jane2021-11-09T18:07:40+11:00November 9th, 2021|
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
jane2021-11-09T17:35:27+11:00November 9th, 2021|
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 [...]
jane2023-06-01T09:22:40+10:00October 18th, 2021|
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 [...]
jane2021-07-21T15:47:27+10:00July 21st, 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 [...]
jane2021-07-14T15:16:54+10:00July 14th, 2021|
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 [...]
jane2021-07-14T14:27:34+10:00July 14th, 2021|
Gary Pearce reviews Henry Reynolds' book Truth-telling: History, Sovereignty and the Uluru Statement for Jacobin magazine, 27 June 2021: Read the review: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/06/australia-genocide-first-nations-indigenous-truth-telling-henry-reynolds-review
jane2021-05-27T11:45:45+10:00May 27th, 2021|
Prominent historian Professor Lyndall Ryan will be the guest speaker at the Myall Creek Massacre Memorial Ceremony to be held near Bingara, New South Wales on Sunday, 13 June 2021. The guest speaker for the ceremony previously announced, Professor Henry Reynolds, is unable to attend on medical advice. He will also [...]
jane2021-05-27T15:27:45+10:00May 19th, 2021|
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 [...]
jane2021-05-19T18:12:47+10:00May 19th, 2021|
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 [...]
jane2024-02-01T13:34:41+11:00May 10th, 2021|
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 [...]
