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
Always Independent: An Interview with Murrawarri Republic Chair Fred Hooper
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, [...]
Smallpox: 1789 Biological warfare against First Nations
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
Frontier Wars Commemoration and March, Anzac Day, Canberra, 25 April 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 [...]
Appin Massacre Memorial Ceremony, 23 April 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 [...]
How Janadmarra went from resistance fighter to a Bununba legend
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
Mark Tedeschi on the man who fought for justice at Myall Creek
‘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
New book on the Myall Creek Massacre to be published November 2016
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
Unsung colonial hero John Plunkett fought Myall Creek massacre racism
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