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Aboriginal woman dies in custody in Tasmania, coroner to investigate

An Aboriginal woman has died while in custody in southern Tasmania. The state's Aboriginal Legal Service believes it’s the first Aboriginal death in custody in more than 25 years. Hanson move no one ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Fanny Cochrane Smith's Tasmanian Aboriginal songs and language preserved forever

"I'm Fanny Smith. I was born on Flinders Island. I am the daughter of Tangnarootoora, of the East Coast Tribe. I am just 70 years of age." Nearly 120 years after Tasmanian Aboriginal woman Fanny ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Aboriginal leader pleads for more police to deal with 'island in anarchy'

A Tasmanian Aboriginal leader is claiming a small island off the state's north coast is in a state of lawlessness. Michael Mansell says Cape Barren Island is in anarchy with chronic levels of assaults ...
The Toowoomba Chronicle

Brandi Salmon’s new Hobart mural celebrates Palawa women as the ‘backbone of community’

A powerful new mural celebrating Palawa women has transformed an ordinary Hobart car park wall into a vibrant public testament to Aboriginal culture and community. The self-taught Wiradjuri and Tongan ...
The Courier-Mail

Brandi Salmon’s new Hobart mural celebrates Palawa women as the ‘backbone of community’

The self-taught Wiradjuri and Tongan artist, based in Hobart, started painting professionally at the start of the Covid lockdowns. The Aboriginal experience forms a key part of her practice, with her ...