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National Indigenous Human Rights Awards
The National Indigenous Human Rights Awards are annual Australian awards that recognise the contribution of Indigenous Australians to human rights and social justice. The ceremony takes place in Sydney, New South Wales. History The National Indigenous Human Rights Awards were launched at the end of June 2014 at New South Wales Parliament, at the instigation of NSW parliamentarian Shaoquett Moselmane. Description The award ceremony is first national Australian award ceremony dedicated solely to Indigenous human rights achievements. There are three categories of awards: *The Dr Yunupingu Award for Human Rights, in honour of musician and educator Mandawuy Yunupingu *The Eddie Mabo Award for Social Justice, in honour of Indigenous land rights campaigner Eddie Mabo *Anthony Mundine Award for Courage, in honour of boxer Anthony Mundine 2014 awards The inaugural National Indigenous Human Rights Awards were held on 24 June at Parliament House, Sydney. Indigenous leaders from all over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Mundine At The National Indigenous Human Rights Awards
Anthony, also spelled Antony, is a masculine given name derived from the ''Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles. Anthony is an English name that is in use in many countries. It has been among the top 100 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 100 male baby names between 1998 and 2018 in many countries including Canada, Australia, England, Ireland and Scotland. Equivalents include ''Antonio'' in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Maltese; ''Αντώνιος'' in Greek; ''António'' or ''Antônio'' in Portuguese; ''Antoni'' in Catalan, Polish, and Slovene; '' Anton'' in Dutch, Galician, German, Icelandic, Romanian, Russian, and Scandinavian languages; ''Antoine'' in French; '' Antal'' in Hungarian; and ''Antun'' or ''Ante'' in Croatian. The usual abbreviated f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yothu Yindi
Yothu Yindi (Yolŋu Matha, Yolngu for "child and mother", pronounced , natively ) are an Australian musical group with Australian Aboriginal, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal members, formed in 1986 as a merger of two bands formed in 1985 – a white rock group called the Swamp Jockeys (Todd Williams, Michael Wyatt, Cal Williams, Stuart Kellaway, Andrew Bellety), and an unnamed Aboriginal folk group consisting of Mandawuy Yunupingu, Witiyana Marika, and Milkayngu Mununggur. The Aboriginal members came from Yolngu, Yolngu homelands near Yirrkala, Northern Territory, Yirrkala on the Gove Peninsula in Northern Territory's Arnhem Land. Founding members included Stuart Kellaway on bass guitar, Cal Williams on lead guitar, Andrew Belletty on drums, Witiyana Marika on manikay (traditional vocals), bilma (ironwood clapsticks) and dance, Milkayngu Mununggurr on yidaki, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu on keyboard (music), keyboards, guitar, and percussion, past lead singer Mandawuy Yunupingu and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff McMullen
Jeffrey John McMullen is an Australian journalist and author and television and radio presenter. He was a foreign correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for almost two decades (1966–1984), and later joined the Australian version of ''60 Minutes'' (1985–2000). He has written numerous articles and several books, and is known for championing the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Early life and education McMullen graduated from Macquarie University with a Bachelor of Arts. Media career Career at the ABC McMullen was a foreign correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for almost two decades (1966–1984), international reporter for the investigative television program ''Four Corners'' and later joined the Australian version of ''60 Minutes'' (1985–2000). In 2007, he hosted a 33-part discussion series on ABC1 titled '' Difference of Opinion''. He also chaired many Indigenous forums on NITV. In 2014, McMullen appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Wotton
The trial of Lex Wotton relates to the events surrounding the Townsville, Queensland proceedings in the Federal Magistrates Court concerning the actions taken by Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council member Wotton during the 26 November 2004 Palm Island riots. Wotton was a two-time councillor on the Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council when Cameron Doomadgee died in custody. Wotton led approximately 1,000 people in the Palm Island Riots. Wotton was arrested, but on his release, he was hailed as a hero by many residents of Palm Island. He continued to act as a leader and even ran for mayor of the North Queensland Aboriginal community. Approximately four years after the riot, Wotton was found guilty of inciting a riot and sentenced to seven years in prison. He later successfully sued the Queensland Police Service for unlawful racial discrimination. Lex Wotton Lex Patrick Wotton (born 1967 or 1968) was a plumber by trade and the plumber for Palm Island as well as an Aboriginal el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mervyn Eades
Mervyn is a masculine given name and occasionally a surname which is of Old Welsh origin, with elements ''mer'', probably meaning "marrow", and ''myn'', meaning "eminent". Despite the misconception of the letter 'V' being an English spelling, through Roman occupation of Britain, the Welsh language (at least for spelling) was Latinised and through centuries of evolution of the Welsh language, the modern Welsh spelling for Mervyn is Merfyn. People with the given name * Mervyn or Merfyn Frych, king of Gwynedd () * Mervyn Archdall (other), various persons * Mervyn S. Bennion (1887–1941), US Navy captain killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor * Mervyn Bishop (born 1945), professional photographer, the first Aboriginal Australian to work on a metropolitan daily newspaper * Mervyn Carrick (born 1946), Northern Ireland politician * Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch (born 1952), former banker and UK government minister * Mervyn Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homophobic
Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who identify or are perceived as being lesbian, Gay men, gay or bisexual. It has been defined as contempt, prejudice, aversion, hatred, or antipathy, may be based on irrational fear and may sometimes be attributed to religious beliefs.* * * * * Homophobia is observable in critical and hostile behavior such as discrimination and Violence against LGBTQ people, violence on the basis of sexual orientations that are non-heterosexual. Recognized types of homophobia include ''institutionalized'' homophobia, e.g. religious homophobia and state-sponsored homophobia, and ''internalized'' homophobia, experienced by people who have same-sex attractions, regardless of how they identify. According to 2010 Hate Crimes Statistics released by the FBI National Press Office, 19.3 percent of hate crimes across the United States "were motivated by a sexual orientation bias." Moreover, in a Southern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Goodes
