jane2017-12-06T02:29:30+11:00November 6th, 2017|
Explains why a number of Aboriginal nations have declared their continuing independence as nations who have lived on the Australian continent for thousands of years and have never ceded their sovereignty to British colonisers who engaged in conflicts with, and waged war against, the First Peoples. Interview by Paul Gregoire, [...]
jane2017-12-06T02:37:39+11:00November 6th, 2017|
It is possible that smallpox was deliberately used as a biological ‘weapon’ against First Peoples living in the Sydney region in the early days of colonial New South Wales. Talk by Chris Warren recorded at the Aboriginal Embassy, Canberra on 17 April 2017: https://www.sovereignunion.mobi/content/smallpox-1789-biological-warfare-against-first-nations
jane2017-12-06T02:39:36+11:00November 6th, 2017|
The annual Frontier Wars Commemoration and March will take place in Canberra on 25 April 2017. To join the peaceful, respectful march to commemorate those who gave their lives in Australia's colonial frontier conflicts, assemble at the bottom of Anzac Parade from 9.00 am. For those interested in the Aboriginal [...]
jane2017-12-06T02:41:40+11:00November 6th, 2017|
The annual ceremony to commemorate the 1816 Appin Massacre will be held at the Cataract Dam picnic area from 11.00 am to 3.00 pm on 23 April 2017. Hosted by the Wingla Myamly Reconciliation Group and the Aboriginal communities of Macarthur. For more information contact: Ivan Wellington on 0447 581 [...]
jane2017-12-06T02:43:26+11:00November 6th, 2017|
Craig Quartermaine, NITV News, 3 April 2017 Link here: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/the-point-with-stan-grant/article/2017/04/03/how-jandamarra-went-resistance-fighter-bunuba-legend
jane2017-12-06T02:46:46+11:00November 6th, 2017|
‘Conversations with Richard Fidler’, ABC Radio, 11.00 am Monday 14 November 2016: Link here: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/conversations-mark-tedeschi/8003650
jane2017-12-06T02:48:45+11:00November 6th, 2017|
A new book, Murder at Myall Creek: The trial that defined a nation, by Mark Tedeshi QC, Senior Crown Prosecutor for New South Wales, will be published by Simon & Schuster in November 2016. Read more at: https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Murder-at-Myall-Creek/Mark-Tedeschi/9781925456264
jane2017-12-06T02:50:22+11:00November 6th, 2017|
Marea Donnelly, History Writer, The Daily Telegraph, 31 October 2016 Read more at: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/unsung-colonial-hero-john-plunkett-fought-myall-creek-massacre-racism/news-story/d737ac626f4eb7afc551b507294c4fea
jane2017-12-06T02:57:08+11:00November 6th, 2017|
Carolyn Webb, The Age, 11 September 2016 Read more at: https://www.theage.com.au/victoria/monument-to-aboriginals-1842-execution-first-step-to-recognising-brutal-past-20160911-grdvbx.html More about the story of these two significant Aboriginal warriors is on the City of Melbourne's website at: https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/about-melbourne/melbourne-profile/aboriginal-culture/Pages/tunnerminnerwait-and-maulboyheener.aspx
jane2022-10-05T15:25:37+11:00November 6th, 2017|
A Frontier Wars wing at the Australian War Memorial would help improve the perceptions that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have of themselves, would fundamentally change the distorted perception many Australians have of our history, and would potentially change the relationship between First Peoples and other Australians. An opinion [...]
