ABC News (Australia) published this video item, entitled “Meet our Senior Australian of the Year – Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann | 7.30” – below is their description.
Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann is a teacher, artist, respected elder and the Senior Australian of the Year. She has dedicated her life to giving Aboriginal children the skills to navigate Western and traditional culture and says it’s time for non-Indigenous Australians to reciprocate.
ABC News (Australia) YouTube Channel
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In This Story: Indigenous Australians
The term Indigenous Australians refers to Aboriginal Australians as well as Torres Strait Islanders, and the term should only be used when both groups are included in the topic being addressed, or by self-identification by a person as Indigenous.
Torres Strait Islanders are ethnically and culturally distinct, despite extensive cultural exchange with some of the Aboriginal groups, and the Torres Strait Islands are mostly part of Queensland but have a separate governmental status.
In the 2016 Australian Census, Indigenous Australians comprised 3.3% of Australia’s population, with 91% of these identifying as Aboriginal only, 5% Torres Strait Islander, and 4% both.