Aboriginal Australia resources - Newspapers
Aboriginal News (Aborigine News)
www.aboriginalnews.com provides daily links to news about Australian Aboriginal affairs from various newspapers and online news services. Has many links to other news resources (worldwide as well as Aboriginal-related).
Ausmag
www.australien-news.de An online news clipping service which publishes articles mainly from the German Spiegel magazine. Topics are science, ecology and politics. Articles are updated with long intervals but date back until 1998. Good link collection in the "Bookmarks" section of news services, political and ecological news and for searching.
"AusMag wants to make the fascination of Australia tangible to German readers and highlight at the same time the environmental problems and research institutions with a critical eye."
ENIAR
http://www.eniar.org/ The European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights (ENIAR) offers media clippings from Europe and Australia with a searchable archive dating back as far as 1997. The "Media Releases" section is also worthwhile a visit if you are looking for releases by European and Australian organisations. The "news sources" section has a wealth of links to Australian sources including emails and a list of addresses to turn to in Europe.
"ENIAR's aim is to promote awareness on indigenous issues and to provide information for Indigenous Australians about Europe and international organisations. We are [...] non profit-making and run entirely by volunteers."
Koori Mail
www.koorimail.com "*The* Aboriginal publication you should not miss while in Australia," I was told. It is published every fortnight. Their website offers an introduction with a fragment of music by David Hudson, a well known didgeridoo artist. Overseas subscribtions are A$110 for 25 editions delivered by airmail. Also on their site: links to Aboriginal websites and "heritage websites".
Sample pages (open in new windows): title, sport.
National Indigenous Times (NIT)
www.nit.com.au The National Indigenous Times is a small, independent publication produced and owned by a group of black and white Australians. It's been on the streets of Australia since February 2002 and is published once a fortnight. The National Indigenous Times is available from more than 1,000 outlets around Australia and sells for A$2 per copy.
The editors focus on politics and want to print "the harder stories that other media organisations won't touch". On one occasion their editor was raided by police trying to find leaked documents "so they must be doing something right" as the Sydney City Hub remarks (vol.12/4). The paper also promotes reconciliation and partnerships between black and white Australia.
The internet site of this newspaper was launched officially in February 2003 and has since matured to a good site. In each news section there's a short teaser leading to the full article. It has all the features of a true online newspaper including printer-friendly versions of each article. The good news: Unlike with one of the major Australian newspapers you are not required to register to have access to all articles in the searchable archive.
Newspaper Direct
http://www.newspaperdirect.de/ This service offers a world wide delivery of many newspapers, for Australia fans the Melbournian The Age and Sydney's Sydney Morning Herald.
On the website you can find the title page of each newspaper (though at the time of the visit the links were dead). Single issues are 3.65 Euro, and the pages challenge your imagination with statements like "Availability: xMTWTFS" (which represents the initials of the weekdays). The site navigation breaks in Firefox.
Newsstand
http://www.newsstand.com The Newsstand offers newspapers for electronic reading and delivery. You can purchase single issues, issues of specific days or each issue for a couple of weeks. There's the option to read a newspaper for free, but you have to register with the site.
Australian newspapers include The Australian, Morning Bulletin and The Australian Financial Review.
Masthead image ©ourtesy Fernando Morales, www.sxc.hu.