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Celebrating and advocating during NAIDOC Week

Years on, and NAIDOC Week in 2015 is a time for Indigenous Australians to come together and celebrate their culture. Indigenous elder Raymond Kelly is a student at the University of Newcastle, and also a director of local Aboriginal organisation Awabakal. >> view original

Man dies in workplace incident at transport business in Newcastle

Officers from Newcastle City Local Area Command established a crime scene and are investigating. A police spokesman said how the man suffered the injuries was still unclear and police were working with WorkCover NSW to determined what happened. >> view original

State of Origin: Newcastle Knights' Sione Mata'utia set to join up with NSW Blues

Knights centre Sione Mata'utia will join the NSW squad in the build-up to next week's State of Origin decider at Suncorp Stadium. Mata'utia, who turned 19 last Thursday, is apparently not being considered to play in the sold-out third game of the ... >> view original

Newcastle natural history illustrators bring exploratory voyage to life

A collection of works by a group of local natural history illustrators is on show in a unique way at the Newcastle Museum. The exhibition showcases the group's work after they sailed to Port Stephens' Broughton Island in early 2013 to observe and ... >> view original

Chasing your passion from Iran to Newcastle

With its beaches, lively suburbs and diverse hinterland, NSW's Hunter region starkly contrasts the arid, dusty environment of Iran. For over a year, Mojtaba Bayest has mulled-over these differences while studying at the University of Newcastle. He is ... >> view original

Emergency workers and PTSD

Subscribe/RSS. Expand/Collapse. RSS Subscribe to ABC Newcastle NSW features · RSS Subscribe to all ABC Local features. Topics: health, mental-health. Locations: newcastle-2300. Print page; Email this; Permalink. Share ... >> view original

Big discoveries heralded by a faint breath of hydrogen from a distant galaxy

The Square Kilometre Array had detected a tiny signature from five billion light years away that heralds great finds in the future. by Michelle Starr · @riding_red; 6 July 2015 7:29 am BST. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. email. comments. more ... >> view original

Click That Caught ISS Across The Moon

It took Dylan O'Donnell almost a year to get the stunning image, media reported. An Australian photographer has clicked a breathtaking image of the International Space Station (ISS) as it was passing over the Moon. It took Dylan O'Donnell almost a year ... >> view original

Old World monkey had tiny, complex brain

The brain hidden inside the oldest known Old World monkey skull has been visualized for the first time. The creature's tiny but remarkably wrinkled brain supports the idea that brain complexity can evolve before brain size in the primate family tree ... >> view original

49000-Year-Old Milk Based Paint Discovered In South Africa

IN PHOTO: Workers at an archaeological site excavate ancient human remains in Berlin, August 21, 2008. Reuters/Tobias Schwarz. A team of scientists has discovered an ancient milk-based paint in South Africa. The 49,000-year-old ochre-based sample is ... >> view original