicy #YouthCrime #RegionalCommunities #CommunityOrganisations #SubstanceAbuse #Drugs #Alcohol #IndigenousPeoples #ArjGanesan

  8. Rare photos found in attic shed light on Indigenous rights movement
    By Alistair Bates

    They waited in a Fremantle attic for decades. Now an anthropologist's snapshots of remote Australian history are about to see the light of day.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-02/rar

    #History #IndigenousAustralians #FineArtPhotography #IndustrialAction #AlistairBates

  9. Aboriginal community still damaged, without services months after floods
    By Joseph Hathaway-Wilson

    Months after record flooding, the remote Aboriginal community of Nauiyu / Daly River remains significantly damaged and without services. Locals say some are still without power and little has been done to prepare for the next wet season.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-02/nt-

    #Floods #IndigenousAustralians #JosephHathawayWilson

  10. First Nations people with disability spending extended periods in custody, report finds
    By Sarah Richards

    The Indigenous disability-led research is a national first, and examines the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability in Australia's justice system.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-02/res

    #IndigenousAustralians #BlackDeathsInCustody #Prisons #PeopleWithDisability #SarahRichards

  11. Blak & Bright Writers Festival rare public safe space for conversation
    By Mawunyo Gbogbo

    Poet Evelyn Araluen says the Blak & Bright Writers Festival will provide a welcome reprieve from the often hostile online environments First Nations people deal with. The festival will take place in Naarm this week.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-02/bla

    #CommunityandCulturalEvents #ArtsFestivals #Author #Books #IndigenousAustralians #ArtsEvents #MawunyoGbogbo

  12. Birdsville's lone ranger retires after three decades as keeper of the desert
    By Hannah Walsh

    For more than 30 years, Don Rowlands has been the ranger in charge of Munga-Thirri National Park, in Queensland's far south-west corner. But the time has come for him to hang up his uniform.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-30/don

    #IndigenousAustralians #NationalParks #History #RuralandRemoteCommunities #HannahWalsh

  13. Calls for better solutions as Kalgoorlie marks 10 years since protest
    By Nicholas R Ward and Katrina Tap

    A decade on from the unrest in the wake of an Aboriginal teen's death, some say not enough has been done to support young people in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-30/you

    #IndigenousAustralians #RuralandRemoteCommunities #NicholasRWard #KatrinaTap

  14. How an escaped convict spent decades living with Indigenous Australians
    By Hannah Reich

    Perhaps you're familiar with the phrase "Buckley's chance". Well, it's thought that it originates from William Buckley, a man who defied all odds to escape his fate as a convict.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-29/aus

    #History #IndigenousAustralians #HannahReich

  15. Three boys crawled into a skip bin one night and by morning one was dead. How did it happen?
    By Tory Shepherd

    A coronial inquest is examining the death of Indigenous 13-year-old Budda Spencer, who had for years been on the radar of South Australian police and child protection

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #IndigenousAustralians #SouthAustralia #Australianews #TheGuardian #ToryShepherd

  16. Report finds rock art damage more extensive than thought
    By Alistair Bates and Kimberley Putland

    The Murujuga Rock Art monitoring program finds pollutants from previous industrial activity have damaged a larger area of ancient rock art on the Burrup Peninsula than previously thought.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/pil

    #EnvironmentalImpacts #IndigenousAustralians #AirPollution #IndigenousCulture #Industry #AlistairBates #KimberleyPutland

  17. Gulf trucking company halt could force remote grocery price surge
    By Tim Little

    Remote grocery prices could surge and more than 70 jobs are at risk after a major Gulf freight company was grounded for compliance and safety issues.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/haw

    #Transport #IndigenousAustralians #RuralandRemoteCommunities #CostofLiving #TimLittle

  18. ‘Enough is enough’: 121 Indigenous Victorians have died by suicide in the past five years
    By Douglas Smith Indigenous affairs reporter

    Royal commission recommended First Nations healing centres in 2021 but the Indigenous health service says the state has ‘done nothing’ to fund it

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #IndigenousAustralians #Victoria #Australianews #Mentalhealth #Health #TheGuardian #DouglasSmithIndigenousaffairsreporter

