AWAYE! - Separate stories podcast

Vicki Couzens might be described as a cultural revivalist. Her multiform artistic practice is as much about reviving Gunditjmara and Kirrae Whurrung language and tradition as about making contemporary art.

It seems that whatever the outcome of the federal election it will almost certainly be historic in terms of Indigenous representation.

Did an extinct human lineage predate Aboriginal people? When researchers claimed in 2001 that Mungo Man was genetically distinct from modern Aboriginal people it provoked heated debate. But now, the latest DNA research throws those controversial findings into doubt.

This year the Barunga Festival celebrated it’s 31st instalment by observing the role women play in remote Indigenous communities.

There's no dispute: the colonial governor Lachlan Macquarie issued military orders which led to the massacre at Appin in south-western Sydney in 1816. Macquarie's contradictory relationship with Aboriginal people fascinates the Bangarra dancer and choreographer Jasmin Sheppard.

For the multi-talented performer Ursula Yovich the death of her mother two years ago was more than a private matter. Her grief was tempered by cultural obligations as she tried to fulfil her mother's wishes to be buried on country. Now, she's decided to write a play about the experience of navigating cultural sorry business in a remote community.

His lyrics are pointed and like Adam Goodes' imaginary spear he takes aim at racism. Nooky - also known as Corey Webster - won't be pigeonholed.

Who owns the stories of Indigenous Australia? Are those stories authentic if they don't come from Indigenous authors and do they lose their integrity if they're written or adapted primarily for a non-Indigenous audience?

When a critic wrote that the tradition was dead Yvonne Koolmatrie was spurred on to do whatever she could to teach Ngarrindjeri weaving techniques. She went on represent Australia at the 1997 Venice Biennale. Her greatest inspiration: a piece of roadkill.

Bruce Pascoe is great storyteller with a deep love for the Australian bush. Now - he's a screenwriter with a world premiere short at the Sydney Film Festival. Black Chook, directed by the award-winning documentary filmmaker Dylan River with cinematography by Warwick Thornton, is drawn from a compelling scene in the novel Bloke.