News – Page 14 – Australian Frontier Conflicts

Traditional Owners lodge appeal after court dismisses injunction against Adani

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 [...]

jane2024-04-17T10:54:24+10:00February 10th, 2018|

NCA starts sale process for The Lobby restaurant

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 [...]

jane2018-02-09T19:31:31+11:00February 9th, 2018|

Was journalist denied Indian visa because of Adani story?

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

jane2018-02-06T19:26:21+11:00February 6th, 2018|

Victoria says ‘no’ to changing Anzac Day to include Aboriginal people killed in ‘frontier wars’

Read story here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-04/no-plans-to-change-anzac-day-utter-disgrace-opposition/9394356

jane2018-02-06T19:19:23+11:00February 4th, 2018|

Captain Cook and first contact

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 [...]

jane2018-02-06T19:19:53+11:00February 4th, 2018|

No specific day can be Australia Day: Michael Anderson

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 [...]

jane2022-10-28T10:49:33+11:00January 24th, 2018|

Turnbull distances himself from Abbott over First Fleet remarks

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

jane2018-01-24T20:24:54+11:00January 23rd, 2018|

‘Sweet Country’ preview held in Alice Springs

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 [...]

jane2018-01-23T00:24:54+11:00January 21st, 2018|

Victoria’s first female Aboriginal MP receives death threats over Australia Day comments

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 [...]

jane2018-01-23T00:34:00+11:00January 19th, 2018|

‘Australia Day’, Australian history, and airbrushing the Past

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 [...]

jane2022-10-28T10:35:46+11:00January 12th, 2018|