Message Stick is an Australian television series about Aboriginal

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....

 and Torres Strait Islander

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....

 lifestyles, culture and issues. It began screening in 1999 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...

. It features features profile stories, interviews, video clips, short films and cooking segments.

The current presenter is Miriam Corowa. Past presenters include Rachael Maza

Rachael Maza Long

Rachael Maza Long is an Australian actress, narrator and director. She is a Torres Strait Islander.Maza Long has acted in film Radiance, on stage in The Sapphires and worked as a TV presenter on ABC's Message Stick and SBS's ICAM...

, Kelrick Martin, Deborah Mailman

Deborah Mailman

Deborah Mailman , is an Australian television and film actress. She was the first Aboriginal actress to win the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role...

, Aden Ridgeway

Aden Ridgeway

Aden Derek Ridgeway , Australian politician, was a member of the Australian Senate for New South Wales, from 1999 to 2005, representing the Australian Democrats. During his term he was the only Aboriginal member of the Australian Parliament.-Early history:Ridgeway was born in Macksville, New South...

 and Trisha Morton-Thomas.

Selected episodes

• Sunday 29 January 2006, 1.30 pm – "Summer Series 9: 'Stephen Hagan'"

  Aboriginal Activist and former diplomat Stephen Hagan

  Stephen Hagan

  Stephen Hagan is an Australian author, activist and campaigner against racism. He is also a newspaper editor, documentary maker, university lecturer and former diplomat....

  
   is interviewed about his campaign to have an offensive word removed from a Toowoomba sports stadium.

• Sunday 8 November 2009, 1:30pm – "Giving Voice"

  Regarding the Northern Territory National Emergency Response

  Northern Territory National Emergency Response

  The Northern Territory National Emergency Response was a package of changes to welfare provision, law enforcement, land tenure and other measures, introduced by the Australian federal government under John Howard in 2007 to address claims of rampant child sexual abuse and neglect in Northern...

  
  , featuring Bob Randall.

External links

• Message Stick