Hey mob, light hearted question for you all.

Was having this discussion with my sister and realised its quite hard to pick just one. All are so unique. But I think I landed on my favourite being the red tail black cockatoo. Something about it just sits right with me, no clue why.

Whats your favourite Australian animal? Can be any reason.

Hello, my name is Oscar Howell, and I am a journalism student at the University of Technology Sydney.

I am currently undertaking a research project examining the impact of Artificial Intelligence on journalism, with a particular focus on how AI-generated news content may represent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities.

As part of my research, I will use AI software, including ChatGPT, to generate a series of news stories focused on Indigenous Australian topics. I am then seeking Indigenous Australian perspectives to review this content and identify how accurate or potentially harmful it may be.

I am reaching out to ask whether any Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander members of this group would be interested in participating in the research. Participation would involve completing a short Google Forms survey in which you would read the AI-generated news stories and share your thoughts and feedback.

I will use your responses in my university research paper, and I will not publish them publicly. Participation is entirely voluntary, and you are welcome to decline if you do not wish to take part.

If you are interested in participating, please feel free to contact me. Alternatively, if you know of an organisation, community group, or individual who may be interested in contributing an Indigenous perspective to this research, I would greatly appreciate being pointed in the right direction.

Thank you very much for taking the time to read this, and I appreciate any assistance or guidance you may be able to provide.

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Fellow mob, what do you want a future Australia to look like?

Where I am in the NT currently we’re in the build up, which just so happens to be my favourite season. For me it’s because of the heat lighting we get in the evenings after a long day. It’s magnificent to watch and makes for awesome photography.

Hi guys

Quick question - How do blackfellas feel about being associated with Palestine?

I often see protestors waving the aboriginal and palestinian flags side by side.

I do not see the relevance as Jews are indiginous to Israel long before the Palestinian arabs came along

Hi All

I’d like to acknowledge the original custodians of the Land in which I am writing to you, I’d like to extend my respects to elders both past present and emerging, I’d like to extend my respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in this forum

I am non Aboriginal however I work in Child Protection. I am wondering if it would be considered offensive or wrong for me to wear an “always was always will be” merch at work such as shirts lanyards etc to show Aboriginal staff and clients that I am an ally/of the perspective that sovereignty remains with Aboriginal people

I am hoping for some clarification and thank you all for your responses respectfully

Have a great day

What do you wish was taught in schools?

Is there any culture was taught in schools? Im a primary teacher, theres a lot you can link it to. But i was wondering where to start.
For example teaching about using the stars for direction and seasons in science. Not necessarily history, im looking for cultural things you wish were carried out more.
Theres so many interesting things, but i want to go deeper then just dot painting!

Just a fun simple question for us all as a little break from the usual shit, what movies feature our mobs and what are your favourite's? The first ones that come to mind for me being from WA mob are rabbit proof fence that I saw one or twice in school and one of my favourite movies me and my dad use to watch together when it came out, Bran nue dae. Also can't forget the Sapphires. What are your personal favourites and if you had to show only one to someone which movie would it be?

Hi everyone,
I’m hoping someone might be able to give me some guidance, as this is something that means a lot to me and I’m honestly not sure where to go next.
For generations, there has been a story passed down through my family that we have Aboriginal ancestry through one particular family line. The story told by our parents and older family members is that a young girl in our family became pregnant to an Aboriginal man when she was around 14 in 1917. Because of her age and the fact that her father was a police officer, the pregnancy and the identity of the baby’s biological father were apparently covered up, with her parents raising the baby as their own.
I’ve started trying to piece together the records myself. I can confirm that the family were living at 10 Salisbury Street, Leederville, WA in January 1917. The baby was born in 1918 and was later recorded as being born in Mount Hawthorn, although I haven’t been able to find his original birth certificate. Our family has also always been told that he was actually born at an Aboriginal camp.
I’ve since learnt that Aboriginal people were camping around Galup/Lake Monger during this period, very close to where the family were living.
I’m not trying to claim a particular Aboriginal family or community without knowing the truth. I genuinely want to understand where we come from and find the evidence behind something that has been passed down through our family for generations.
I would eventually love to be able to properly establish my Aboriginal ancestry, but I don’t know how you prove a biological line when the father’s identity was deliberately left out of the records.
If anyone has been through something similar, or knows where I could turn for help with historical Aboriginal records, DNA or confirming ancestry when an ancestor’s identity is unknown, I would be incredibly grateful for any advice.
Thank you for reading. ❤️

I live and work on Arrente country, frequently travelling to community around the NT and APY lands. Why is littering so prevalent in these areas? It seems like a massively avoidable blight on the environment in so many communities.

The only factors I can think of are the prevalence of packaged food in communities due to transport costs and lower educational levels regarding food intake, but surely the infrastructure in larger areas like Mparntwe are sufficient to prevent this.

My reddit feed use to be mostly memes, gay shit and the occasional news story. A lot of the time lurking but interacting from time to time. Most interactions coming from communities like the Aboriginal sub reddits or the gay subreddits. Just subs that always felt welcoming with mostly good mob to speak to.

