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“Help Us Bury Our Dead” on 25 April 2023

Media Release  20 April 2023 "Help Us Bury Our Dead on 25 April 2023" Sovereign Union of First Nations and Peoples in Australia Asserting Australia's First Nations Sovereignty into Governance www.sovereignunion.mobi Ghillar, Michael Anderson, Convenor of the Sovereign Union, last surviving member of the founding four of the [...]

2023-04-21T11:50:55+10:00April 21st, 2023|

Yagan story told on ‘Stuff the British Stole’

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's podcast and TV series, Stuff the British Stole, Series 1, has devoted its sixth episode, 'Return', to Noongar warrior Yagan's story. The documentary examines how Yagan met his death defending Noongar country from British colonists. His remains were missing for more than a century. The fight [...]

2022-12-08T08:45:40+11:00December 8th, 2022|

Australian War Memorial ‘runs away’ from Frontier Wars

Despite some recent indications that the Australian War Memorial is considering "a broader and deeper" coverage of frontier wars fought on Australia soil, David Stephens points out that the space to be allocated will be "proportionate" and "modest". Read more in 'The War Memorial trial is again running away from the [...]

2022-12-08T08:21:02+11:00December 8th, 2022|

‘Stuff the British Stole’–New ABCTV series to air from 1 November 2022

Award-winning journalist, Marc Fennell, presents 'Stuff the British Stole', based on his podcast of the same title one ABC iView from 1 November 2022: Watch the trailer here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/stuff-the-british-stole There's also a link to the podcast off this URL. You need to Login to the ABC to view the trailer. [...]

2022-10-30T08:39:12+11:00October 30th, 2022|

Site of frontier war and resistance protected by mine expansion refusal

A First Nations' site of frontier war and resistance, in the New South Wales' Hunter Valley, will be protected  following the Glencore coal mine expansion refusal. The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission has denied the extension because the heritage impacts of the project would have been too significant and irreversible. [...]

2022-10-29T08:37:29+11:00October 29th, 2022|

Aboriginal man reburied at Uluru nearly 90 years after police shoot him

Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia, Pixabay. The family of Yokun, an Aboriginal man shot and killed near Uluru, Northern Territory, in 1934 is calling for a government apology and compensation as the University of Adelaide and the South Australian Museum apologise for storing his remains for nearly 90 years. The call [...]

2022-10-14T19:20:36+11:00October 14th, 2022|
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