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 [...]
jane2018-01-24T20:24:54+11:00January 23rd, 2018|
SBS News, Australia 22 January 2018. Read more at: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/turnbull-distances-himself-from-abbott-over-first-fleet-remarks?cid=trending
jane2018-01-23T00:24:54+11:00January 21st, 2018|
Sweet Country, award-winning director Warwick Thornton's new feature film, has previewed to proud and excited audiences in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. Highlighting Australia's Frontier Wars, so far not widely acknowledged, accepted or even known about by 'mainstream Australia', the film depicts early 20th–century colonists' deep fear of Aboriginal resistance, their [...]
jane2018-01-23T00:34:00+11:00January 19th, 2018|
Greens MP, Lidia Thorpe, Victoria's first Aboriginal woman to become an MP has received threats of death and gang rape for calling for flags to be flown at half mast on 26 January. Ms Thorpe says the threats have made her more determined to speak out about Australia Day and [...]
jane2025-07-03T13:56:56+10:00January 12th, 2018|
Invasion Day, Aboriginal Embassy, Canberra, 26 January 2017. Photo: Jane Morrison Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sovereignty has never been ceded over the Australian continent and its islands. Aboriginal people continue to call for a treaty or treaties with the dominant power, which, on 26 January 2018 will celebrate [...]
jane2018-01-08T00:53:45+11:00January 8th, 2018|
First Peoples and supporters protest, 26 January 2017, Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. Photograph: Jane Morrison 'Change It Ourselves campaign asks people to take a different day off for Australia Day': MANY don’t realise public holidays aren’t set in stone — you can ask for a different day off. Now a [...]
jane2018-01-07T23:40:12+11:00January 7th, 2018|
'"We didn't expect to hit the main nerve": A.B. Original on music and activism', Emily Nichol, NITV, 3 January 2018 at: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2017/09/01/we-didnt-expect-hit-main-nerve-ab-original-music-and-activism
jane2022-10-06T15:04:54+11:00December 6th, 2017|
In 2013 SBS Television reported the anniversary of the Coniston massacre (or series of conflicts) in which mass killings of Aboriginal people by police and posses of European civilians in 1928 took place in the Northern Territory. That was only about 94 years ago. Read more about what happened [...]
jane2018-05-30T20:52:25+10:00December 6th, 2017|
Ten places in north Queensland, containing the racist word N***** are to be discontinued and renamed. The name changes are to be published in the Queensland Gazette in late September 2017. For more information read Meghna Ball's story on ABC News online updated on 29 August 2017 at: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-29/ten-racist-names-queensland-wiped-off-maps/8852536
