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Thursday, 3 December 2015

Celebrating Humanity on Eureka Day, 2015 t Bakery Hill - St Paul's, 305 Humffray Street - 5.30 to 7pm - an afterwork venue

We are celebrating at Saint Paul's, Bakery Hill in #Ballarat this evening. To-day, December 3, is the day we celebrate...
Posted by Brigid O'Carroll Walsh on Wednesday, 2 December 2015

Thursday, 8 October 2015

The Charter of Rights - Eureka's founding document : Australia's first document of participatory democracy : an event to celebrate

As we lead up to the Eureka anniversaries here is an event to put in your diaries.

Posted by Ballarat Reform League Inc. on Wednesday, 7 October 2015

Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Quaker Bonnets and Queensland Bombing - Talisman Saber 2015 at Shoalwater Bay

Not a lot is known, up close and personal, in Australia about the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia. The main cause of this is that there aren't many of them/us. About 3000 people identified as Quakers at the last census. This came as a bit of surprise - because the most knowledgable Friends (as Quakers prefer to be called), as well as the records of Friends, could only account for somewhat over 1,000. For those who know about Quakers, there is usually one stand-out factor - they are pacifists and active campaigners for peace. Please go here to learn more of The Quaker Peace Testimony. Quakers also keenly maintain their history with women in many places taking to needle and thread in preservation of the Quaker story. The Editor of The Network can testify personally to the needlework and design skills of Tessa. The event to which Helen refers is the Shoalwater Bay Peace Convergence 2015 which coincides with and is a protest against Exercise Talisman Saber 2015.

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Helen Bayes

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Yesterday I spent a couple of hours with my dear Friend Tessa Spratt mending our Quaker bonnets in preparation for the quakergrannies4peace witness at Shoalwater Bay, next month. Tessa's bonnet has a note inside the brim that it was made in 1860 and it is all hand-stitched. Mine is machine chainstitched and probably dates around 1880s. You can be sure they will be worn with joy at actions in Rockhampton and Shoalwater Bay.

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Thursday, 16 April 2015

Activism through Climate Art - Art+Climate=Change 2015

For more about this please go here

Monday, 13 April 2015

The historic role of Muslims in the development of Australia. Something for those who pursue hate against Islam to think upon.

Cross-posted with Beside The Creek

The ABC program, Compass, last night and to-day, broadcast a wonderful program about the role of Afghan cameleers in opening up The Outback of Australia in the 19th century.

The program, By Compass and Quran, will be available on ABC iview until 7.30pm on 26 April 2015.

It is a wonderful insight into another world. The cameleers married Australian women - white women, Aboriginal women. Their descendants speak strongly and fondly of their Afghan forebears. There is also film of original mosques in which the cameleers prayed. And there is also a comment on why camels are now a plague in outback Australia.

This Q&A is now closed. Thank you for all your questions.

Thank you very much Kuranda.-------Please give a warm...
Posted by Compass on Sunday, 12 April 2015

Tuesday, 17 March 2015

A GLOBAL CALL TO ACTION - STOP THE FORCED CLOSURE OF ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES IN AUSTRALIA

Aboriginal communities in Australia announce

a global call to action.

Rally from Aboriginal Tent Embassy to Parliament House,

Thursday 19 March.

Assemble at Tent Embassy 11.30am

for a 12.00pm march to Parliament.

12.30 - 2.00pm speakers.

Kimberley Aboriginal communities have declared a GLOBAL CALL TO ACTION to stop the forced closure of Aboriginal communities in Western Australia amidst the growing campaign by State and Federal Governments to withdraw their support and remove Aboriginal people from their traditional homelands.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has whipped up a great amount of fear, anxiety and doubt amongst the already marginalised First Peoples, when he said that:

“What we can’t do, is endlessly subsidise choices, if those lifestyle choices are not conducive to the kind of full participation in Australian society that everyone should have”.

Editorial Note: Please see this ABC 7.30 Report
for video, transcript, and discussion.

Abbott’s statement was in support of the declarations made by Premier of Western Australia, Colin Barnett, in a press statement released 12 November 2014, suggesting that the State could no longer support 150 Aboriginal Communities, flagging the prospective removal by the end of 2015.

We who live in the remoter areas of Australia do not believe it is a lifestyle choice but an intrinsic fundamental human right to live in our own communities and our own country. We hold significant cultural obligations to our Ancestors to maintain Sovereign ties to our lands. After successive breaches of Human Rights conventions and the forced removal of the Aboriginal Community of Oombulgurri in 2014, we maintain a vote of no confidence in both the incumbent State and Federal Governments in their actions toward Aboriginal people.