  19. Researchers dodge crocs to probe coral bleaching after technology failed
    By Tilda Colling

    Researchers confirm a 2024 coral bleaching event in remote, crocodile-inhabited Northern Territory waters was not picked up by the latest predictive technologies.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/nt-

    #Reefs #Oceans #MarineBiology #EnvironmentalHealth #EnvironmentalManagement #IndigenousAustralians #TildaColling

  20. Police inappropriately searched Aboriginal teen after mistaken gunpoint arrest
    By Jade Toomey

    The ACT Ombudsman finds police inappropriately, and seemingly unlawfully, searched a 17-year-old Aboriginal boy after mistakenly arresting him at gunpoint on a bus in Canberra's south last year.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/act

    #Police #IndigenousAustralians #JadeToomey

  21. Sediments reveal secrets from before the Great Barrier Reef was underwater
    By Katrina Beavan

    Tens of thousands of years ago, the Great Barrier Reef was above water. Whether it was grassland, rainforest, or mangrove swamp is something researchers and Indigenous rangers are trying to uncover.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-24/wor

    #GreatBarrierReef #IndigenousAustralians #MarineParks #Conservation #KatrinaBeavan

  22. Family of missing woman wants $1m reward to help solve 13-year-old mystery
    By Olivia Nunes-Malek

    Monique Clubb disappeared during a trip to Brisbane more than 13 years ago. Her family has now co-launched a campaign calling on Queensland Police to implement a reward for new information that could lead to an arrest.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-24/cal

    #MissingPerson #IndigenousAustralians #IndigenousCulture #IndigenousPolicy #Police #Courts #OliviaNunesMalek

  23. Program motivates remote students to join healthcare workforce at home
    By Kavina Kumar and Zara Margolis

    Melinda is still finishing high school, but she is already working inside the health system and building a career that could bring her back to serve her own community.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-23/dea

    #Education #Health #Nurses #HealthcareFacilities #IndigenousPeoples #RuralandRemoteCommunities #VocationalEducationandTraining #IndigenousAustralians #KavinaKumar #ZaraMargolis

  24. From Nhulunbuy to New York, the rare politician torn between two worlds
    By Matt Garrick

    From Arnhem Land to Northern Territory parliament, independent MLA Yiŋiya Guyula resigned from politics this week after taking his people's fight to the world.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-22/ana

    #GovernmentandPolitics #IndigenousAustralians #Independents #NTCLP #MattGarrick

  25. First Nations fashion celebrates weaving, wattle and waterways at from Country to Couture 2026 – in pictures
    By (A)manda Parkinson

    Over two nights in Larrakia country, Darwin Aboriginal art fair’s annual runway event showcases the work of 21 designers and art centres.

    theguardian.com/fashion/galler

    #Australianfashion #Lifeandstyle #Fashion #Darwin #IndigenousAustralians #Indigenousart #Australianews #TheGuardian #AmandaParkinson

  26. Albanese's absence looms large over Garma
    By Dana Morse

    The theme of this year's Garma Festival is "bukmak", a Yolŋu word meaning "everyone", but the prime minister's decision not to attend may indicate how high on the government's priority list Indigenous affairs sit.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-31/gar

    #IndigenousAustralians #CommunityandSociety #IndigenousCulture #IndigenousPolicy #GovernmentandPolitics #IndigenousOtherPeoples #Reconciliation #History #DanaMorse

  27. Connected under the Milky Way: new exhibition shares Indigenous astronomical knowledge from Australia to South Africa
    By Sarah Collard Indigenous affairs correspondent

    The Yamaji-Wajarri people studied the wide-open skies of their country for millennia before being host to one of the world’s largest radio telescopes

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #IndigenousAustralians #Indigenousart #WesternAustralia #Australianews #Astronomy #TheGuardian #SarahCollardIndigenousaffairscorrespondent

  28. Barnaby Joyce claims Australia is a ‘Christian nation’ and says many First Nations people would agree
    By Tory Shepherd

    One Nation MP refines party’s view on national identity as he accepts award for ‘political courage’ at anti-abortion gala organised by Joanna Howe

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #OneNation #BarnabyJoyce #Abortion #Australianews #Australianpolitics #IndigenousAustralians #Christianity #TheGuardian #ToryShepherd

