Australian Aboriginal Culture

17 Jun 2012

Hirotaka Takeuchi

5:47PM

13 Dec 2011

If you met poet Richard G.Kennedy face to face, he would tell you proudly that he is Aborigine. Kennedy does not think of himself as Australian; he is Ngiyampaa Aborigine.

3:16AM

The Three Sisters

11 Jan 2011

Tyawan the magician had walked down the steep path from the top of the cliff to the bottom thousands of times, but he always trod cautiously when he came to the narrow ledge near the mouth of the...

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Wild Life

6 Jun 2010

Wild Life
by Simon King
Hodder, HK$117

7:13PM

Quotes of The Week

22 Nov 2008

I have been praying. Every night I hope it will get better, but I don't know whether I should hope. I really worry about December. I'm fearful

Casino magnate Stanley Ho Hung-sun,...

1:52AM

Desert Dreaming

26 Jun 2008

Southern Exchange

June 30-July 12

9:57PM

Opinion

The last straw for Terry Wong?

2:53PM

Jake Van Der Kamp

iBonds are little help in easing inflation and a bad bet financially

3:55AM

Aboriginal tribal punishment turns Alice Springs into the world's stabbing capital

It was immortalised in Nevil Shute's novel A Town Like Alice, but a surge in traditional tribal punishment among Aborigines has made Alice Springs the stabbing capital of the world.

11:32PM

Aboriginal Zorba a YouTube hit

It is an unlikely fusion of cultures from opposite sides of the world, but an Aboriginal version of the classic dance from Zorba The Greek has become a sensation on video-sharing website YouTube...

10:12AM

Canberra waters down alcohol prohibition on Aboriginal land

A time-honoured tourist tradition in the Australian Outback has won a last-minute reprieve, with Canberra set to water down a draconian ban on the consumption of alcohol on Aboriginal-owned land...

3:18AM

Last nomads a love story for the ages

It may be a world removed from feuding Montagues and Capulets, but for many indigenous Australians the astonishing tale of Warri and Yatungka surpasses the greatest love story ever told.

8:45AM

Lost in time

REGINA GANTER IS rewriting Australian history. In a book that she hopes will unsettle long-held views of what it means to be Australian, she argues for a rethink and a more flexible approach to...

2:46PM

Boomerangs in Sydney

First, some details: when Captain James Cook discovered Australia in 1770, the returning boomerang was used by some Aboriginal tribes for hunting, fighting and fishing, while many others used non-...

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