#aboriginalandtorresstraitislander

Solutions will not be found while Indigenous people are treated as victims for whom someone else must find solutions. Malcolm Fraser Calling on all Indigenous Australian Entrepreneurs - if you have a Product Idea/Concept - let us help you get it to market. Indigenous Businesses working together - let's create solutions. #aboriginal #aboriginalandtorresstraitislander #indigenous #australia #australian #entrepreneur #gotanidea #fashion #healthsndbeauty #food #homewares #marketing #productdevelopment #makeideashappen #red (at Sydney, Australia)

Unity Store - we are taking the best Australian Made Products to China. We started Unity Store to focus on the best Indigenous Australian Brands - but there are so many great Australian Entrepreneurs we have introduced those products into our range - Unity. Fashion, Accessories, Skincare, Haircare, Food & Lifestyle. Unity Store - The Best of Australia. #unity #australia #indigenousaustralian #aboriginalandtorresstraitislander #australian #australianmade #australianentrepreneurs #ethical #organic #wechat #wechatstore #thebestofaustralia (at Sydney, Australia)

New Template for our Marketing Posts. Unity is taking the very best Indigenous Products to China. @julie_okely @juddarnje @carbonscrub @kakadu_tiny_tots @kirrikinaustralia @wakarla @unitystoreaustralia @auspost #wechat #wechatstore #patience #australianmade #indigenous #australian #aboriginalandtorresstraitislander (at Sydney, Australia)

Indigenous Australians answered the call Indigenous Australians were exempt from joining Australia’s military forces. Nevertheless, despite not being recognised as equal citizens in their own country, they tried to volunteer in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Many travelled hundreds of kilometres to enlist after being denied the chance at recruiting centres closer to their communities. It was the medical officer’s role to reject men on the basis of race. Many were accepted at recruitment only to be rejected later in the training camps. It is estimated that around 1,000 Indigenous Australians fought in the First World War. Charles Blackman When war was declared, Charles Blackman was working as a labourer employed by Mr J.H. Salter in Biggenden, Queensland. Salter and Blackman were friends and corresponded throughout the war. In a letter, written in February 1918, Blackman tells Salter how his 9th Battalion comrades helped him out: “They treated me [as] good pals would.” Once recruited into the AIF, Indigenous Australians tended to experience less discrimination than they would have within Australian society. They received equal pay, and were generally treated as equals by the other men. #anzac #anzacday2018 #indigenousaustralian #aboriginalandtorresstraitislander #unity (at Sydney, Australia)

Indigenous Australians answered the call Indigenous Australians were exempt from joining Australia’s military forces. Nevertheless, despite not being recognised as equal citizens in their own country, they tried to volunteer in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Many travelled hundreds of kilometres to enlist after being denied the chance at recruiting centres closer to their communities. It was the medical officer’s role to reject men on the basis of race. Many were accepted at recruitment only to be rejected later in the training camps. It is estimated that around 1,000 Indigenous Australians fought in the First World War. Charles Blackman When war was declared, Charles Blackman was working as a labourer employed by Mr J.H. Salter in Biggenden, Queensland. Salter and Blackman were friends and corresponded throughout the war. In a letter, written in February 1918, Blackman tells Salter how his 9th Battalion comrades helped him out: “They treated me [as] good pals would.” Once recruited into the AIF, Indigenous Australians tended to experience less discrimination than they would have within Australian society. They received equal pay, and were generally treated as equals by the other men. #anzac #anzacday2018 #indigenousaustralian #aboriginalandtorresstraitislander #unity (at Sydney, Australia)

Abandonment In 2013, Pope Francis spoke out for “Indigenous peoples ... who are increasingly isolated and abandoned”. The cycle continues in Australia today. I saw the impact on my Dad who worked so very hard to fit in - in a time when he must have felt his efforts were futile. This pain impacts on the next generation. #abondonment #black #indigenous #australian #aboriginalandtorresstraitislander #unity #unityindiversity #nomoreanger #healing #peace (at Sydney, Australia)