New South Wales Aboriginal massacres

Mount Dispersion: a Declared Aboriginal Place

2024-04-17T10:30:54+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, [...]

Myall Creek Memorial Ceremony 2020 cancelled, goes virtual

2024-02-01T13:45:51+11:00May 15th, 2020|

HISTORICAL POST PLEASE NOTE THAT The Friends of Myall Creek National Committee has changed since this post. For information about the Friends of Myall. Creek (1 February 2024) see the Contact Us page: https://myallcreek.org/contact-us/ Original Post: Owing to the corona virus pandemic, the 20th anniversary Myall Creek Memorial ceremony [...]

Coronavirus forces Appin Massacre Memorial service 2020 online

2022-10-06T15:10:22+11:00April 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 [...]

The Anaiwan Frontier Wars–reclaiming history in New England

2022-10-28T09:10:59+11:00July 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. Unfortunately, the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association's audio of 30 January 2018 announcing this new publication is no longer [...]

Appin Massacre Memorial Ceremony, 23 April 2017

2017-12-06T02:41:40+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 [...]

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