  29. We have survived! Forty years of Aboriginal protest posters – in pictures
    By Sam Miers from the Penrith Miers Archive; Emma O'Neill and Seb Henry-Jones from Numbers; and Emma Joyce

    Wiradjuri elder Ray Jackson was a prominent activist in Australia. He was the founding secretary of the New South Wales Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Watch Committee in 1987 and a regular face at the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy up until his death in 2015.

    theguardian.com/artanddesign/g

    #Australianart #Indigenousart #Culture #Artanddesign #IndigenousAustralians #Australianews #Protest #Deathsincustody #Race #Indigenousincarceration #TheGuardian #SamMiersfromthePenrithMiersArchive #EmmaONeill #SebHenryJonesfromNumbers # #EmmaJoyce

  30. First Nations community taking cancer care into its own hands
    By Bridget Herrmann

    A new program in Far North Queensland aims to make life easier for people receiving treatment for cancer, while reducing the number of people who develop the disease.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-06/yar

    #Cancer #RuralandRemoteCommunities #IndigenousAustralians #BridgetHerrmann

  31. First Nations community taking cancer care into its own hands
    By Bridget Herrmann

    A new program in Far North Queensland aims to make life easier for people receiving treatment for cancer, while reducing the number of people who develop the disease.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-06/yar

    #Cancer #RuralandRemoteCommunities #IndigenousAustralians #BridgetHerrmann

  32. #Australia - Online #racism is significantly affecting mental health, #FirstNations people say: ‘It’s like carrying a bully in your pocket’

    Australian Human Rights Commission has called for a digital duty of care to prevent #SocialMedia #algorithms from incentivising ‘racist’ content

    Douglas Smith and Sarah Collard
    Fri 12 Jun 2026 11.00 EDT

    Excerpt: "Sam Bennell started a social media account to share his deep love of #Noongar culture and language. The 27-year-old gained nearly 10,000 followers in just a few months across Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, but says when he began sharing more of the traditional culture and language from south-west Western Australia he noticed a distinct change in the comments left under his posts.

    " 'All the racists started commenting,' he says.

    "He told Guardian Australia that his videos appeared to be pushed to a wider audience, which was attracting negativity. 'Facebook seems to be pushing my content to racists for some reason, which I don’t get,' he says. 'I haven’t been posting lately because it has been taking a toll on my mental health … all that online stuff is just crazy.' "

    Read more:
    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #AuntyLisa #Racism #IndigenousAustralians #AusPol #OnlineHarassment #SocialMediaAlgorithms #Incitement

  33. #Australia - #KatherineNT residents say potential damages from #PFAS firefighting foam case should pay for further 'recompense'

    by James Elton, 1 June, 2026

    Excerpt: "PFASContamination in Katherine was first announced by Defence in 2016 — the result of decades of use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam at #Tindal, which sits above a large and interconnected #aquifer.

    "In the immediate aftermath, Katherine's town pool was closed and Defence trucked in bottled water.

    "Commonwealth to sue the manufacturer of a firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals that contaminated 28 #DefenceForce bases across Australia.

    "A class action, settled in 2020, resulted in Defence paying $92.5 million to Katherine home owners and businesses to compensate for lost property value, as part of a broader class action that also included Williamtown in NSW and Oakey in Queensland.

    "Today, Katherine's town drinking water supply is thoroughly treated using a specialised plant to keep PFAS levels below minimum thresholds.

    "But residents with bores in the contamination zone are still advised not to drink their groundwater or eat eggs from chickens that drink water from the bores.

    "A 2018 health assessment commissioned by Defence also found there was an 'elevated risk' for anyone who ate fish caught in the #KatherineRiver on a regular basis, defined as one fish per week.

    "A Senate inquiry into the issue last year heard evidence that assessment had affected #Aboriginal people in the region, who had historically eaten large quantities and varieties of fish and crustaceans from the river."

