jane2022-10-06T15:44:11+11:00April 9th, 2018|
On Anzac Day, 25 April 2017, after the National Anzac Day Commemoration Ceremony, First Nations people laid wreathes, commemorating the fallen in the frontier wars, at the Stone of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial, Canberra. Photo: Jane Morrison The Victorian government and the Returned Services League (RSL), are [...]
jane2022-11-16T12:31:52+11:00March 7th, 2018|
Questions continue to be raised about statues commemorating the British and the lack of memorials commemorating the First Australians who have inhabited this continent and its islands for up to possibly 70,000 years or more. The role English Captain James Cook played in British exploration in the 1770s and [...]
jane2018-02-24T07:23:37+11:00February 24th, 2018|
A new statue of Noongar leader, Yagan, will be a permanent feature in the middle of Western Australia's capital, Perth. Read more in the story by Rangi Hirini, on NITV News, 22 February 2018: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2018/02/19/statue-aboriginal-figure-set-permanently-stand-middle-perth You can read more about Yagan and other warriors on our Aboriginal and Torres Strait [...]
jane2018-02-15T06:48:03+11:00February 15th, 2018|
Calls are being made to remove an appalling sign from an Aboriginal massacre site near Mackay in Queensland, Australia. The highly insensitive, thoughtless sign, erected during the recent holiday period, has deeply offended descendants of those involved in the 1860s incident. Many other people believe the sign is disgusting and [...]
jane2024-04-17T10:54:24+10:00February 10th, 2018|
Australia Says No To Adani banner, Stop Adani rally, The Lawns, Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, 5 February 2018. Photo: Jane Morrison Read the latest news from the Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners Family Council at: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2018/02/05/traditional-owners-lodge-appeal-after-court-dismisses-injunction-against-adani Message from Adrian Burrgubba and Murrawah Johnson, Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners Family [...]
jane2018-02-09T19:31:31+11:00February 9th, 2018|
The National Capital Authority (NCA) has started the process for the sale of the former The Lobby restaurant, occupied in early November 2017 by activists from the nearby Aboriginal Embassy, Canberra. Story at: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/the-lobby-restaurant-sale-process-started-by-national-capital-authority-20180209-h0vuiq.html Wiradjuri man, Adrian Charles Davis, 63, inspiring Aboriginal people to stand up for their Sovereignty, was arrested [...]
jane2018-02-06T19:26:21+11:00February 6th, 2018|
Amruta Slee, '"It's about Adani": Did India deny me a journalist's visa because of a story?', Late Night Live, ABC Radio National, 6 February 2018. Read more at: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-06/visa-fiasco-poses-questions-about-indian-democracy-adani/9399700
jane2018-02-06T19:19:23+11:00February 4th, 2018|
Read story here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-04/no-plans-to-change-anzac-day-utter-disgrace-opposition/9394356
jane2018-02-06T19:19:53+11:00February 4th, 2018|
In 1770 when Captain James Cook sailed to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus, there was an ulterior motive for the voyage--the 'discovery' and claiming, in the name of England's King George III, of Terra Australis Incognita, the 'unknown southern continent'. He ignored the fact that people hand been [...]
jane2022-10-28T10:49:33+11:00January 24th, 2018|
Michael Anderson speaking at the Aboriginal Embassy, Canberra, Australia, 26 January 2017. Photo: Jane Morrison Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their supporters call this national holiday on 26 January, 'the Day of Mourning', 'Invasion Day' or 'Survival Day'. For the government, 26 January celebrates the arrival [...]
