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Produced fortnightly, Koori Mail is distributed Australia-wide, providing news, views, advertisements and other material of vital interest to Indigenous Australians and Australians interested in Indigenous affairs.
We have been doing this since 1991, and the newspaper has grown to the point where it is recognised as 'The Voice of Indigenous Australia'.
Koori Mail is not just a successful national publication - it's also a true Aboriginal success story.
The newspaper is owned jointly by five small Aboriginal organisations in Bundjalung country, on the far north coast of New South Wales. Every cent of profit made by the newspaper goes to Indigenous Australians - either in the form of dividends, sponsorships or scholarships to help our people.
We have more than 90,000 readers every fortnight, a figure guaranteed by our Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) sold papers figure, as well as our own auditing.
This website is designed to give you just a taste of what our latest edition offers. Please feel free to contact us with your comments, ideas or if you would like to join our growing number of subscribers. Koori Mail - 100 per cent Aboriginal owned. 100 per cent Aboriginal controlled.
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the original or first Australians. They are culturally and linguistically diverse.
Historically, Aboriginal people have lived on mainland Australia, Tasmania and some offshore islands such as the Northern Territory's Tiwi Islands.
Torres Strait Islanders come from the islands of the Torres Strait, the body of water between the tip of Cape York in the state of Queensland and Papua New Guinea.
At the time of European invasion in the late 18th century, up to one million Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people inhabited Australia. They spoke about 250 distinct languages and had complex social systems and highly developed traditions reflecting their deep connection with the land and sea.
Today, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people live throughout Australia, in major cities, regional towns, remote and very remote areas. According to the 2001 Census conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, about 410,000 Australians identified as being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin. This figure is expected to increase when the outcomes of the 2006 Census are known.
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