Mark Tedeschi on the man who fought for justice at Myall Creek
‘Conversations with Richard Fidler’, ABC Radio, 11.00 am Monday 14 November 2016: Link here: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/conversations-mark-tedeschi/8003650
New book on the Myall Creek Massacre to be published November 2016
A new book, Murder at Myall Creek: The trial that defined a nation, by Mark Tedeshi QC, Senior Crown Prosecutor for New South Wales, will be published by Simon & Schuster in November 2016. Read more at: https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Murder-at-Myall-Creek/Mark-Tedeschi/9781925456264
Unsung colonial hero John Plunkett fought Myall Creek massacre racism
Marea Donnelly, History Writer, The Daily Telegraph, 31 October 2016 Read more at: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/unsung-colonial-hero-john-plunkett-fought-myall-creek-massacre-racism/news-story/d737ac626f4eb7afc551b507294c4fea
Monuments to Aboriginals’ 1842 execution ‘first step’ to recognising brutal past
Carolyn Webb, The Age, 11 September 2016 Read more at: https://www.theage.com.au/victoria/monument-to-aboriginals-1842-execution-first-step-to-recognising-brutal-past-20160911-grdvbx.html More about the story of these two significant Aboriginal warriors is on the City of Melbourne's website at: https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/about-melbourne/melbourne-profile/aboriginal-culture/Pages/tunnerminnerwait-and-maulboyheener.aspx
Frontier Wars wing needed
A Frontier Wars wing at the Australian War Memorial would help improve the perceptions that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have of themselves, would fundamentally change the distorted perception many Australians have of our history, and would potentially change the relationship between First Peoples and other Australians. An opinion [...]
Victory for Gweagal man Rodney Kelly in fight to have artefacts returned from British museums
Lucy McNally, ABC News online, 23 August 2016 In 1770, Cooman, a Gweagal man, was shot in the leg in an encounter with Captain James Cook and his crew on the shores of Botany Bay, Sydney. During the incident Cooman dropped his shield. Rodney Kelly, a descendant of Cooman, is [...]
The Untold Story Behind the Wave Hill Walk-Off
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
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
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
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 [...]