On Thursday 19 March 2015, Australians across the Nation are being asked by governments to acknowledge ‘Close the Gap’ Day – but for many of our countrymen the ‘gap’ has been significantly widened, placing increasing pressure and trauma on our people. Starting in the Kimberley at 10am, we will march not for this Government agenda, but instead to show our objection to the threatened proposed closures to Aboriginal communities.

We stand in solidarity with all other regions in Western Australia and South Australia who have the veil of threatened remote community closures hanging over their lives. We understand that the precedent for a National attack by Government toward Aboriginal people living on their homelands, has already been set in the Oombulgurri closure. We ask the national and international community to stand with us in this action, and the subsequent actions that will ensue as we mobilise effective campaigns to secure our cultural right and entitlement.

Canberra media inquiries:

Amy McQuire: 0487 427 207

Alice Haines: 0447 097 659

www.sosblakaustralia.com

www.facebook.com/sosblakaustralia I Twitter: @sosblakaust

Official Hashtags:

#SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA

#NOconsent #Lifestylechoice

email: blaksoscanberra@gmail.com

For further information see the website:
www.wgar.wordpress.com

Editors' note
- as well as this, take note of conservative State and Federal Governments
attempts at social control of the mainstream population: Medicare co-payments;
dismissal of the NDIS, treatment of people with disabilities -
particularly those young people who end up in nursing home aged care
because there is no place for them anywhere else;
education policies; cuts to social welfare payments to the elderly and the unemployed.
The question to be asked is why is it that Australian governments are still unable
to treat Aboriginal people as citizens with equal rights to the goods and services
which other citizens receive.
This is the 21st Century after all - we put people in space -
we have more money awash in Australia than at any time in our history.
But we still can't meet the needs of our original inhabitants
whose land we stole.

Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Imagining :: Library refurbishment - cultural precinct - community hub - dead parking area - and will there be money still for tea?

Last night, I attended the above consultation. The consultation was done with Flightpath, an architectural consultancy, with two of their associates. One , the principal, took the notes. The second architect was said to have the knack for asking the good questions so he did most of the talking. The third was a graphic designer who didn't say much at all but took his own notes. Lesley Morgan of the Ballarat Library and the Central Highlands Regional Library Corporation was there. Another person was there from the Council but, in spite of trying, have not yet tracked down who she is. Besides those, there were about eight of us having our two bits worth - oops, giving our input.

Lesley Morgan is the manager of the Ballarat Library and a senior manager at Central Highlands Regional Library Corporation. She has held the role of Ballarat Manager for 4 1/2 years.Lesley has worked in libraries for 30 years in a variety of different roles, including Public, University, School and Tafe libraries. Lesley is a passionate advocate for public libraries, reading and literacy in general. One aim of hers is to assist in breaking down cultural barriers so that social inclusiveness becomes the right of all.

Click Here to visit the Central Highlands Regional Library Corporation website

Now I am not sure what this talk of re-making the Ballarat Library, perhaps making it a 'hub' is all about. I have only been in Ballarat about eighteen months. I have, however, come across this article from 2009 - a bare four years ago. Then I came across this - which appears to be from April this year.

Now, we weren't told of this limited amount of money. Perhaps the architects did not wish to cramp our style or limit our imagination. However, for what we eventually got to talking about were were well past this financial limitation. Why? We named the elephants in the room which went beyond the boundaries of the Ballarat Library. We named the parking space between the library and the civic hall - which has been left for a decade to rot in neglect - which, like so many parking facilities, has a period in its daily life cycle which means that is dead, empty, vacant, non-contributing. And there is the on-going saga of the Civic Hall. My contribution on how to revive the Civic Hall and add to the area as a cultural precinct was this marvellous news of the eradication of urban blight in down-at-heel Newcastle:

So the wash up of all this?

We few - we precious six o'clock few - had our wide-ranging say.

We ranged from the library purists who wanted a library to be a library -

to those who were prepared to venture further

into the concepts of hubs and precincts.

One marvellous idea put forward which encouraged me to air the Westbury idea was the idea of flying the Ballarat historical and artistic and literary flag in a manner which is not done by our existing cultural institutions. The proposer began with reminding us of the wonderful Will Dyson and progressed through a litany of distinguished cultural Ballarat-ians, male and female.

So we spilled past the 7pm timeline but in the end had to leave Library + Hub Dreaming. Where will it take us? What happened with the other two consultations? Is anybody listening in a really meaningful way? Will it become just a fleeting moment in time? We wait to see. I don't have a lot of confidence in the Ballarat Council's ability to make the most of opportunities, to respect heritage, to take good care of what it already holds. I have come to this point of view because of the Civic Hall neglect and the Black Hill Look-out neglect.

