Aboriginal Way Podcast

A lost totem of the Erawirung people, the Murray crayfish, has returned to SA waters, despite being made extinct in the area due to pollution, overfishing and river regulation. On May 16, 200 crays were relocated from parts of the NSW and ACT run of the Murray River with ongoing … Read More

“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