New book on ‘the great Australian silence’ of our history
https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2022/04/14/undoing-the-great-australian-silence/
Attempted massacres of Aboriginal people took place in the Northern Territory as recently as 1981 according to historian
Lorena Allam writes in The Guardian, on 16 March 2022, about a 1981 poisoning of First Nations people at Alice Springs, Northern Territory. Two Aboriginal people died and 14 were admitted to hospital after unwittingly drinking from a poisoned bottle of sherry that was deliberately left near the town's John [...]
Police or other government forces committed almost half of massacres of Aboriginal people research finds
The killing times: a massacre map of Australia's frontier wars Lorena Allam and Nick Evershed report in The Guardian on 16 March 2022 about the final update of a mapping project that documents massacres of Aboriginal people. The University of Newcastle's latest project update adds 113 more sites where [...]
Invasion Day 2022–still divisive
"Australia Day" continues to be devisive–some for it, some against Protest March, Canberra ACT, Australia, 26 January 2022. Photo: Jane Morrison As elsewhere in Australia, the pain of 26 January was felt strongly in Tasmania as images of departed ancestors such as Mannarlargenna, William Lanne, and Fanny [...]
McAvoy advocates for truth commissions, treaties with First Peoples
Barrister Tony McAvoy SC advocates for truth commissions and treaties with First Peoples.in his 2021 Dr Charles Perkins oration. In recent years, encouraging the broader Australian public to take an interest in Indigenous Affairs has proven both difficult and problematic, as it is commonly punctuated by calls for Aboriginal [...]
Cricket Australia, AFL to consult First Nations about Tom Wills’ possible involvement in Aboriginal Massacres
For more on this story read: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-19/cricket-australia-afl-respond-to-tom-wills-allegations/100473956 posted on ABC Sport on 19 September 2021
Did the founding father of AFL take part in mass murder?
In a recent article, Russell Jackson, delves into whether there is any truth in an 1895 Chicago Tribune story about the involvement of a pioneer of Australian Rules Football, Tom Wills, in reprisals after the 1861 Cullin-la-ringo massacre. Jackson's story: "Experts add weight to discovery that sporting hero Tom [...]
Myall Creek Vandalism
Vandalism at the Myall Creek Memorial near Bingara, New South Wales was widely condemned in October 2021. According to the Friends of Myall Creek Committee, vandals damaged areas connected to then new sections of the Memorial site, one of three water tanks for the bush garden as well as [...]
Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre 2021
Despite the bad weather at Bingara, New South Wales over the June long weekend, the 2021 Myall Creek Massacre memorial ceremony went ahead. Sophie Scanlon, NBN News, 13 June 2021, reported on the ceremony in her story, 'The 28 lives lost were remembered at the annual Myall Creek Massacre [...]
Manna Gums Frontier Wars Memorial Avenue opened at Daylesford, Hepburn Shire, Victoria
The Hepburn Shire Council in Victoria announced the opening of the Manna Gums Frontier Wars Memorial Avenue at Daylesford on 12 July 2021: Manna Gums memorial avenue sign, Daylesford, Hepburn Shire Council, Victoria MANNA GUMS FRONTIER WARS MEMORIAL AVENUE – FIRST OF ITS KIND IN AUSTRALIA The [...]