Saturday, 14 September 2013

Cultural Survival - Six years of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Six Years of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Today marks six years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted theUN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

In a historic vote on September 13, 2007, 144 countries voted for the Declaration. It is the outcome of 25 years of hard negotiations. The rights spelled out in the document "constitute the minimum standards for the survival, dignity and well-being of the Indigenous Peoples of the world." The Declaration protects collective rights and individual rights of Indigenous Peoples in relation to self-government, land, education, employment, health and other areas.

Several countries have made steps towards aligning their policies with the standards enshrined in the Declaration, however, an implementation gap remains. There has been an increased international focus on Indigenous Peoples' right to participate in decision-making processes, especially on the states' duty to consult Indigenous Peoples to seek their Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) in regards to issues that will affect their lands, lives, and livelihoods.

As one UN Permanent Forum delegate stated, "The most important element of Indigenous Peoples' ability to claim the right of Free, Prior and Informed Consent is to have informed and organized communities." Access to information about the Declaration and FPIC is crucial.

Cultural Survival's FPIC Initiative is strengthening Indigenous Peoples' capacity to implement FPIC by increasing awareness and understanding of this right through community media and community exchanges.

GET INVOLVED!

1. Listen to FPIC radio programs here (en espanol aqui). Help translate into Indigenous languages and distribute to Indigenous radio stations, contact us:consent@cs.org.



2. Read Cultural Survival Quarterly featuring articles on FPIC.

3. Listen and watch a webinar on FPIC organized with First Peoples Worldwide and International Indian Treaty Council.

4. Be social! Share all this content on facebook and twitter.

5. Invest in Indigenous rights today. Please support our work! Thank you.

As always, we welcome your comments. Please send your feedback and suggestions toagnes@cs.org.

Cultural Survival is a global leader in the fight to protect Indigenous lands, languages, and cultures around the world. In partnership with Indigenous Peoples, we advocate for Indigenous communities whose rights, cultures, and dignity are under threat. For more information go to www.cs.org

Tuesday, 6 August 2013

Joe Camilleri of La Trobe University in conversation: Dialogue in diversity - a moral compass for troubled times

Dialogue in Diversity -

A Moral Compass for Troubled Times

An Open Conversation

with Emeritus Professor Joseph Camilleri OAM,

La Trobe University.

Sunday 11 August

3.00 pm – 4.30 pm

Nunawading Uniting Church, 355 Whitehorse Road.

For over 40 years, Prof Camilleri has researched, written, lectured and actively engaged around issues of culture, religion and dialogue. As founding director of the La Trobe’s Centre for Dialogue, he conducted a number of dialogues in conflict situations both in

Australia

and internationally.

This conversation will be introduced by Rev John Cranmer. He will ask Prof Camilleri how Australians are grappling with the challenges of cultural, religious and ethnic diversity at home and abroad. Does dialogue offer a way forward? If so, how?

Gold Coin for entry

Café discussion opportunity to follow.

Wednesday, 5 June 2013

First Origin match to-night: Queensland to win: Jack Gallaway's history: it's a case of "I am woman hear me roar"

State of Origin (SOO) begins to-night. At Origin time, especially, I think of my Uncle Jack who lives in Brisbane. He and his brother, Roly (dcd), were A-Grade footballers long, long ago in Brisbane. Jack is my late mother's younger brother and the only one of his generation still alive. So, Networkers, on my maternal side I have a bit of Rugby League heritage - the love of which was sufficient to fire my uncle into writing not only the history of the Broncos but of Origin as well.

For all of those Mexicans who have moved north of the border into Queensland, Origin is a must read. Only by reading Jack's account will you get to understand the basis for the hatred of NSW Rugby League and the religiosity which undergirds Queensland's attitude to State of Origin. Although he might not tell you - but your Miss Eagle will - that Queensland women are the best and loudest and most ferocious barrackers at Origin time. Go, Queensland women!!! Only when you get to know all this will you come close to understanding Billy Moore's chant of Queenslander! Queenslander!

I now live in Ballarat, Victoria. Victoria has only one NRL Rugby League team, The Storm. And in The Storm there is a substantial amount of Queensland DNA and its playing Origin.

There is a lot of hype and argie-bargie at Origin. From the Queensland side, there is this about Johnathan Thurston (he of the golden boot!) from the Cowboys who is our champeen goal-kicker. The story could be something or nothing. It could be there to instill false hope into the NSW team. It could be there to make Queensland look as if it is overcoming some great odds to win. It could be just to give we, the fans, something to talk about to-day. I don't think we can afford to be without Johnathan Thurston. I know we have The Storm's wonderful Cam Smith (my cap'n, my cap'n) to kick but....

Anyway, Queensland to win to-night and it's "I am woman, hear me roar" as I barrack for them.

