Yagan was an Aboriginal Australian warrior from the Noongar people. He played a key part in early resistance to British colonial settlement and rule in the area surrounding what is now Perth,Western Australia. Yagan was pursued by the local authorities after he killed Erin Entwhistle,a servant of farmer Archibald Butler. It was an act of retaliation after Thomas Smedley,another of Butler's servants,shot at a group of Noongar people stealing potatoes and fowls,killing one of them. The government offered a bounty for Yagan's capture,dead or alive,and a young settler,William Keats,shot and killed him. Yagan's execution figures in Australian history as a symbol of the inhumane and brutal treatment of the indigenous peoples of Australia by colonial settlers. He is considered an Australian national hero against British imperialism and also a martyr by the Noongar.
Human rights in Australia have largely been developed under Australian Parliamentary democracy through laws in specific contexts and safeguarded by such institutions as the independent judiciary and the High Court,which implement common law,the Australian Constitution,and various other laws of Australia and its states and territories. Australia also has an independent statutory human rights body,the Australian Human Rights Commission,which investigates and conciliates complaints,and more generally promotes human rights through education,discussion and reporting.
NAIDOC Week is an Australian observance lasting from the first Sunday in July until the following Sunday. The acronym NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. It has its roots in the 1938 Day of Mourning,becoming a week-long event in 1975.
Alas Poor Yagan is an editorial cartoon,drawn by Dean Alston and published in The West Australian newspaper on 6 September 1997. It consists of a panel of eight drawings of Noongar activist Ken Colbung speaking to a group of three Indigenous Australian children. The cartoon's content offended many Australians,and resulted in a complaint of racism to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. The commission eventually ruled that the cartoon made inappropriate references to Noongar beliefs but did not breach the Racial Discrimination Act 1975. This ruling was subsequently upheld on appeal to the Federal Court of Australia.
Kim Scott is an Australian novelist of Aboriginal Australian ancestry. He is a descendant of the Noongar people of Western Australia.
Rosalie Lynette Kunoth-Monks,also known as Ngarla Kunoth,was an Australian film actress,Aboriginal activist and politician.
Racial discrimination in jury selection is specifically prohibited by law in many jurisdictions throughout the world. In the United States,it has been defined through a series of judicial decisions. However,juries composed solely of one racial group are legal in the United States and other countries. While the racial composition of juries is not dictated by law,racial discrimination in the selection of jurors is specifically prohibited. Depending on context,the phrases "all-white jury" or "all-black jury" can raise a host of expectations –among them,as MIT social neuroscientist Rebecca Saxe notes,the expectation that deliberations may be less than fair.
Jacqueline Gail "Jackie" Huggins is an Aboriginal Australian author,historian,academic and advocate for the rights of Indigenous Australians. She is a Bidjara/Pitjara,Birri Gubba and Juru woman from Queensland.
Racism in Australia traces both historical and contemporary racist community attitudes,as well as political non-compliance and governmental negligence on United Nations human rights standard and incidents in Australia. Contemporary Australia is the product of Indigenous peoples of Australia combined with multiple waves of immigration,predominantly from the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Racism in Canada traces both historical and contemporary racist community attitudes,as well as governmental negligence and political non-compliance with United Nations human rights standards and incidents in Canada. Contemporary Canada is the product of indigenous First Nations combined with multiple waves of immigration,predominantly from Asia and Europe.
Angela Ryder is a Wilman Noongar from Western Australia who is chairwoman of the Langford Aboriginal Association and the manager of Aboriginal programs with Relationships Australia.
Benedict "Ben" Taylor AM,also known as Cuimara is a Noongar elder from the south-west of Western Australia. Taylor is a well-known Indigenous activist.
Patricia Audrey Anderson is an Australian human rights advocate and health administrator. An Alyawarre woman from the Northern Territory,she is well known internationally as a social justice advocate,advocating for improved health,and educational and protection outcomes for Indigenous Australian children.
Della Rae Morrison is an Aboriginal actress,songwriter and activist of the Bibulman Noongar people.
Indigenous treaties in Australia consist of proposed or historic legal documents defining the relationship between Indigenous Australians and the Government of Australia or the government of an Australian state or territory. As of 2021,there are no such treaties in force.
Terri Janke is an Indigenous Australian lawyer of Wuthathi/Meriam heritage. She is considered a leading international authority on Indigenous cultural and intellectual property (ICIP),and is the Solicitor Director of Terri Janke and Company.
Juukan Gorge is a gorge in the Hamersley Range in the Pilbara region of Western Australia,about 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Mt Tom Price. It was named by the daughter of Puutu Kunti Kurrama man Juukan,also known as Tommy Ashburton,who was born at Jukarinya.
Dorinda Rose Cox is an Australian politician and a Yamatji-Noongar woman. She is the first Indigenous woman to represent Western Australia in the Senate. In 2020 she won preselection as the Australian Greens' lead Senate candidate in Western Australia,and the following year she was appointed to fill the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Rachel Siewert.
Chelsea Joanne Watego is an Aboriginal Australian academic and writer. She is a Mununjali Yugambeh and South Sea Islander woman and is currently Professor of Indigenous Health at Queensland University of Technology. Her first book,Another Day in the Colony,was published in 2021.
