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Australian Electoral Commission renamed federal seat of Batman after Aboriginal rights campaigner William Cooper

jane2022-10-05T15:00:06+11:00October 5th, 2022|

The Australian Electoral Commission 'unanimously agreed' to rename the federal seat of Batman in honour of Aboriginal rights campaigner William Cooper. Read more about the move to change the name of the Federal seat of Batman in Nakari Thorpe's story on NITV News on 20 June 2018 at: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2018/06/20/federal-seat-batman-be-renamed-after-indigenous-rights-leader-william-cooper [...]

Liffey Falls’ dark history remembered on anniversary of 1827 massacre

jane2022-10-02T08:25:52+11:00October 2nd, 2022|

One hundred and. ninety four years ago, on 24 June 1827, between 30 and 120 Pallittore people were killed in a colonists' reprisal at Tasmania's Liffey Falls. Read more in Jessica Willard's story in The Examiner of 24 June 2021: https://www.examiner.com.au/story/7312276/no-signs-no-crosses-no-memorials-liffey-falls-dark-history-remembered/

Australian War Memorial to expand frontier conflicts exhibits

jane2022-10-01T13:43:05+10:00October 1st, 2022|

After many years of demands for the recognition of Australia's frontier conflicts, the Australian War Memorial (AWM) has acquiesced. Rachel Perkins's three-part documentary, The Australian Wars, currently airing on SBS/NITV, has helped tip the balance. The series explores some of the main incidents that occurred during the [...]

The power of Truganini: reclaiming a hero’s story

jane2022-10-01T12:05:41+10:00October 1st, 2022|

Truganini has often been mis-represented as 'the last palawa Aboriginal', which is completely false. Dan Butler tells the truth about palawa woman Truganini and her life in his article, 'The power of Truganini: reclaiming a hero's story', NITV News, 28 September 2022: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/the-power-of-truganini-reclaiming-a-heros-story/qcbi9ugzn Portrait of Truganini [picture]/ [C.A. [...]

Filmmaker reveals truth of wars fought on Australian soil

jane2022-08-29T18:14:54+10:00August 29th, 2022|

NITV Media Release 25 August 2022. Read more here: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2022/08/25/filmmaker-rachel-perkins-reveals-truth-australian-wars-battles-fought-home-soil

Council to remove statue in reconciliation move

jane2022-08-16T10:04:40+10:00August 16th, 2022|

A small step to reconciliation’: Hobart council to remove statue of William Crowther who stole Aboriginal skull from morgue Former Tasmanian premier, William Crowther, mutilated the body of William Lanne in 1869 and sent his skull to the Royal College of Surgeons in London. Statue of former Tasmanian [...]

Australian War Memorial needs to own Australian frontier wars

jane2022-08-07T09:29:11+10:00August 7th, 2022|

David Stephens, Editor, Honest History, writing for Pearls and Irritations, 7 August 2022: https://johnmenadue.com/australian-war-memorial-needs-to-own-australian-frontier-wars/

Push for heritage recognition of Wombeetch Puyuun monument

jane2022-07-10T19:59:05+10:00July 10th, 2022|

Matt Neal of ABC Southwest, Victoria writes about the push to have Heritage Victoria recognise a 19th-century monument and grave honouring warrior Wombeetch Puyuun and the Camperdown district's First People. Memorial to Wombeetch Puyuun and First Nations People of the Camperdown district, Victoria, Australia 'The monument is unlike any other [...]

Frontier Wars: commemorate at the Australian War Memorial

jane2022-07-08T15:29:46+10:00July 8th, 2022|

Yet another call for the commemoration of Australia's frontier wars at the Australian War Memorial has been made–this time by Dr Sue Wareham, President of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War. Listen to ABC Radio National's Hamish McDonald interview Dr Wareham, on 7 July 2022, about why the [...]

Reason and Reckoning: Conversations and Provocations Symposium

jane2022-06-05T14:16:05+10:00June 5th, 2022|

Reason and Reckoning: Conversations and Provocations Symposium on the legacy of colonial figures like Sir Samuel Griffith, and his role in the killing of First Nations people in late 19th-century Queensland. Names of 'founding fathers' like Griffith's are still widespread throughout the Australian landscape and Australian institutions. 'This symposium, [...]

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