Sunday, 26 May 2013

Aboriginal events - National Reconcilation Week and more - from WGAR [Working group for Aboriginal rights (Australia)]

Picture from here

WGAR News:

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events

around Australia

56 events from 25 May 2013

Newsletter date: 25 May 2013

Ed. Note:

'WGAR News' publishes events from a wide range of sources.

The events included are not necessarily endorsed by WGAR.

Click on the links for details of the events ...

Event: 2 May to 1 December 2013: South Bank, Qld

Voice and Reason

"Since the colonial era, Indigenous artists have been

actively examining the conversations and conflicts

involving their ancestors and settlers in Australia.

Their works affirm the place of their peoples' cultures

in these interactions with different histories and beliefs."

Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1003&si=0&mi=5&yi=2013

Event: 17 May - 28 June 2013: The Rocks, central Sydney, NSW

Ngarraanga nginundi Yuludara:

Remember your Dreaming

Head on Photo Festival 2013

The Rocks Discovery Museum

"An exhibition by emerging photographer Kaleesha Morris,

Ngarraanga nginundi Yuludara Remember your Dreaming

illustrates the intimate connections Aboriginal people,

particularly the young, retain with their sense of Aboriginality

and Country. ... A proud Gumbaynggirr and Kulkagal

(Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) woman from

Grafton, New South Wales, Morris is passionate about

the empowerment and culture of her people."

Flyer: http://indymedia.org.au/files/2013-05-15_224639.jpg

Event details: http://www.therocks.com/sydney-Things_To_Do-Head_on_Photo_Festival_2013.htm

Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/ngarraanga-nginundi-yuludara-remember-your-dreaming-photography-exhibition-17th-may-28th-june

Event: 25 May 2013: Chippendale, Sydney, NSW

NSW Reconciliation Council & Sydney Ideas present

I’m Not Racist, But…

"an interactive forum that aims to generate an open discussion

around racism in Australia, through the personal reflections

and perspectives of four diverse and creative Australians."

The evening hosted by Alex Dyson, will include

a performance by Radical Son, and will feature:

* Joelistics, MC, producer and hip hop music artist

* Yatu Widders Hunt, writer and eco fashionista

* Geoff Lemon, writer and editor of Going Down Swinging

* Tasnium Saeid, solicitor and community activist, Y-Factor radio show host

Event details: http://www.seymourcentre.com/events/event/im-not-racist-but/

Event details: https://www.facebook.com/events/533838683321080/

Event: 25 May 2013: Tennant Creek, NT

No Nuclear Waste Dump for Muckaty

Tennant Creek rally and concert

"May 25 marks six years since the Northern Land Council

voted to nominate the current Muckaty site for assessment.

The annual community rally will be held on this date

in Tennant Creek. The nomination remains strongly contested

by Traditional Owners and the Barkly region community."

"Supporters from across the Northern Territory and

country are invited to attend."

A concert with performers including:

Sandridge Band (Borroloola);

Winanjjikari All Stars (Tennant Creek);

Kylie Sambo, hip-hop artist (Tennant Creek and;

Perfect Cult (Borroloola).

Event details: http://www.acfonline.org.au/get-involved/events/no-nuclear-waste-dump-muckaty

Event details: [scroll down page] http://ohmsnotbombs.net/archives/809

WGAR Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-proposed-muckaty-nuclear-waste-dump-in-nt-australia

Event: 25 May to 16 Jun 2013: Queensland

Play: Mother Courage and Her Children

Presented By QPAC & Queensland Theatre Company

"Bertolt Brecht's epic morality tale about the

ravages of war is given a unique twist by

Queensland Theatre Company Artistic Director

Wesley Enoch and Paula Nazarski in a

dazzling new translation."

"With an all-Indigenous cast, this fresh spin on

Brecht's play delicately folds in themes of

land ownership, the impact of mining

and the stolen generation."

Event details: http://www.qpac.com.au/event/Mother_Courage_13.aspx

Event details: [scroll to bottom of page] http://antarqld.org.au/node/219

Event: Sat 25 May 2013: Darwin, NT

KAHLIN Centenary events

"The Friends of Kahlin and NT Stolen Generation

are hosting events during 2013 to commemorate

the Centenary of Kahlin."

"The first of these events start in Reconciliation Week, to be

hosted by Friends of Kahlin and supported by ANTaR NT."

Event details: http://thna.me/pipermail/darc_thna.me/2013-May/000373.html

Event: 25 January - 25 May 2013: Canberra, ACT

Centenary of Canberra celebrates First Australians

"As we celebrate Canberra's 100th birthday in 2013,

we recognise Aboriginal people's continuing connection

to this place, a connection that spans some 20,000 years."

Event details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/actindnetwork/message/20210

Event: 26 to 31 May 2013: Darwin, NT

World Indigenous Network (WIN) Conference

"The Australian Government with partner countries and the

Larrakia Nation are proud and excited to host the

inaugural WIN Conference in Darwin, Northern Territory,

Australia from Sunday 26 to Friday 31 May 2013.

