News

The Untold Story Behind the Wave Hill Walk-Off

2017-12-06T03:27:18+11:00November 6th, 2017|

The Conversation, Felicity Meakins, University of Queensland, updated 20 August 2016 Many Australians know about the Wave Hill Walk-off 50 years ago on 23 August 1966 that led to the Aboriginal Land Rights movement. What is little known is that the walk-off followed eighty years of massacres, killings and ill [...]

Myall Creek Smoking Ceremony

2017-12-06T03:29:34+11:00November 6th, 2017|

The crowd participates in a smoking ceremony at Myall Creek Memorial site, 16 June 2016 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-16/myall-creek-smoking-ceremony/7516318

REVEALED: Who is Aboriginal warrior Multuggerah

2017-12-06T03:30:29+11:00November 6th, 2017|

Andrew Backhouse, The Chronicle, Toowoomba, Queensland, 9 May 2016 Read more at: https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/aboriginal-warrior-battled-elite-british-soldiers/3020583/a>

Anzac Day 2016–Remembering the Frontier Wars, Conflicts and Massacres

2017-11-06T02:10:52+11:00November 6th, 2017|

On 25 April 2016, Australians, New Zealanders, friends and former foes, commemorated the 101st landing at Gallipoli, Turkey, during World War I as well as the fallen in other international conflicts. This year marks 100 years since the beginning of campaigns on the Western Front in France. While many Aboriginal [...]

Cal Flyn: the terrible truths in my family history

2017-11-06T03:22:56+11:00November 6th, 2017|

The Australian, 23 April 2016 In an extract from her new book, Thicker Than Water, published by HarperCollins on 26 April 2016, Cal Flyn talks about the massacre at Warrigal Creek in July 1843 in which between 80 to 200 Gunai (Kurnai) people were slaughtered. Ms Flyn also lists other [...]

Appin Massacre

2023-09-11T14:11:16+10:00November 6th, 2017|

The Dictionary of Sydney, archived in 2021, is still searchable: https://dictionaryofsydney.org  The Dictionary covers many subjects about the history of Sydney, like the Appin Massacre that happened in 1816. Read more: https://dictionaryofsydney.org/search?query=Appin+Massacre Compiled by Jane Morrison 2012–23 Updated 11 September 2023.

Call for national day of remembrance for Australia’s frontier wars

2017-11-06T02:01:48+11:00November 6th, 2017|

A Ngunnawal elder believes the true [sic] reconciliation cannot be achieved in Australia until the government recognises the existence of thefrontier wars between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Katie Burgess, ABC News online, 7 March 2016

Artist says new monument to executed Aborigines is a ‘war memorial’

2017-11-06T02:00:32+11:00November 6th, 2017|

Carolyn Webb, The Age, 26 November 2015 Melbourne's first memorial to two men executed in 1842 will serve as a war memorial to Aboriginal people's clashes with colonists, according to the artist of the winning design. Read more: https://www.theage.com.au/victoria/artist-says-new-monument-to-executed-aborigines-is-a-war-memorial-20151126-gl8ug9.html

Go to Top