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 [...]
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
'"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
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(Image: Courtesy, Meredith Walker) Dundalli was an Aboriginal warrior who fought to protect his people and country from European invasion. On the anniversary of Dundalli's public hanging on 5 January 1855, a remembrance service, led by Bishop Jeremy Greaves, will be held at St Mark's Buderim, Queensland at 2.00 pm on [...]
