jane2018-04-17T06:56:25+10:00April 17th, 2018|
Sovereignty sign, Aboriginal Embassy, Canberra, Australia, 2017. Despite the invasion of their lands, killings, massacres and dispossession since 1788, First Nations have never ceded their sovereignty. Photo Jane Morrison A camp at the Embassy is expected to host 100 or more visitors who will take part in [...]
jane2018-04-13T08:05:31+10:00April 10th, 2018|
Ngaarda Media has uploaded a video, narrated by Ernie Dingo, on YouTube about the Yaburara Flying Foam Massacre that took place 150 years ago, beginning in February 1868. A remembrance ceremony will be held in the Murujuga National Park, Burrup Peninsula, Dampier Archipelago on Western Australia on Sunday 15 April [...]
jane2018-04-10T07:20:32+10:00April 9th, 2018|
A plaque commemorates at least 14 Aboriginal people of the Dharawal Nation killed in a massacre near Appin, New South Wales on 17 April 1816. Photo Jane Morrison, September 2016 It is 202 years since this atrocity, ordered by the New South Wales military, occurred. A memorial service [...]
jane2018-02-15T06:48:03+11:00February 15th, 2018|
Calls are being made to remove an appalling sign from an Aboriginal massacre site near Mackay in Queensland, Australia. The highly insensitive, thoughtless sign, erected during the recent holiday period, has deeply offended descendants of those involved in the 1860s incident. Many other people believe the sign is disgusting and [...]
jane2018-05-30T20:52:25+10:00December 6th, 2017|
Ten places in north Queensland, containing the racist word N***** are to be discontinued and renamed. The name changes are to be published in the Queensland Gazette in late September 2017. For more information read Meghna Ball's story on ABC News online updated on 29 August 2017 at: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-29/ten-racist-names-queensland-wiped-off-maps/8852536
jane2017-12-06T00:29:39+11:00December 6th, 2017|
Murdering Creek is on the southern side of Lake Wyeba, near Noosa, Queensland, Australia. Read Kathy Sundstrom's story about the history of the massacre of Aboriginal people that, occurred about 1864, in The Sunshine Daily, 27 July 2017 at: https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/revealed-the-fascinating-history-of-murdering-cree/3205256/ You can read researcher, Ray Gibbons’ 2015 article ‘Deconstructing colonial myths: the [...]