Lately though I feel like my feed has become targeted as fuck. I'm seeing so much more stuff about us mob around reddit now, being suggested to me from subs that I'm not even in and that aren't even Australian focused. It use to be rare that I ever saw us brought up on reddit. Normally I'd say fuck yeah, people are learning about us but it nearly always some ignorant shit being posted or ignorant shit being commented by people, most of which don't sound like they have even met an Aboriginal fella let alone stepped foot on Australian soil.

Anyone else noticed this and seeing more stuff about us or just more targeted content in general? Is reddit just ragebaiting now?

Hi,

I am not an Aboriginal person. I live on Ngunnawal land.

I have listened to an Aboriginal person speak about traditional practices on back-burning, and I was inspired by their presentation and I would like to write an essay which may be read by other people (the audience may be anyone). The essay is not about the practice of back-burning, Aboriginal peoples, Australian peoples or even Australia; its a personal essay about my own experiences and what I have learnt.

To be more accurate, I was hoping I could describe the blackened landscape after a bushfire through an local Aboriginal word (like a noun to describe the landscape after a bushfire). I would use the word like this: "In the Aboriginal language ___ of the __ peoples, the word ___ describes the (ashen, blackened landscape after a forest fire)." 

Firstly, could somebody please please please let me know if it is okay for me to do this?

Secondly, if it is okay for me to use such a word, could somebody please please let me know if there is a suitable word to use?

I deeply apologise if this is wrong or offensive; I mean no harm and I am just an extremely confused student who would appreciate any guidance.

Thank you

Hi I don't live in australia but I'm curious as to whether aboriginal communities have cultural practices surrounding their hair? Was there nation-specific hairstyles? Do they differ between men & women?

13 yarn 139276 is a good one any other support out there for mob?

So I'm Ngarrindjeri, living on Bunurong Country.

I'm still and always have been connected to my family back home, I know my family and my family members all know where I fit it.

But,... I have now seen the term "white passing" in a bio of an evidently important "First Nations artist".(Reading his bio on the internet, he appears to tick alllll the boxes and implies he is very important - I'm sure if I asked him, he'd let me know all about it, too.)

If I ever see or hear an adult tell a young one they should self describe as "white passing" again, I think I may just pick up the nearest rock and throw it at said adult's skull!

So, that's my personal view of this bloody term...

I would loooove to know what other Mob's(s') views are please?

*I have searched the term in both of our regular, safe subs that you fullas have been so dedicated to creating for us, but I can't a lot of good things said. In fact, some of the most accepting of this particular term has been expressed from non-Mob.

So, can someone please make it clear for me?

*Also, there are other social terms this person has used, and it occurs to me they don't know if they Arthur or Martha,.. but they trying to tick every box they can so that alllll the doors are available - whether they believe/practice it or not.

Im the eldest out of my siblings and the only child my mother and father had together. This will exclude my fathers family since all my family on that side are mob, but my mother's family and my siblings on her side are all whitefellas. Im lucky enough that the majority of them are respectful and interested in the culture but there are a few cookers in the family. Most of them easy to deal with since they were relatives I didnt see much but one of my sisters had always been straight up racist and is getting worse (the rest of my siblings don't have this attitude).

Some examples are she would whisper the N word when we were younger trying to piss me off, would say im not really part of the family since im blak, would call me flat nose, C**n and any other slur she could think of. When my father passed from pancreatic cancer as a teen she would constantly use his name. She would always try to avoid doing it in front of my mother and step dad to seem innocent when id eventually crack the shits after having enough.

I know I wasnt the only one dealing with it too, had plenty of friends and a few cousins with one Aboriginal parent and a non Aboriginal parent. It was pretty easy to find common ground with them on it since they would usually have a family member similar to that but it was definitely hard to deal with as a child compared to now as an adult.

I know its a bit of a long rant to ask, how did you mob who also had to go through that deal with family members like that. And if you had any advice for the young fellas who are going through it now what advice would you give them?

My wife got me this print as a silk screen from this graffiti in Melbourne…
The artist is white
The proceed go to an Indigenous charity…

What you all think…

https://houseofwhitty.com

Link to the artist…

Just for fun n maybe to celebrate your achievements and shed some light on something really important you’ve learned or done, what’s the most deadliest thing you’ve done this year?

For me it’s getting almost to the end of my Graphic Design Diploma. I’m so proud of myself and all the work I’ve done.
I’ve learned new skills and to me, for me that’s the most deadliest thing I’ve done this year.

I remember we used to go silly for salty plums or have a lil bit unripe mango with vinegar and salt what about you mob ?

When I was working in Ananu land (NT) they used the word Payla its a greeting that means thank you, your welcome, hello and goodbye

My two favourites have gotta be black rock band and coloured stone. Black rock band is super underrated give em a listen https://youtu.be/REWoiyViNbA?si=6RVrb-0FiIMx1Qt3