For thousands of years, the Aboriginal Traditional Custodians

of Darwin, the Larrakia Nation have lived on and maintained

their cultural ties to this thriving, vibrant, multicultural city of

more than 120,000 people.

The Conference will call on all delegates to help build a strong

foundation for an innovative and well-grounded enduring

World Indigenous Network. It will be a fantastic opportunity for

Indigenous Peoples and Local Community land and sea

managers to come together, connect and share stories and

experiences."

Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1002&si=0&mi=5&yi=2013

Event: 26 May 2013: various locations in Australia

National Sorry Day

"National Sorry Day offers the Community the opportunity

to acknowledge the impact of the policies spanning more

than 150 years of forcible removal of Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander children from their families."

"The first National Sorry Day was held on 26 May 1998

following the 1997 Commission report 'Bringing Them Home'

which recommended that a national day of observance be declared."

Event details for your state or territory: http://www.nsdc.org.au/events-info/plan-and-share-your-events

Event details: http://www.nsdc.org.au

Event details: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/news/events/national-sorry-day

Background: http://www.nsdc.org.au/events-info/the-history-of-national-sorry-day

Background: http://antar.org.au/reports/sorry-day-a-reminder-unfinished-business

Event: Sun 26 May 2013: Narrabeen to Wakehurst Parkway, Sydney, NSW

ASG event for National Sorry day: Remembrance Walk

Aboriginal Support Group - Manly Warringah Pittwater

"Members and interested members of the community

meet at Berry Park, Narrabeen where a Welcome to Country

will be given and small talk, then a silent walk to the

Scout Hall Bilarong Reserve, Wakehurst Parkway.

A journey of healing to remember the Stolen Generations,

the children and their families and the meaning and

repercussions of this to all Australians today."

Flyer: http://www.asgmwp.net/SorryDay2013.pdf

Event details: http://www.asgmwp.net/Calendar.htm

Event: Sun 26 May 2013: Footscray, Melbourne, Vic

Public meeting: Campaign to recognise

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in

Australia's Constitution Footscray event

Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/54123

Event: Sun 26 May 2013: Federation Square, Melbourne, Vic

Public meeting: Campaign to recognise

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in

Australia's Constitution city event

Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/54121

Event: 27 May until 3 June 2013: various locations in Australia

National Reconciliation Week: Let's Talk Recognition

"It is a time to celebrate and build on the respectful

relationships shared by Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander people and other Australians."

"National Reconciliation Week is framed by two

key events in Australia’s history, which provide

strong symbols for reconciliation:

* 27 May 1967- the referendum ...

* 3 June 1992 - the Mabo decision ... "

Reconciliation Australia

Event details - What’s happening in your state: http://www.reconciliation.org.au/nrw/national-reconciliation-week/what-s-on#1533

Sydney Event details: http://sydney.edu.au/alumni/events/reconciliation_week.shtml

Queensland Event details: http://www.antarqld.org.au/node/227

Event details: http://www.reconciliation.org.au/nrw

Event details: http://www.reconciliation.org.au/home/projects/national-reconciliation-week

WGAR Background to Mabo and Native Title: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/07/02/background-to-mabo-and-native-title

Event: Mon 27 May 2013: Acton Peninsula, Canberra, ACT

Indigenous health: a contemporary Australian nursing specialty

AIATSIS Seminar Series

Ali Drummond, Director,

Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses

"New Zealand and Canada have made significant contributions

to the health of their respective Indigenous nations through the

establishment of Indigenous health as a nursing specialty.

Each has developed undergraduate and postgraduate curricula

to support a nursing education pathway in Indigenous health.

Indigenous health is not identified as a nursing specialty in

Australia."

Event details: http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/research/seminarseries/SeminarSeries2013-1.html

Event details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/actindnetwork/message/20777

Event: 28 May 2013: University of Sydney, NSW

The 'C' Word - The challenge and necessity of changing our constitution

Presented in partnership by the NSW Reconciliation Council

and Reconciliation Australia to mark National Reconciliation Week 2013

"Will Australians be ready to erase the racial discrimination

in our founding document and include significant recognition

of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians?"

" ... join Dr Tom Calma AO, Associate Professor Sarah Maddison

and Professor Anne Twomey in a discussion on national identity,

Constitutional change and the next steps for reconciliation in Australia"

Event details: http://whatson.sydney.edu.au/events/published/the-challenge-and-necessity-of-changing-our-constitution

Event summary: http://sydney.edu.au/alumni/events/reconciliation_week.shtml

Event: Wed 29 May 2013: Darwin, NT

Closing the Gap early childhood development seminar

"Closing the Gap would like to invite you to a free

seminar on early childhood development in Darwin

on May 29, 2013."

