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'Dance troupe Bangarra and The Australian Ballet have thrilled audiences in Paris, taking to the stage 'Rites' at the Theatre du Chatelet to perform a tribute to Aboriginal culture.' (Koori Mail 8/10/2008)
'Mr Hagan told the Koori Mail he was delighted last week to hear the Queensland Government had ruled that a Toowoomba grandstand being rebuilt would not be renamed the E S 'Nigger' Brown Stand, in honnour of the city's first Australian representative footballer.' (Koori Mail 8/10/2008)
'I'm not talking about any particular building, but more specifically a structure that has impacted significantly on my life and that of my family for the past nine years.' (Stephen Hagan, Koori Mail 8/10/2008)
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Note: Portrait of demolished E S 'Nigger' Brown Stand
'Congratulations too to Stephen Hagan who had the courage to fight on when the State and Federal governments turned their back on him, the Ku Klux Klan threatened him and John McDonald sought to bankrupt him and his family.' (Libby Connor, Koori Mail 8/10/2008)
'On Friday night, 26 September 2008, Toowoomba underwent a miraculous change following news of the removal of 'the sign' at Toowoomba.' (Hugh Wilson, Koori Mail 8/10/2008)
'Founders of a ground-breaking online Indigenous language program and touring theatre performance have called for the Federal Government to urgently introduce a national Indigenous langauges policy.' (Koori Mail 8/10/2008)
More than 30 administrators from 17 Indigenous Knowledge Centres (IKCs), overseas visitors and support staff came together in Cairns recently to network, build capacity and look at sustainable futures for libraries on communities in Queensland.' (Koori Mail 8/10/2008)
'A documentary about a young Aboriginal boy from Arnhem Land preparing for an initiation ceremony has been awarded the 2008 Best Direction in a Documentary feature at the Australian Directors Guild Awards.' (Koori Mail 8/10/2008)
'Charles Darwin University has appointed a Territorian and Indigenous person to its position of Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Leadership.' (Koori Mail 8/10/2008)
'Perth academic and Bardi woman, Dr Pat Dudgeon received her doctorate on 15 September for her PhD thesis titled Mothers of Sin; Indigenous Women's Perceptions of Their Identity and Sexuality.' (Koori Mail 8/10/2008)