jane2022-05-11T07:23:24+10:00May 1st, 2022|
Historian and author James Wilson-Miller will be the Commemoration Speaker at the Myall Creek Memorial Ceremony on 12 June 2022. James Wilson-Miller is from the Gringai clan of the Hunter Valley Wonnarua nation. He grew up in the Sydney suburb of Redfern. For 16 years Mr Wilson-Miller was Curator [...]
jane2021-10-18T18:36:22+11:00October 18th, 2021|
Recent vandalism at the Myall Creek Memorial near Bingara, New South Wales has been widely condemned. According to the Friends of Myall Creek Committee, vandals have damaged areas connected to new sections of the Memorial site, one of three water tanks for the bush garden as well as a plaque [...]
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 [...]
jane2021-05-27T11:45:45+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 [...]
jane2020-06-04T11:45:10+10:00June 4th, 2020|
Mount Dispersion, site of a massacre of Aboriginal people in 1836, has been recognised as a Declared Aboriginal Place. The gazettal, on 24 April 2020, of the site gives it legal recognition and protection as a significant site under New South Wales law. On 27 May 2020, 184 years ago, [...]
jane2020-05-15T18:06:06+10:00May 15th, 2020|
Owing to the corona virus pandemic, the 20th anniversary Myall Creek Memorial ceremony has been cancelled. However the Friends of Myall Creek are planning a virtual Annual Gathering. Read more from the Friends below. This year marks a significant milestone for the Myall Creek Memorial, being the 20th [...]
jane2020-04-20T09:27:41+10:00April 20th, 2020|
On 17 April 1816, at least 14 Dharawal men, women and children died in the Appin Massacre in the former colony of New South Wales. The killings, ordered by the then Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, were perpetrated by the military against Aboriginal people in reprisal for [...]
jane2018-10-04T01:49:21+10:00October 4th, 2018|
Read Paul Daley's story about the true history of Bathurst in The Guardian on 7 August 2018 at: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/aug/07/bathurst-where-the-spirits-prowl-and-whisper-painful-bloody-truths
jane2018-07-10T23:19:55+10:00July 10th, 2018|
Two researchers at the University of New England, New South Wales, Australia, have released a new magazine detailing frontier wars in the New England area from 1832 to the mid-1840s. Read more and listen to the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association's audio of 30 January 2018 at: https://caama.com.au/news/2018/restoring-new-england-a-reclamation-of-history-in-the-anaiwan-frontier-wars
cnet2017-12-06T02:41:40+11:00November 6th, 2017|
The annual ceremony to commemorate the 1816 Appin Massacre will be held at the Cataract Dam picnic area from 11.00 am to 3.00 pm on 23 April 2017. Hosted by the Wingla Myamly Reconciliation Group and the Aboriginal communities of Macarthur. For more information contact: Ivan Wellington on 0447 581 [...]