"The Early Childhood Development:

understanding the evidence to inform parenting,

early learning programs and access to services

for Indigenous children"

Event details: http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/fx-view-article.cfm?loadref=32&id=1051

Event: 29 May 2013: ANU, Canberra, ACT

Assisting and supporting Aboriginal Australians

following critical incidents and trauma:

Can Psychological First Aid be suitably adapted

to meet the needs of Aboriginal communities?

Presented by: Len Kanowski

CAEPR Seminar

Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research

Australian National University

"This seminar will discuss plans to investigate

the suitability of existing PFA [Psychological First Aid]

approaches for Aboriginal Australians;

propose that we must continue to exercise caution

against the use of generic western psychological

interventions across different cultural groups;

and emphasise the need for culturally informed

approaches to psychological intervention and support."

Event details: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/13/Seminar-Topics%E2%80%94Series-1/29_5_Seminar.php

Current CAEPR seminars: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/seminars.php

Event: 4 until 29 May 2013: Yeelirrie to Leonora, WA

Walkatjurra Walkabout - Yeelirrie to Leonora

Stepping out against uranium mining

"This Saturday 4th of May people from across Australia and

around the World will be meeting with local Aboriginal people,

Wangkatja people, to embark on a 3 week walk from

Yeelirrie - WA’s largest uranium deposit to Leonora."

" ... we head out bush again for another exciting

chapter in building solidarity with the local Aboriginal

community and growing the resistance to uranium mining..

The Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke gave

conditional approval for the Wiluna Uranium mine ...

and things are really heating up.. There is an International

crew committed to coming for the walk this year and a

lot of people traveling from over East to be here as well.. "

"The walk will continue to be a celebration of Wangkatja

country, a testament to the strength of the community

who have fought to stop uranium mining at Yeelirrie

for over forty years, and a chance to come together and

continue to share our commitment to a sustainable future

without nuclear. It is a chance to reconnect with the land,

and to revive the tradition of walking for country."

Flyer: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/images/2013/gatherings/walkatjurra-walkabout.jpg

Flyer: http://walkingforcountry.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/2013walk.pdf

Event details: http://walkingforcountry.com/2013/05/02/stepping-out-against-uranium-mining/

Event details: http://walkingforcountry.com/2013/02/18/walkatjurra-walkabout-dates-announced-for-2013/

Event details: http://walkingforcountry.com/2013/04/11/1101/

Event: Thu 30 May 2013: Sydney, NSW

Indigenous solidarity discussion

"Come chat about how to be a good ally in Indigenous struggles.

All are welcome, particularly if you're involved in environmental

or social justice campaigns currently, or a member of an

SRC collective."

Event details: https://www.facebook.com/events/170480816448361/

Event: 30 May 2013: University of Sydney, NSW

Seminar: Breaking Through

"Featuring Shane Phillips, Australian Local Hero of the Year;

Ron Allum, NSW Senior Australian of the Year; and

Corey Payne, Young Australian of the Year."

"Advocate for Aboriginal rights, Shane Phillips is a

respected member of the Redfern Aboriginal community

and is regarded as their voice on a range of youth

issues, juvenile justice and Aboriginal deaths in custody."

Event details: http://whatson.sydney.edu.au/events/published/breaking-through

Event summary: http://sydney.edu.au/alumni/events/reconciliation_week.shtml

Event: Thu 30 May 2013: Sydney, NSW

RightsTalk: Racism. It stops with me

Australian Human Rights Commission

"Racism can take many forms, from comments and jokes

to verbal abuse, racial slurs and in some cases can

result in acts of physical abuse and violence."

"ABC presenter, Jeremy Fernandez will discuss with

Professor Gillian Triggs, his recent experience of racial

abuse on a Sydney bus."

Event details: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/news/events/rightstalk-racism-it-stops-me

Event: 30 - 31 May 2013: Weipa, Qld

Napranum Men’s Group Gathering

"Napranum men's group and invited guests will camp for

two days at Bouchat Landing - (traditional grounds)

to discuss a broad range of issues affecting Indigenous men

from the region - it is hoped to highlight issues

(health, employment, justice, education, culture and

leadership for youth) into actions and seek positive

outcomes for building a strong future for all."

Event details: [scroll to bottom of page] http://www.antarqld.org.au/node/227

Event: Thu 30 May 2013: Canberra, ACT

Reconciliation Week event - Constitutional Recognition campaign

"Join us as Canberra's community sector supports

the movement to recognise Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander peoples in our Constitution."