    Read more:
    abc.net.au/news/2026-06-02/pfa

    #3MKnew #ForeverChemicals #PFAS #FirefightingFoam #FirstNations #KatherineNT #IndigenousAustralians #NorthernTerritory #WilliamtownNSW #OakeyQueensland #WaterIsLife #AusPol #TraditionalDiets #TraditionalFoodSources

  34. #Australia - ‘Gone forever’: political anger after #NSW #Aboriginal #HeritageSite bulldozed for power lines

    The #RockShelter was destroyed by contractors building #TransmissionLines for the Central-West Orana #RenewableEnergyZone

    Petra Stock
    Wed 27 May 2026

    "#Indigenous community members have described their shock and anger after an Aboriginal rock shelter was 'damaged beyond recovery' by contractors building transmission lines for a #NewSouthWales renewable energy zone.

    "The #HeritageSite was destroyed by bulldozers in March during the construction of access tracks for the #CentralWestOrana renewable energy zone, a transmission line project located about 300km north-west of #Sydney.

    "The network company #Acerez, engaged by the state government to design, build and operate the infrastructure project, discovered the damage in May while undertaking due diligence checks.

    "A company spokesperson said processes to protect the shelter 'were not fully implemented'.

    " 'We are deeply sorry and apologise without reservation to the #TraditionalOwners and to the local community,' they said."

    Read more:
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #IndigenousAustralians #ProtectTheSacred #IndigenousNews

  35. ‘The environmental movement needs many hands’: saving Australia’s biodiversity is getting personal

    Powered by individual donations and bequests, the country now has one of the world’s largest networks of privately protected and managed land

    by James Norman, Fri 17 Apr 2026

    Excerpt: "Over three decades later, #BushHeritage today owns and protects 45 bought or gifted bush reserves around #Australia – covering more than 1.4m hectares of land and providing habitat for over 9,000 native species. Working with #FirstNations communities and farmers, it supports the management of an additional 20.5m hectares beyond what it owns directly.

    " 'Some of Australia’s most threatened and fragile #ecosystems and #wildlife sit outside of the national reserve system,' says Rachel Lowry, Bush Heritage Australia’s chief executive officer.

    " 'They’re found on private land or pastoral country, and they may have deep cultural and ecological values, but they’re not protected from threats such as #LandClearing, #mining or #InvasiveSpecies.'

    "The organisation reports a rise in the number of personal bequests, from 2,500 in 2022 to more than 4,600 bequests last year. Lowry puts the increase down to a personal desire to have a meaningful impact on the worsening global climate and #biodiversity crisis.

    "Bush Heritage’s model has inspired other groups around Australia to acquire and conserve lands and forests of significant ecological value. One such example is the #NorthEastTasmania #LandTrust (#NETLT), which secretary Dr Christine Hosking describes as 'a microcosm of Bush Heritage'.

    "Formed in 2009, the organisation manages donated land through weed control and regeneration of the native environment.

    " 'Currently, we have 10 acres [4 hectares] of endangered eucalyptus forest in #BinalongBay that adjoins the #BayOfFires #Conservation Area, and a smaller patch of coastal habitat for the endangered swift parrot,' she says."

    #SolarPunkSunday #LandConservation #EndangeredSpecies #ClimateCrisis #ProtectTheForest #ProtectTheForests #Regeneration #PreserveNature #Conservationists #IndigenousAustralians #TraditionalLandManagement

  36. ‘The environmental movement needs many hands’: saving Australia’s biodiversity is getting personal

    Powered by individual donations and bequests, the country now has one of the world’s largest networks of privately protected and managed land

    by James Norman, Fri 17 Apr 2026

    Excerpt: "Over three decades later, #BushHeritage today owns and protects 45 bought or gifted bush reserves around #Australia – covering more than 1.4m hectares of land and providing habitat for over 9,000 native species. Working with #FirstNations communities and farmers, it supports the management of an additional 20.5m hectares beyond what it owns directly.

    " 'Some of Australia’s most threatened and fragile #ecosystems and #wildlife sit outside of the national reserve system,' says Rachel Lowry, Bush Heritage Australia’s chief executive officer.

    " 'They’re found on private land or pastoral country, and they may have deep cultural and ecological values, but they’re not protected from threats such as #LandClearing, #mining or #InvasiveSpecies.'

    "The organisation reports a rise in the number of personal bequests, from 2,500 in 2022 to more than 4,600 bequests last year. Lowry puts the increase down to a personal desire to have a meaningful impact on the worsening global climate and #biodiversity crisis.

