TERRITORY activist, educator and artist Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann AM has been named the 2021 Senior Australian of the Year. Dr Ungunmerr Baumann AM, from Daly River, became the Northern Territory s first fully qualified Aboriginal teacher in 1975 before becoming the principal of her home community s school. She then went on to visit schools through the Top End advocating for the inclusion of art in Territory kids education as an art consultant for the NT Department of Education. The 73-year-old was awarded the prestigious Senior Australian of the Year award at a ceremony in Canberra this evening. Beyond teaching, Dr Ungunmerr Baumann continued working to bridge the gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians and advocating for the independence of her people when she was appointed to the Federal Government s National Indigenous Council, and then by establishing the Miriam Rose Foundation in 2013.
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Time capsule sealed in unorthodox fashion at CDU
International House Darwin guest services officer Swapna Bupathi displays some of the items that have been placed in the new time capsule
A time capsule featuring relics from the year 2020 – including a face mask and toilet roll – was sealed in unorthodox fashion at Charles Darwin University (CDU) this week.
Instead of traditionally being buried underground, the stainless-steel capsule was sealed and inserted into a boulder aboveground at CDU’s International House Darwin (IHD) in a bid to combat the ravages of Darwin’s wet season.
The capsule was also argon-charged, a process which removes the air and leaves a completely inert atmosphere in which mould cannot survive and oxidation within the capsule is not possible.
Ultra-rare albino crocodile named Pearl that ‘David Attenborough tried to find’ is spotted in Oz river
Updated: 27 Jan 2021, 14:34
A RARE white crocodile that Sir David Attenborough is rumoured to be trying to locate for a BBC documentary has allegedly been spotted.
The croc, named Pearl, was found by film maker Jalil Najafov, 38, while on a boat cruise in Australia.
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It was captured on film by Jalil Najafov who says he beat David Attenborough to finding itCredit: Jam Press
Najafov, from Azerbaijan, claims the croc is the same one that has allegedly eluded Attenborough, who along with the BBC tried to catch it on camera previously.
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University course launched at Charles Darwin University to increase number of Indigenous lawyers in NT
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Colleen Rosas says observing injustices while working in the NT s legal system has inspired her to study law.
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Gadjula descendant Colleen Rosas has been working in the Northern Territory s legal system for decades, but the great grandmother never thought she would be able to become a lawyer herself.
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Of the 610 lawyers working in NT courts last year, only 10 were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
22 Indigenous students are starting an intensive legal course run by Charles Darwin University