Aboriginal Way Podcast

“These people are infiltrating local governments, taking custodians land away and meddling with identity and politics, it’s a really scary issue.” Palawa man Nathan Maynard’s play, ‘At What Cost?’, explores the issue of non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders incorrectly identifying themselves, a contentious issue since legal reform from the Tasmanian … Read More

With extensive rolling coverage of the federal referendum, you may have missed the establishment of the South Australian First Nations Voice to Parliament. Back in March, South Australia became the first Australian jurisdiction to pass a bill legislating a state Indigenous Voice to parliament. Separate from the federal Voice, the initiative … Read More

Charlie Flannigan was a prize-winning jockey and stockman who became the centre of a murder trial that gripped the Northern Territory in 1892. Darwin-based historian and Library & Archives NT curator Don Nawurlarny Christopherson spoke with Aboriginal Way about the impact of Flannigan’s sketches, found in the SA museum archives, … Read More

Faith Thomas AM, the first Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person to play for Australia in any sport, has died at aged 90. The Adnyamathanha woman, who was born at the Nepabunna Aboriginal Mission in 1933 to an Aboriginal mother and German father was selected to play cricket for South … Read More

“There’s a sense of excitement that something really big is growing from this and it’s encompassing not just the school, but everything around the school that’s linked to it… I’m awed that my boys get to have this experience and know that it will be a visible part of their … Read More