    "Bush Heritage’s model has inspired other groups around Australia to acquire and conserve lands and forests of significant ecological value. One such example is the #NorthEastTasmania #LandTrust (#NETLT), which secretary Dr Christine Hosking describes as 'a microcosm of Bush Heritage'.

    "Formed in 2009, the organisation manages donated land through weed control and regeneration of the native environment.

    " 'Currently, we have 10 acres [4 hectares] of endangered eucalyptus forest in #BinalongBay that adjoins the #BayOfFires #Conservation Area, and a smaller patch of coastal habitat for the endangered swift parrot,' she says."

    #SolarPunkSunday #LandConservation #EndangeredSpecies #ClimateCrisis #ProtectTheForest #ProtectTheForests #Regeneration #PreserveNature #Conservationists #IndigenousAustralians #TraditionalLandManagement

  37. ‘The environmental movement needs many hands’: saving Australia’s biodiversity is getting personal

    Powered by individual donations and bequests, the country now has one of the world’s largest networks of privately protected and managed land

    by James Norman, Fri 17 Apr 2026

    Excerpt: "Over three decades later, #BushHeritage today owns and protects 45 bought or gifted bush reserves around #Australia – covering more than 1.4m hectares of land and providing habitat for over 9,000 native species. Working with #FirstNations communities and farmers, it supports the management of an additional 20.5m hectares beyond what it owns directly.

    " 'Some of Australia’s most threatened and fragile #ecosystems and #wildlife sit outside of the national reserve system,' says Rachel Lowry, Bush Heritage Australia’s chief executive officer.

    " 'They’re found on private land or pastoral country, and they may have deep cultural and ecological values, but they’re not protected from threats such as #LandClearing, #mining or #InvasiveSpecies.'

    "The organisation reports a rise in the number of personal bequests, from 2,500 in 2022 to more than 4,600 bequests last year. Lowry puts the increase down to a personal desire to have a meaningful impact on the worsening global climate and #biodiversity crisis.

    "Bush Heritage’s model has inspired other groups around Australia to acquire and conserve lands and forests of significant ecological value. One such example is the #NorthEastTasmania #LandTrust (#NETLT), which secretary Dr Christine Hosking describes as 'a microcosm of Bush Heritage'.

    "Formed in 2009, the organisation manages donated land through weed control and regeneration of the native environment.

    " 'Currently, we have 10 acres [4 hectares] of endangered eucalyptus forest in #BinalongBay that adjoins the #BayOfFires #Conservation Area, and a smaller patch of coastal habitat for the endangered swift parrot,' she says."

    #SolarPunkSunday #LandConservation #EndangeredSpecies #ClimateCrisis #ProtectTheForest #ProtectTheForests #Regeneration #PreserveNature #Conservationists #IndigenousAustralians #TraditionalLandManagement

  38. ‘The environmental movement needs many hands’: saving Australia’s biodiversity is getting personal

    Powered by individual donations and bequests, the country now has one of the world’s largest networks of privately protected and managed land

    by James Norman, Fri 17 Apr 2026

    Excerpt: "Over three decades later, #BushHeritage today owns and protects 45 bought or gifted bush reserves around #Australia – covering more than 1.4m hectares of land and providing habitat for over 9,000 native species. Working with #FirstNations communities and farmers, it supports the management of an additional 20.5m hectares beyond what it owns directly.

    " 'Some of Australia’s most threatened and fragile #ecosystems and #wildlife sit outside of the national reserve system,' says Rachel Lowry, Bush Heritage Australia’s chief executive officer.

    " 'They’re found on private land or pastoral country, and they may have deep cultural and ecological values, but they’re not protected from threats such as #LandClearing, #mining or #InvasiveSpecies.'

    "The organisation reports a rise in the number of personal bequests, from 2,500 in 2022 to more than 4,600 bequests last year. Lowry puts the increase down to a personal desire to have a meaningful impact on the worsening global climate and #biodiversity crisis.

    "Bush Heritage’s model has inspired other groups around Australia to acquire and conserve lands and forests of significant ecological value. One such example is the #NorthEastTasmania #LandTrust (#NETLT), which secretary Dr Christine Hosking describes as 'a microcosm of Bush Heritage'.

