jane2018-05-30T20:58:46+10:00May 30th, 2018|
A massacre of Aboriginal people at Waterloo Bay, Elliston, South Australia has been commemorated with a memorial 170 years on. Read more in Nicola Gage's story dated 19 May 2017 on ABC News online at: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-19/waterloo-bay-massacre-commemorated-170-years-later-with-memorial/8539416
jane2018-04-25T11:22:36+10:00April 25th, 2018|
"Lest We Forget The Frontier Wars"–banners and placards recall conflicts between colonists and Australia's First Peoples on the colonial frontier, Frontier Wars March, Anzac Parade, Reid, Canberra, 25 April 2018. Photo: Jane Morrison If Anzac Day is about Australian servicemen and women fighting in overseas wars to protect [...]
jane2018-04-19T09:26:48+10:00April 19th, 2018|
William Joseph Punch, a soldier who served in World War I, was a survivor of a massacre of Aboriginal people at Lake Cowal, central-western New South Wales in 1880. Read more about his story, repeated in the Crookwell Gazette on 19 April 2018 at: https://www.crookwellgazette.com.au/story/5352212/aboriginal-man-william-punch-survives-massacre-and-enlists-in-great-war/?cs=5767
jane2018-04-17T08:28:35+10:00April 17th, 2018|
On Anzac Day, 25 April 2017, Aboriginal people laid wreathes commemorating the fallen in the frontier wars at the Stone of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial, Canberra. Photo: Jane Morrison REMINDER/Media Alert Invitation to join 2018 Frontier Wars March on Anzac Day When: Gather at 9.30 am Wednesday 25 [...]
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 [...]
jane2018-04-15T00:26:09+10:00April 15th, 2018|
Frontier Wars March, Canberra, 25 April 2017 Photo: Jane Morrison The Frontier Wars March, an annual event since 2011, will be held again on Anzac Parade, Reid, Canberra, Australia on Anzac Day, 25 April 2018. Invitation to Join the 2018 Frontier Wars March on Anzac Day When: [...]
jane2018-01-23T00:24:54+11:00January 21st, 2018|
Sweet Country, award-winning director Warwick Thornton's new feature film, has previewed to proud and excited audiences in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. Highlighting Australia's Frontier Wars, so far not widely acknowledged, accepted or even known about by 'mainstream Australia', the film depicts early 20th–century colonists' deep fear of Aboriginal resistance, their [...]
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
