Koori Mail
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The Koori Mail is Australia
's oldest Indigenous newspaper and an icon amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their supporters.
Founded in 1991, the Koori Mail is published fortnightly and available by subscription and in newsagents in every Australian state and territory. It is a source of news and information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
, communities and events throughout Australia. It covers general news as well as health, education, employment, culture, the arts, and sport.
The Koori Mail is 100% owned by Aboriginal people
through five Aboriginal community organisations. Its board of directors and editor are all Aboriginal people. The newspaper is based in Lismore in northern New South Wales and has correspondents and contributors throughout the country.
The Koori Mail is independently audited for its paid circulation (on average, more than 9150 copies are sold each fortnight), which continues to grow. Research indicates that it averages around 100,000 readers, many of whom access the newspaper through community councils, land councils, health and housing services, educational units, and Indigenous businesses.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
's oldest Indigenous newspaper and an icon amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their supporters.
Founded in 1991, the Koori Mail is published fortnightly and available by subscription and in newsagents in every Australian state and territory. It is a source of news and information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Torres Strait Islanders
Torres Strait Islanders are the indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands, part of Queensland, Australia. They are culturally and genetically linked to Melanesian peoples and those of Papua New Guinea....
, communities and events throughout Australia. It covers general news as well as health, education, employment, culture, the arts, and sport.
The Koori Mail is 100% owned by Aboriginal people
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
through five Aboriginal community organisations. Its board of directors and editor are all Aboriginal people. The newspaper is based in Lismore in northern New South Wales and has correspondents and contributors throughout the country.
The Koori Mail is independently audited for its paid circulation (on average, more than 9150 copies are sold each fortnight), which continues to grow. Research indicates that it averages around 100,000 readers, many of whom access the newspaper through community councils, land councils, health and housing services, educational units, and Indigenous businesses.