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The over-representation of Indigenous people in Australia's jails is at the centre of a new and powerful art exhibition at Melbourne's Heide Museum of Modern Art. Its curator says it's a "call to action".

When he went to rehab, Denzel Coyne learnt how to carve artefacts such as spears and shields. It would change his direction in life.

The Anthem of the Desert Pea echoed through the halls of parliament, sung by 1,000 voices determined for change.

They fought to defend their land, families and culture, and drove the colonial powers to a state of panic, losing everything in the process. But Tasmanian Aboriginal resistance warriors still have no physical recognition in the state.