Adam Roy Goodes (born 8 January 1980) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Goodes holds an elite place in VFL/AFL history as a dual Brownlow Medallist, dual premiership player, four-time All-Australian, member of the Indigenous Team of the Century and representative of Australia international rules football team, Australia in the International Rules Series. In addition, he has held the record for the most VFL/AFL games played by an Indigenous Australians, Indigenous player, surpassing Andrew McLeod's record of 340 during the 2014 AFL season before having his own record surpassed by Shaun Burgoyne during the 2019 AFL season. Known for his community work and anti-racism advocacy, Goodes was named the Australian of the Year in 2014. From 2013, his outspokenness on racial issues contributed to his being the target of a sustained booing campaign from opposition fans, causing him to take indefin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Munro
Jenny Munro (née Coe) is an Australian Wiradjuri elder and a prominent activist for the rights of Indigenous Australians. She has been at the forefront of the fight for Aboriginal housing at The Block in Sydney and started the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy. She is the sister of activists Isabel Coe and Paul Coe. She is an active member of the Waterloo Public Housing Action Group. Early life Munro was born to parents Les and Agnes Coe, who were Aboriginal land rights activists. She is the younger sister of activist Isabel Coe and her brother Paul Coe, and had another sister and brother. She grew up on Erambie Mission, near the town of Cowra, New South Wales. In 1972, Munro's parents took her to the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra, where they joined the protest by sleeping in tents. At the age of 17, she moved to the inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern. In 1972 in Sydney, she met her husband, Lyall Munro Jnr, and they both became founding members of the Aboriginal Housing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NITV
National Indigenous Television (NITV) is an Australian free-to-air television channel that broadcasts programming produced and presented largely by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It includes the six-day-a-week ''NITV News Update'', with programming including other news and current affairs programmes, sports coverage, entertainment for children and adults, films and documentaries covering a range of topics. Its primary audience is Indigenous Australians, but many non-Indigenous people tune in to learn more about the history of and issues affecting the country's First Nations peoples. NITV was initially only carried by cable and satellite providers, along with some limited over-the-air transmissions in certain remote areas. NITV was re-launched in December 2012 by the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) as a free-to-air channel. History Predecessors of NITV Indigenous groups and individuals lobbied the Australian Government to fund a nationwide Indigenous telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tauto Sansbury
Tauto Sansbury (c. 1949 – 23 September 2019) was a Narungga man from the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia. He was the recipient of the NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2015 NAIDOC Week celebrations. Sansbury was born and raised on an Aboriginal reserve and dedicated his life to advocacy for Indigenous Australians. Early life Sansbury was born at the Point Pearce Mission in the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. He also had Kaurna and Wirangu heritage. Career As state chairperson of the South Australian Aboriginal Justice Advocacy Committee and chairperson of the National Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee for over 10 years, Sansbury fought to improve the conditions of Aboriginal people in the criminal justice system. Sansbury served in numerous official and voluntary positions, including chairperson of the South Australian Aboriginal Coalition for Social justice. He was a consultant to the Social Inclusion Unit, undertaking community consultations on the so-call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karla Grant
Karla Grant is an Australian presenter, producer and journalist for the SBS's national Indigenous current affairs program '' Living Black'', focusing on issues concerning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities within Australia. Personal life Grant was born in Adelaide to a Dutch father and an Aboriginal mother. She is a descendant of the Western Arrernte people. Grant was married for 16 years to television presenter Stan Grant until 2000. They have three children. Media career Grant hosted ''Aboriginal Australia'' on Channel 10, a programme which was also directed towards Australia's Indigenous community. In 1994, she joined SBS, originally as producer, reporter, director and presenter on the Walkley Award-winning programme '' ICAM'', SBS's first Indigenous current affairs show. In 2002, she began hosting ''Living Black''. In 2009, Grant was appointed Executive Producer of the SBS coverage of the Deadly Awards. During 2018, Grant was awarded a First Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Munro With Award
Jenny may refer to: * Jenny (given name), a popular feminine name and list of real and fictional people * Jenny (surname), a family name Animals * Jenny (donkey), a female donkey * Jenny (elephant), a female elephant in the German Army in World War I * Jenny (gorilla), the oldest gorilla in captivity at the time of her death at age 55 * Jenny (orangutan), an orangutan in the London Zoo in the 1830s Films * ''Jenny'' (1936 film), a French film by Marcel Carné * ''Jenny'' (1958 film), a Dutch film * ''Jenny'' (1962 film), an Australian television film * ''Jenny'' (1970 film), a film starring Alan Alda and Marlo Thomas Music * "Jenny" (EP), a 2003 song released as an EP single by stellastarr* * "Jenny" (The Click Five song) (2007) * "Jenny" (Nothing More song) (2015) * "Jenny" (Studio Killers song) (2013) * "867-5309/Jenny", a 1982 song by Tommy Tutone * "Jenny", a 1968 song by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers * "Jenny", a 1973 song by Chicago from '' Chicago VI'' * "Jenny" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