    "Formed in 2009, the organisation manages donated land through weed control and regeneration of the native environment.

    " 'Currently, we have 10 acres [4 hectares] of endangered eucalyptus forest in #BinalongBay that adjoins the #BayOfFires #Conservation Area, and a smaller patch of coastal habitat for the endangered swift parrot,' she says."

    #SolarPunkSunday #LandConservation #EndangeredSpecies #ClimateCrisis #ProtectTheForest #ProtectTheForests #Regeneration #PreserveNature #Conservationists #IndigenousAustralians #TraditionalLandManagement

  39. ‘The environmental movement needs many hands’: saving Australia’s biodiversity is getting personal

    Powered by individual donations and bequests, the country now has one of the world’s largest networks of privately protected and managed land

    by James Norman, Fri 17 Apr 2026

    Excerpt: "Over three decades later, #BushHeritage today owns and protects 45 bought or gifted bush reserves around #Australia – covering more than 1.4m hectares of land and providing habitat for over 9,000 native species. Working with #FirstNations communities and farmers, it supports the management of an additional 20.5m hectares beyond what it owns directly.

    " 'Some of Australia’s most threatened and fragile #ecosystems and #wildlife sit outside of the national reserve system,' says Rachel Lowry, Bush Heritage Australia’s chief executive officer.

    " 'They’re found on private land or pastoral country, and they may have deep cultural and ecological values, but they’re not protected from threats such as #LandClearing, #mining or #InvasiveSpecies.'

    "The organisation reports a rise in the number of personal bequests, from 2,500 in 2022 to more than 4,600 bequests last year. Lowry puts the increase down to a personal desire to have a meaningful impact on the worsening global climate and #biodiversity crisis.

    "Bush Heritage’s model has inspired other groups around Australia to acquire and conserve lands and forests of significant ecological value. One such example is the #NorthEastTasmania #LandTrust (#NETLT), which secretary Dr Christine Hosking describes as 'a microcosm of Bush Heritage'.

    "Formed in 2009, the organisation manages donated land through weed control and regeneration of the native environment.

    " 'Currently, we have 10 acres [4 hectares] of endangered eucalyptus forest in #BinalongBay that adjoins the #BayOfFires #Conservation Area, and a smaller patch of coastal habitat for the endangered swift parrot,' she says."

    #SolarPunkSunday #LandConservation #EndangeredSpecies #ClimateCrisis #ProtectTheForest #ProtectTheForests #Regeneration #PreserveNature #Conservationists #IndigenousAustralians #TraditionalLandManagement

  40. #Australia - Creating an #Indigenous plant-use #garden: harvesting

    April 14, 2022, #LandCareAustralia

    "The satisfaction of eating straight from the garden is one of life’s best learning experiences, however we need to be respectful and mindful to only harvest what we need to allow the plant to continue to thrive for generations to come.

    This activity involves the assessment and mapping of local environments to create a successful and thriving Indigenous plant-use garden.

    To understand local perspectives and support these activities, we recommend reaching out to the local #TraditionalOwners and #FirstNations peoples community groups who can assist in knowledge sharing and understanding local land, histories and culture. This is an important consideration to ensure that any reconciliation initiatives are being driven in a local, meaningful way.

    This learning activity is the last part of a sequence of 6 individual learning activities focused on creating an Indigenous plant-use garden. The order of these learning activities are: resources from the bush, vision, plant list, site assessment, planting and harvesting.

    Landcare is an amazing grass roots, volunteer movement that harnesses individuals and groups under the ethic of caring for the land. There are approximately 6,000 volunteer environmental group across Australia that fall under the Landcare umbrella. The movement focuses on the sustainable management of all of Australia's natural resource assets and encompasses individuals and groups across the whole landscape from coastal to urban and remote areas of Australia."

    Watch video:
    youtube.com/watch?v=BkZ6GRx2rZg

    Full learning activity:
    juniorlandcare.org.au/learning

    Landcare website:
    landcareaustralia.org.au/

    #SolarPunkSunday #HonorableHarvest #IndigenousAustralians #IndigenousGardens #IndigenousPlants #NativePlants