jane2026-11-04T08:55:45+11:00November 4th, 2026|
Warning: the content of the following article may be distressing to some readers. One hundred and ninety two years ago on 28 October 1834, one of Western Australia's worst historical atrocities occurred. National Indigenous Television journalist, John Paul Janke recounts the story of this massacre. It was led by [...]
jane2026-10-23T11:55:40+11:00October 23rd, 2026|
Travis Lovett, Executive Director of the University of Melbourne's Centre of Truth Telling and Dialogue delivered the 2026 David Hunter Memorial Lecture: Truth and the Nation We All Share, at the Baptist Church, Canberra on 22 October 2026. The lecture was broadcast nationally on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/y_Dms-Cl-2s Travis Lovett was [...]
jane2026-09-18T15:26:17+10:00September 16th, 2026|
New research estimates that more than 2 million First Nations people lived in Australia before colonisation. Published in Nature Human Behaviour on 15 September 2026, the study is viewed as invaluable to truth-telling and reconciliation. Read more in The Conversation, 15 September 2026: https://theconversation.com/more-than-2-million-indigenous-people-lived-in-australia-in-1788-new-research-291278 Tory Shepherd's article in [...]
jane2026-06-21T16:36:45+10:00June 21st, 2026|
One hundred years ago in 1926, a massacre of First Nations people occurred on Ballanggara Country in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. Read Erin Parke's illuminating story, dated 21 June 2026, on ABC online of what happened at Forrest River 100 years ago. The [...]
jane2026-05-28T10:05:07+10:00May 28th, 2026|
Travis Lovett with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the conclusion of the National Walk for Truth in Canberra. Image: S. Barnett Check the story from the University of Melbourne's newsroom on 27 May 2026: https://www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news/2026/may/national-walk-for-truth-reaches-parliament-house
jane2026-05-27T18:28:06+10:00May 27th, 2026|
"Truth-telling can't wait, Travis Lovett tells PM after 900km journey", Dechlan Brennan, National Indigenous Times, 27 May 2026 https://nit.com.au/27-05-2026/24510/truth-telling-cant-wait-travis-lovett-tells-pm-after-900km-journey
jane2026-05-07T09:46:44+10:00May 7th, 2026|
Myall Creek Memorial commemorations will be held again this year from Friday 6 June to Sunday 7 June 2026 over the June long weekend. Entries for the annual Student Art, Writing and Song Competition close on Friday 15 May 2026: For more information and how to get to the [...]
jane2026-04-30T11:37:09+10:00April 30th, 2026|
Read more in Stephen A Russell's story on ABC Arts, Movies, Wednesday 29 April 2026: "First Nations Film Wolfram writes hope into heavy history", https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-29/wolfram-interview-warwick-thornton-deborah-mailman/106574946 This film, inspired by true events that happened in Australia's Northern Territory in the colonial 1930s, tells the story of three boys separated from [...]
jane2026-04-03T15:02:29+11:00April 3rd, 2026|
LEST WE FORGET THE FRONTIER WARS AND CONFLICTS The 16th Remembrance March will be held in Canberra, Australia on Anzac Day, 25 April 2026. Gather at 9.30am (or earlier) Cnr Anzac Parade and Constitution Avenue, Reid, Australian Capital Territory (or as otherwise advised). ALL WELCOME. [...]
