National Indigenous Council

The National Indigenous Council was an appointed advisory body to the Australian Government through the Ministerial Taskforce on Indigenous Affairs established in November 2004 and chaired by Dr Sue Gordon, a Western Australian Magistrate. It first met in December 2004 and wound up in early 2008.

Terms of Reference of the Council were to provide expert advice to government on improving outcomes for Indigenous Australians.

Members

Chair: Magistrate Sue Gordon, AM

Dr John Moriarty, AM
Dr Sally Goold, OAM
Mr Adam Goodes
Mr Dean Widders
Mr Michael White
Mr Wesley Aird
Ms Miriam Rose Baumann, AM
Ms Tammy Williams
Professor Mary Ann Bin-Sallik

Past members

Dr Archie Barton
Mr Joseph Elu
Mr Robert Lee
Mr Warren Mundine
Mr Joe Proctor

References

"National Indigenous Council Appointed". Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs. 6 November 2004. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
"National Indigenous Council". Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs. 21 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-30.

Indigenous Australians

Peoples	Aboriginal Australians Australoids Blackfellas Communities Groups Half-castes Tasmanians Torres Strait Islanders Victorians Western Australians

Individuals	Activists Musicians People from politics and public service Performing artists Sportspeople Visual artists Writers

Culture	Astronomy Avoidance Bora Corroboree Deadly Awards Deities Dreaming Dreamtime Enumeration Flag Kinship Kurdaitcha Marn Grook Message stick Mythology NAIDOC National Indigenous Human Rights Awards Outstation movement Riji Seasons Sacred sites Smoking ceremony Songlines Tjurunga Torres Strait Islands Woggabaliri

Languages	Avoidance speech Australian Aboriginal English Macro-Gunwinyguan languages Australian Creole Language groups Loanwords into English Palawa Pama–Nyungan languages Placenames Sign languages Torres Strait Island languages

Organisations	ATSIC Aboriginal Medical Service Aborigines Advancement League Aborigines Progressive Association AIATSIS Australian Aboriginal Progress Association Australian Aborigines' League Central Land Council Media National Congress of Australia's First Peoples National Indigenous Council Northern Land Council Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations Politics TSRA Reconciliation Australia Sorry Day

Bushcraft	Boomerang Buka Bush bread Bushfood Bush medicine Coolamon Dugout canoe Fibrecraft Fire-stick farming Food groups Humpy Possum-skin cloak Scarred tree Soaks Spinifex resin Sweet foods Waddy Woomera

Arts	Artifacts Bark painting Contemporary visual art Dance Didgeridoo Music Music groups Rock NATSIA Award Papunya Tula Sandpainting Vibe Visual art Yininmadyemi

History	Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976 Caledon Bay crisis Cummeragunja walk-off Day of Mourning Gurindji Strike Historical figures History Prehistory History wars King plates Massacres Black War Missions Native police Pilbara strike Pintupi Nine Tent embassy Western Australia

Issues	Crime Health Land rights Native title Protected Area Media portrayal Northern Territory National Emergency Response Self-determination Stolen Generations Half-Caste Act Voting rights 1967 Referendum

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