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  • Aboriginal cave art, Australia<br /> © John Miles/Survival<br />
    Australia: Martu win back their land
    17 November 2003 Half a century after being driven from their land, the Martu Aborigines in Western Australia have finally won recognition of their ownership of most of their ancestral land.
  • Applying traditional face paint to an Aboriginal boy, dance festival, Northern Queensland, Australia<br /> © John Miles/Survival<br />
    Australia: Mirrar win veto over mine
    31 May 2003 The Mirrar Aborigines of Australia’s Northern Territory have for many years opposed the construction of a uranium mine on their land.