Advocate for sexual assault survivors is 2021 Australian of the Year sierraleonetimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sierraleonetimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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.
Crocodiles such as this 4.4m, 350kg specimen can pose a significant danger to local communities.
Going head-to-snout with one of the planet s deadliest predators is usually the plot of a horror movie - but for the Australia’s Northern Territory government s Crocodile Management Unit, it s a Thursday. Literally. Last Thursday was the day the team set out to see if they could track, trap and transport a massive 4.5-metre saltwater crocodile that had been getting a little too close to the Nauiyu community on the Daly River, in the Katherine region of the Australia’s Top End. The team, led by veteran croc wrangler Tom Nichols and aided by police, set a trap in the river on Thursday - and by Saturday the big beast was on its way to a crocodile farm.
Summer solstice 2020: Planets come out to play at end of longest day
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Today is the longest day, not the latest sunset. But when the sun does go down, the planets will put on a show this year.
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Hang on, what about December 1?
Australia is one of just a few countries that considers December 1 the beginning of summer (or winter in the northern hemisphere), says astronomer Fred Watson. My understanding is that that comes from colonial times because it was the 1st of December when the troops got their summer uniforms and got out of their winter uniforms, Professor Watson says.
Fishing community in shock after man snatched from boat while fishing in Kakadu ntnews.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ntnews.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.