Did you know ...

• the remote Aboriginal community of Jigalong in Western Australia was the venue for the world premiere of the film Rabbit-Proof Fence?
• the Community Court of Australia's Northern Territory aims to reduce re-offending by involving the indigenous community in the sentencing process?
• the fungus Podaxis is often used as face paint by the Australian Aborigines?
• Batman's Treaty was a treaty made between settler John Batman (pictured) and local Wurundjeri elders in 1835 for the sale of land around Port Phillip and that it was one of the few attempts made by white settlers to negotiate with Australian Aborigines?
• Yolngu aboriginal leader Raymattja Marika was Northern Territory's Australian of the Year in 2006?