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Indigenous Australian

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Indigenous Australian art, in the form of carved or painted rock, is known to be at least 40,000 years old.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023

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

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2023

The second, which came out in 2016, held 16,000, including words borrowed from more than 100 Indigenous Australian languages — billabong, kangaroo and yabby, to name a few.

From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2022

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