Indigenous Australian

British  

noun

1. another name for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander See Aboriginal

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Example Sentences

On a recent Wednesday, a Chinese fire dancer gyrated to the drone of a didgeridoo, an Indigenous Australian instrument, in the courtyard of an Israeli musician’s home.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was confident and composed when she appeared at Australia’s National Press Club to explain why she, a rising political star who is an Indigenous Australian, opposed a referendum to expand Indigenous rights.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2023

Brisbane also seeks inspiration from the 2000 Sydney Olympics that was a stage for Cathy Freeman, who lit the cauldron and then ran to 400-meter gold, who has Indigenous Australian family roots.

From Washington Times • Jun. 28, 2023

Much of Australia's currency already features Indigenous Australian figures and artworks.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2023

Mr. Roach was part of the “Stolen Generations,” the tens of thousands of Indigenous Australian children who were forcibly removed from their homes under government assimilation policies that lasted into the 1970s.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2022