Bitter Truths: colonisation was not so good for some
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Dora Dora massacre evidence accidentally uncovered
Former TV host Sheridan Jobbins has accidentally uncovered evidence of a massacre on Dora Dora Station in the Upper Murray, Victoria in the 1830s. Read more in Sarah Krieg's story, ABC Goulburn/Murray, Thursday 5 October 2023: 'Sheridan Jobbins was looking for a piece of land. What she found was [...]
Nauo people back from near annihilation with hopes native title will deliver bright future
In the mid-1800s the Nauo people of what is known today in English as the Eyre Peninsula, were almost wiped out by the arrival of colonists. Today Nauo survivors are able to tell their story. ABC Eyre Peninsula's Jodie Hamilton reports on the Nauo people's great win. Read more [...]
How (hard) They Fought: sophistication of First Nations’ resistance
John Menadue's online Public Policy Journal, Pearls and Irritations, brings the caring and concerned among us more news about Dr Ray Kerhove's new book, How They Fought, Boolarong Press, 2023 about how First Peoples fought to resist invasion and colonisation of Country from 1788: Read Dr Kerhove's 1 May [...]
“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 [...]
New book reveals sophistication of Indigenous tactics during Australia’s frontier wars
A much-needed publication is now available on how First Nations used tactics during Australia's frontier conflicts. Queensland historian Dr Ray Kerkhove has spent many years of research into how First Nations resisted colonisation, revealed in his book How They Fought: Indigenous Tactics and Weaponry of Australia's Frontier Wars. Among the [...]
Will the Australian War Memorial commemorate First Nations warriors in any new exhibitions?
Guest author, Bruce Cameron, writes on Pearls and Irritations, 18 December 2022: https://johnmenadue.com/will-jandamarra-have-a-place-in-the-new-awm/
‘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. [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]