Mungo Man: Australia’s oldest human begins his final journey home
Nakari Thorpe, NITV, 15 November 2017 at: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2017/11/15/mungo-man-australias-oldest-human-begins-his-final-journey-home
Indigenous entrepreneur Dion Devon named 2018 ACT Australian of the Year
Doug Dingwall, The Canberra Times, 6 November 2017 https://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/indigenous-entrepreneur-dion-devow-named-2018-act-australian-of-the-year-20171106-gzfrjf.html
‘White-washed’ history of Indigenous massacres subject of new Melbourne exhibition
A new exhibition of Aboriginal massacres that occurred in Victoria has opened as part of the permanent First Peoples exhibition at the Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Melbourne Museum, Victoria, Australia. Black Day, Sun Rises, Blood Runs is a multimedia presentation, as well as a film, of this terrible period in [...]
Aboriginal Tent Embassy ‘evict’ Commonwealth from Canberra’s Lobby restaurant
Aboriginal people attending a two-day national meeting on the weekend at the Aboriginal Embassy in Australia's national capital, Canberra, have occupied a vacant restaurant near the Embassy in an assertion of their continuing sovereignty over their lands. Sherryn Groch, The Canberra Times, Monday 6 November 2017 at: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/aboriginal-tent-embassy-evict-commonwealth-from-canberras-lobby-restaurant-20171106-gzfk65.html Aboriginal sovereignty [...]
Australia’s frontier massacres and wars
ABC Radio National, Thursday 6 July 2017 A new map recording hundreds of sites where Aboriginal people were massacred during Australia's colonisation has renewed debate around how the country's history of war should be memorialised. The Australian War Memorial stands by the position that it's not the appropriate institution to [...]
Myall Creek massacre: Hundreds gathered at Myall Creek, Bingara for 179th memorial
The very moving annual Memorial Ceremony was held at the Myall Creek Massacre Memorial near Bingara, New South Wales on Sunday 11 June 2017. The Memorial, that was opened on 10 June 2000, attracts many visitors and large crowds to the yearly commemoration for the 28 Aboriginal men, women [...]
Myall Creek Memorial Ceremony, Bingara, New South Wales, Sunday, 11 June 2017
Friends of Myall Creek, Annual Memorial Gathering: https://myallcreek.org/ 2017 Speaker Mark Tedeschi, speaking on War Crimes and Genocide, 11 June 2017: You can read more about Past Events held at Myall Creek at: https://myallcreek.org/category/past-events/. For more information about Myall Creek ceremonies contact Friends of Myall Creek: https://myallcreek.org/contact-us/
On this day: Pemulwuy is killed
Angela Heathcote, Australian Geographic, 1 June 2017 https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/on-this-day/2017/06/on-this-day-pemulwuy-is-killed
Sydney Cove shipwreck an epic tale of adventure and survival in 1797
Mark McKenna for ‘Earshot’, ABC Radio National, 30 May 2017 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-30/survival-story-sydney-coves-shipwrecked-sailors/8536714
‘Remarkable’ Indigenous diggers take the lead on Anzac Day at last
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander servicemen and women veterans march together for the first time in the Anzac Day march, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 25 April 2017. Photo: Jane Morrison NITV 25 April 2017 https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2017/04/25/remarkable-indigenous-diggers-take-lead-anzac-day-last