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Australian Electoral Commission renamed federal seat of Batman after Aboriginal rights campaigner William Cooper

The Australian Electoral Commission 'unanimously agreed' to rename the federal seat of Batman in honour of Aboriginal rights campaigner William Cooper. Read more about the move to change the name of the Federal seat of Batman in Nakari Thorpe's story on NITV News on 20 June 2018 at: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2018/06/20/federal-seat-batman-be-renamed-after-indigenous-rights-leader-william-cooper [...]

2022-10-05T15:00:06+11:00October 5th, 2022|

Liffey Falls’ dark history remembered on anniversary of 1827 massacre

One hundred and. ninety four years ago, on 24 June 1827, between 30 and 120 Pallittore people were killed in a colonists' reprisal at Tasmania's Liffey Falls. Read more in Jessica Willard's story in The Examiner of 24 June 2021: https://www.examiner.com.au/story/7312276/no-signs-no-crosses-no-memorials-liffey-falls-dark-history-remembered/

2022-10-02T08:25:52+11:00October 2nd, 2022|

Australian War Memorial to expand frontier conflicts exhibits

After many years of demands for the recognition of Australia's frontier conflicts, the Australian War Memorial (AWM) has acquiesced. Rachel Perkins's three-part documentary, The Australian Wars, currently airing on SBS/NITV, has helped tip the balance. The series explores some of the main incidents that occurred during the [...]

2022-10-01T13:43:05+10:00October 1st, 2022|

The power of Truganini: reclaiming a hero’s story

Truganini has often been mis-represented as 'the last palawa Aboriginal', which is completely false.  Dan Butler tells the truth about palawa woman Truganini and her life in his article, 'The power of Truganini: reclaiming a hero's story', NITV News, 28 September 2022: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/the-power-of-truganini-reclaiming-a-heros-story/qcbi9ugzn Portrait of Truganini [picture]/ [C.A. [...]

2022-10-01T12:05:41+10:00October 1st, 2022|

Council to remove statue in reconciliation move

A small step to reconciliation’: Hobart council to remove statue of William Crowther who stole Aboriginal skull from morgue Former Tasmanian premier, William Crowther, mutilated the body of William Lanne in 1869 and sent his skull to the Royal College of Surgeons in London. Statue of former Tasmanian [...]

2022-08-16T10:04:40+10:00August 16th, 2022|

Push for heritage recognition of Wombeetch Puyuun monument

Matt Neal of ABC Southwest, Victoria writes about the push to have Heritage Victoria recognise a 19th-century monument and grave honouring warrior Wombeetch Puyuun and the Camperdown district's First People. Memorial to Wombeetch Puyuun and First Nations People of the Camperdown district, Victoria, Australia 'The monument is unlike any other [...]

2022-07-10T19:59:05+10:00July 10th, 2022|

Frontier Wars: commemorate at the Australian War Memorial

Yet another call for the commemoration of Australia's frontier wars at the Australian War Memorial has been made–this time by Dr Sue Wareham, President of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War. Listen to ABC Radio National's Hamish McDonald interview Dr Wareham, on 7 July 2022, about why the [...]

2022-07-08T15:29:46+10:00July 8th, 2022|

Reason and Reckoning: Conversations and Provocations Symposium

Reason and Reckoning: Conversations and Provocations Symposium on the legacy of colonial figures like Sir Samuel Griffith, and his role in the killing of First Nations people in late 19th-century Queensland. Names of 'founding fathers' like Griffith's are still widespread throughout the Australian landscape and Australian institutions. 'This symposium, [...]

2022-06-05T14:16:05+10:00June 5th, 2022|
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