Indigenous Australians

In the Pilbara town of Roebourne the name of many streets haunt residents as they are named after perpetrators of a massacre which decimated the Yaburara tribe 160 years ago.

Australia's longest-running First Nations dance academy has helped to shape the cultural fabric of the nation. 

A landmark Indigenous-led report reveals that racism remains a daily reality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers and, at the current rate of change, "it will take 118 years to eliminate racial slurs from Australian workplaces".

Wildlife cameras snap rare pictures of blond echidnas, a tiny white-footed dunnart, and threatened seabirds on a small island off Tasmania's north coast.

Allegations of systemic discrimination against First Nations staff in the ACT Public Service have been referred to the ACT Public Sector Standards Commissioner, amid calls from Indigenous leaders for a formal investigation.

From the Pilbara to Penrith, an Indigenous WA community has taken its prized cultural and artistic possessions across the country for the Biennale of Sydney.

Melissa Lucashenko is one of Australia's most-acclaimed authors. But when it became clear to the Miles Franklin Literary Award winner that a self-professed fan had only read her non-fiction work, she decided it was time to put together a collection of essays called Not Quite White in the Head.

A former head of the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs in the ACT is calling for an inquiry to investigate the treatment and safety of First Nations staff in the territory's public service.

A wave of youth suicides lays bare a North Queensland community in crisis, with residents saying years of government investment have failed to create jobs, stability or hope.

Indigenous trailblazer Pat Turner has announced her retirement after a "tireless" career dedicated to championing the rights of First Nations people.

Residents from the isolated community of Laramba in Central Australia are suing the NT government over claims it failed to address the high levels of uranium in their drinking water.

The remote western NSW communities have been waiting on the removal of 40,000 cubic metres of asbestos material for years.

A sacred site in the remote East Kimberley has been declared an Aboriginal heritage protected area, years after burial grounds were damaged by a local mining company.

An oral history exhibition shares the lifetime stories of First Nations elders and their experiences at critical moments in Australian history. 

MaryAnn Bin-Sallik was the first Aboriginal nurse graduate in Darwin and the first Aboriginal person to receive a PhD at Harvard University. Following her death at age 85, the Djaru Elder is being remembered for her work in Indigenous education, health and human rights.

Ngaiawang language, once spoken frequently along the sweeping bend of the River Murray or the Rinta, was almost wiped out by colonisation.

Experts are warning elders are suffering in silence and are calling for more awareness around financial abuse to understand how it manifests within families and communities.

A protester has been arrested amid chaotic scenes outside of NT Parliament, where David Connolly has been sworn in as the new administrator.

The number of Indigenous people behind bars is rising. But some judges are bucking the trend by taking a different approach.

The ABC gets a rare look at the Aboriginal History Archive, a little-known collection of thousands of items collected by the well-known activist Gary Foley.