Initially meant to be a response to the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook's mapping of the east coast of Australia, Unsettled presents instead the truth of Australian history from the perspectives of First Peoples. The free exhibition, to open on 22 May 2021, tells what happened to First Nations [...]
Stirling Council, named after Western Australia's first Governor, Sir James Stirling, who was involved in the Pinjarra Massacre in 1834 with other Europeans, has moved and passed a motion to change its name. One of the biggest councils in Perth, Western Australia, Stirling Council will consider the name change at its next general council [...]
To commemorate the 28 Wirrayaraay people, who were murdered in an unprovoked and premeditated attack at Myall Creek, New South Wales on 10 June 1838, the Friends of Myall Creek will hold the annual memorial ceremony over the long weekend on Saturday and Sunday 12 and 13 June 2021. On [...]
Thoughts 'N' Dreams Competition 2021 Theme Friends of Myall Creek Memorial student art, writing and song competition entries close Monday 31st May 2021. Enter now. More details at: https://myallcreek.org/2021/04/05/thoughts-n-dreams-competition/
Many Australians are calling for Anzac Day to be reinvented as attendances at services have plummeted in recent years, so writes Romain Fathi of Flinders University today (21 April 2021) in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/crowds-at-dawn-services-have-plummeted-in-recent-years-its-time-to-reinvent-anzac-day-157313? While big crowds at Anzac Day services a few years ago may have been partly [...]
MEDIA ALERT 21 April 2021 10th Frontier Wars Remembrance March Assembling from 10 am Anzac Day, 25 April 2021 Cnr Anzac Parade & Constitution Ave, Parkes, Canberra, ACT 2600 All welcome and bring a banner for the unmarked killing fields. Least We Forget the Frontier Wars “We must be persistent [...]
Mervyn Bishop by Greg Lee Mervyn Bishop: The Exhibition National Film and Sound Archive, McCoy Circuit, Acton, Canberra, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm until 1 August 2021 This exhibition of photographer Mervyn Bishop's work ended on 1 August 2021.
Endeavour Voyage: The Untold Stories of Cook and the First Australians Daily until 26 April 2021, 9.00 am–5 pm FREE, Timed ticketing If you live in Canberra, or are visiting the nation's capital, the National Museum of Australia is showing an exhibition about Cook's 1770 voyage to Australia. Until [...]
Mount Dispersion, site of a massacre of Aboriginal people in 1836, has been recognised as a Declared Aboriginal Place. The gazettal, on 24 April 2020, of the site gives it legal recognition and protection as a significant site under New South Wales law. On 27 May 2020, 184 years ago, [...]
HISTORICAL POST PLEASE NOTE THAT The Friends of Myall Creek National Committee has changed since this post. For information about the Friends of Myall. Creek (1 February 2024) see the Contact Us page: https://myallcreek.org/contact-us/ Original Post: Owing to the corona virus pandemic, the 20th anniversary Myall Creek Memorial ceremony [...]
