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First Nations History

Indigenous Affairs: Government
First Nations History
Commonwealth Closing the Gap 2023 Annual Report and 2024 Implementation Plan (2024)
Productivity Commission
The 2023 Annual Report assesses the Commonwealth’s delivery against actions outlined in the 2023 Implementation Plan. The 2024 Implementation Plan is forward looking, outlining the Commonwealth’s strategic priorities for Closing the Gap over the next year. The 2023 Annual Report and 2024 Implementation Plan is supported by the 2023 Annual Report Background Report and 2024 Implementation Plan – Background Plan as well as an interactive Commonwealth Closing the Gap Actions Table which contains all new and existing measures being undertaken by the Commonwealth to support Closing the Gap efforts. Additional supporting reports are the 2023 Partnership Stocktake and the 2023 Sector Strengthening Plan Action Updates.
Indigenous Affairs: Government
First Nations History
Commonwealth Closing the Gap 2024 Annual Report and 2025 Implementation Plan (2025)
National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA)
The Prime Minister delivered the Commonwealth Closing the Gap 2024 Annual Report and 2025 Implementation Plan on 10 February 2025. The 2024 Annual Report assesses the Commonwealth’s delivery against actions outlined in the 2024 Implementation Plan. The 2025 Implementation Plan is forward looking, outlining the Commonwealth’s strategic priorities for Closing the Gap over the next year. The 2024 Annual Report and 2025 Implementation Plan is supported by the 2024 Implementation Plan actions status table and 2025 Implementation Plan actions table, which lay out achievements and commitments.
First Nations History
Creative Spirits
Korff, Jens
Creative Spirits is an extensive resource for students, teachers and those hungry to know what they weren't taught—the truth about Aboriginal culture. I've distilled hundreds of sources into in-depth articles, an ebook, infographics and multimedia for you to explore.
First Nations History
Crikey
Various authors
Regularly features articles relevant to First Nations history, the Voice and Frontier Wars
First Nations History
Dark Emu: Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident? (2014)
Pascoe, Bruce
Dark Emu puts forward an argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer tag for precolonial Aboriginal Australians. The evidence insists that Aboriginal people right across the continent were using domesticated plants, sowing, harvesting, irrigating and storing—behaviours inconsistent with the hunter-gatherer tag.
First Nations History
Defending Country: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Military Service Since 1945 (2016)
Riseman, Noah and Richard Trembath
Few Australians realise the extent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in the military. Using compelling personal narratives and rigorous archival research, Defending Country explores how military service impacted the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander recruits. It also reveals how their involvement in Australia’s defence contributed to the advancement of Indigenous rights.