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In the black

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The Koori Mail has achieved the unthinkable for an Aboriginal newspaper in Australia, by producing a profitable, award-winning national fortnightly paper. The paper, which was launched in May 1991, is owned by around 10,000 Aborigines and has given profits to help Aboriginal art and education.

Newspaper publishing, Achievements and awards, Periodicals, Australian aborigines, Aboriginal Australians, Koori Mail (Newspaper)

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Sect, lies and real estate

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Issues relating to the presence of the sannyasin community in the Byron Bay area of New South Wales, Australia are discussed. With a strength of five thousand among a community of twenty seven thousand, they form a significant factor in both local political and economic life.

Australia, Political aspects, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Community life, Antelope, Oregon, Sannyasins

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The trip of a lifetime

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A visit to the commune which were set up in 1972 at Byron Bay, northen New South Wales, Australia, is described. Many of the original families have now left the area. The grown-up children of the families which started the communes talk about their lives.

Analysis, Description and travel, Life style, Lifestyles, Communal living, Collective settlements, Byron Bay, Australia

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