National Press Club

Event details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/actindnetwork/message/20776

Event: Fri 31 May 2013: Shepparton, Vic

Book Launch: "A Decision to Discriminate

- Aboriginal Disempowerment in the Northern Territory"

Speakers:

* Michele Harris, 'concerned Australians'

* Neville Atkinson, Yorta Yorta Nation

The presentation includes video clips and opportunities for questions

"Find out more about the situation of the Aboriginal people

of the Northern Territory under the continuation of the Intervention,

now called Stronger Futures."

"This new book is an important historical record

that focuses on the Senate Committee Inquiry

into the Stronger Futures legislation. It shows

how the Government decision-making process

chose to ignore the views and ideas expressed

by many Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory

communities in much the same way as has

happened since colonisation."

Flyer: http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/ca/ADTD-launch-Shepparton-31-5-13.pdf

Event details: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/ADTD_booklaunches.html#Shepparton

'A Decision to Discriminate' is a 'concerned Australians' publication

'A Decision to Discriminate' Order Form: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/media/ADTD_Order_Form.pdf

'concerned Australians' Homepage: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#ADTD

'A Decision to Discriminate' Book reviews:

http://www.southsydneyherald.com.au/a-decision-to-discriminate-book-review/

http://crosslight.org.au/2013/03/31/stronger-futures-or-just-stronger-measures/

http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/ca/ADTD-book-review-2012.pdf

http://acmsydney.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/review-of-a-decision-to-discriminate-aboriginal-disempowerment-in-the-nt/

http://www.sydneycatholic.org/news/latest_news/2012/2012115_91.shtml

http://overland.org.au/blogs/loudspeaker/2012/10/stronger-futures-and-aboriginal-disempowerment/

'A Decision to Discriminate' Audio Interviews:

[scroll down page] http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#ADTD

http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=9818

WGAR Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-northern-territory-nt-intervention

WGAR Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-stronger-futures-new-nt-intervention-laws

Event: 1 June 2013: Carlton South, Melbourne, Vic

Rally: Original Nations Passport ceremony

"Original Nation Passports will be issued by Robert Thorpe

and Uncle Larry Walsh, West Papua visa stamps issued by

Jacob Rumbiak, foreign affairs minister of the Federated

Republic of West Papua, authorising participants on the

Freedom Flotilla to West Papua to enter West Papuan lands."

Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/54130

Event: Fri 10 May until 1 June 2013: Northcote, Melbourne, Vic

The Power and the Passion

How a community triumphed over corporate greed

"The Power and the Passion is a photographic exhibition

highlighting the power of the Kimberley's landscapes

and the Passion of those who defend it. The evening

will be a celebration of community triumphing over

corporate greed, and a chance for us to discuss how we

can move forward together in our ongoing work to

protect culture, community and our environment.

It’s also a chance for us to pat each other on the back

and celebrate our success in defending James Price Point."

Event details: http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/kimberley/the-power-and-the-passion

WGAR Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/11/22/wgar-news-background-to-the-save-the-kimberley-campaign-james-price-point-north-of-broome

Event: 3 June 2013: various locations in Australia

Mabo Day

"On June 3rd 1992, six months after

Eddie "Koiki" Mabo's tragic death, the

High Court upheld his claim that Murray Islanders

held native title to land in the Torres Strait."

Event details: http://www.mabonativetitle.com/home.shtml

NIRS: Sam Watson says Mabo Day a better day for national celebration:

http://www.nirs.org.au/news/latest-news/7719-sam-watson-says-mabo-day-a-better-day-for-national-celebration

WGAR Background to Mabo and Native Title: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/07/02/background-to-mabo-and-native-title

Tue 4 June 2013: Footscray, Melbourne, Vic

Film Real: Black Screen June

Screening of 'Mabo - Life of an Island Man'

Footscray Community Arts Centre

"Mabo Day on June 3rd commemorates the late

"Eddie" Koiki Mabo (1936-1992), a Torres Strait

Islander whose campaign for land rights led to the

High Court’s 1992 landmark decision, which

overturned a legal fiction that Australia was

Terra Nullius (land belonging to no-one).

Join us for a screening of Mabo - Life of an Island Man."

Event details: http://footscrayarts.com/access-blog-event/film-real-black-screen-june/

Event: 3 - 5 June 2013: Alice Springs, NT

National Native Title Conference 2013:

Shaping the Future

This year’s themes include,

The Native Title Act 20 years on and where to from here?

"The Native Title Research Unit co-hosts the

Annual National Native Title Conference.

The conference is co-hosted by a native title

representative body (NTRB) and permission is sought

from local traditional owners to hold the

conference in their country."

"The conference engages with native title as

an active agenda for justice for people and country

- both before and after the outcome of native title

determination, and within the broader compass

of traditional ownership."

