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Sunday essay: Indigenous afterlives in Britain

    Breastplate, of metal, engraved ‘McIntyre King of Mannilla’, c.1860–1874. ‘King’ McIntyre (c.1814–74) Donated by A.W. Wilkins to Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 1930....

Preppers is a deep reading of colonial violence – and a hilarious, must-watch Aussie TV comedy

  ABC TV Review: Preppers, created by Nakkiah Lui and Gabriel Dowrick, ABC TV A sophisticated multi-layered critique of colonialism, capitalism and patriarchy with an all-star...

Sunday essay: creation, destruction and appropriation – the powerful symbolism of the Rainbow Serpent

      Fireworks at the Sydney Opera House in 2001: the two symbols on the bridge are the Rainbow Serpent and the Star of Federation....

How making a film exploring Indigenous stories of the night sky enriched my perspective as a scientist

          Ilgari Inyayimaha (Shared Sky), painted by artists Margaret Whitehurst, Jenny Green, Barbara Merritt, Charmaine Green, Kevin Merritt, Sherryl Green, Tracey Green, Wendy Jackamarra,...

Sunday essay: Tongerlongeter — the Tasmanian resistance fighter we should remember as a war hero

      Lieutenant John Bowen and party arriving at Risdon, by Thomas Gregson (c.1860). Courtesy of the WL Crowther Library   Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers...

Will your grandchildren have the chance to visit Australia’s sacred trees? Only if our sick indifference to Aboriginal heritage is cured

  Picture: Shuttlestock Trees have always been a point of conflict between colonisers and Indigenous people. At the very beginning of European-Indigenous interactions, skirmishes broke out...

First Nations families need support to stay together, before we create another Stolen Generation

      Child protection services must be culturally safe and responsive to the Aboriginal children and families they serve. Jodie Griggs / Getty Image   Aboriginal and...

Sunday essay: my belly is angry, my throat is in love — how body parts express emotions in Indigenous languages

  Picture: Nikki Short/AAP Many languages in the world allude to body parts to describe emotions and feelings, as in “broken-heart”, for instance. While some...

KHT – Connect with Aboriginal Victoria

To create a society that embraces diversity and inclusion, it is critical that truth-telling, the history of colonisation and its impact on Aboriginal people...

Sunday essay: truth telling, Return to Uluru and reckoning with the sins of fathers

  Picture: Lukas Coch/AAP Return to Uluru is the latest book from respected historian Mark McKenna. It is one of a few history books published recently that explicitly...
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Mick Pacholli

Mick created TAGG - The Alternative Gig Guide in 1979 with Helmut Katterl, the world's first real Street Magazine. He had been involved with his fathers publishing business, Toorak Times and associated publications since 1972.  Mick was also involved in Melbourne's music scene for a number of years opening venues, discovering and managing bands and providing information and support for the industry. Mick has also created a number of local festivals and is involved in not for profit and supporting local charities.