Event details: http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/ntru/ntc13.html

Event details: http://www.clc.org.au/articles/info/national-native-title-conference-alice-springs-convention-centre-3-5-june-2

Event summary: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=985&si=0&mi=3&yi=2013

Event summary: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/events/index.html

WGAR Background to Mabo and Native Title: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/07/02/background-to-mabo-and-native-title

Event: 4 to 6 June 2013: Cairns, Qld

SNAICC’s Fifth National Conference

For Our Children: Living and Learning Together

Organised by SNAICC:

Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care

Keynote Speakers:

* Marta Maurás Perez (Chile)

* Cindy Blackstock (Canada)

* Assoc. Prof. Cynthia Kiro (New Zealand) - of Maori descent

* Prof. Judy Atkinson - a Jiman and Bundjalung woman

* Kathy Guthadjaka (Gotha) - a Gatjirrk Warramiri woman

living at Gawa (north-east Arnhem Land)

"The SNAICC National Conference is the largest

conference of its type in the southern hemisphere

and provides the opportunity for Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander organisations, policy makers,

researchers, government representatives, other

non-government organisations and industry

representatives to gather and make renewed

commitments to Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander children."

Keynote Speakers: http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/fx-view-article.cfm?loadref=32&id=931

Event details: http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/dsp-default.cfm?loadref=67

Event details: http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/fx-view-article.cfm?loadref=32&id=965

SNAICC News: http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/fx-view-article.cfm?loadref=32&id=1053

SNAICC News: http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/fx-view-article.cfm?loadref=32&id=1044

SNAICC News: http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/fx-view-article.cfm?loadref=32&id=1032

NIRS News: http://www.nirs.org.au/blog/NEWS/article/29184/Peak-child-care-group-to-hold-fifth-conference.html

Event: Fri 7 June 2013: Adelaide, SA

149th Justice and Peace Candle Light Walk

around Government House

Gather at dusk on the first Friday of the month

(except January and February)

"Join us on the Candle Light Walk to

call for a Treaty and Bill of Rights, and

to support the Ngarrindjeri and all other

Aboriginal people and the Stolen Generations,

their families and communities left behind,

in their call for Peace and Justice."

Event details: http://antarsa.auspics.org.au/category/news/2013/05/candlelight-walk-2/

Event details: http://antarsa.auspics.org.au/

Background to the Candle Light Walk: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~rmclc/CandleLightWalkHistory.htm

Event: Sat 8 June 2013 (World Oceans Day): Perth, WA

Making Waves for the Kimberley

Featuring Prof. Carmen Lawrence

"This World Ocean's Day (June 8th) the

Wilderness Society WA cordially invites you to

Making Waves for the Kimberley with guest speaker

Prof. Carmen Lawrence, Chair of the Australian Heritage Council. ...

With the support of the community and people like yourself,

who have helped save James Price Point from a dirty &

conflicted gas hub, we are continuing with our court case to

seek answers on why a compromised EPA was allowed to

recommend approval for this project. Ensuring that future projects

will be held accountable for delivering flawed environmental

and social impact assessments. The event will also be a

celebration of the last five years of campaigning and

community support that is responsible for our grand 'win'."

Event details: http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/kimberley/making-waves-for-the-kimberley

WGAR Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/11/22/wgar-news-background-to-the-save-the-kimberley-campaign-james-price-point-north-of-broome

Event: Tue 11 June 2013: Ryde, Sydney, NSW

Book launch 'A Decision to Discriminate'

& Film Screening 'Our Generation'

Special Speaker: Graeme Mundine

This event is part of the Guringai Festival 2013: http://www.guringaifestival.com.au/GuringaiBooklet2013_9April%20LR.pdf

"This new book 'A Decision to Discriminate' is an

important historical record that focuses on the

Senate Committee Inquiry into the Stronger Futures

legislation. It shows how the Government

decision-making process chose to ignore the views

and ideas expressed by many Aboriginal people

of the Northern Territory communities in much the

same way as has happened since colonisation."

"'Our Generation' is an independent documentary film,

made over 3 years, that looks at the current state of

Indigenous relations in Australia, home to the oldest

living culture in the world. Driven by the remote Yolngu

peoples of Northeast Arnhem Land in the Northern

Territory, the film shines a light on the ongoing struggle

of Aboriginal people to their culture, lands and basic

human rights."

Flyer: http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/ca/ADTD-launch-Ryde-11-6-13.pdf

Flyer: http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/ca/ADTD-launch-Ryde-A5-double-11-6-13.pdf

Event details: http://nsw.greens.org.au/content/book-launch-%E2%80%98-decision-discriminate%E2%80%99-film-screening-%E2%80%98our-generation%E2%80%99

Event details, page 26: http://www.guringaifestival.com.au/GuringaiBooklet2013_9April%20LR.pdf

Event details: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/ADTD_booklaunches.html#Ryde

'A Decision to Discriminate' is a 'concerned Australians' publication

'A Decision to Discriminate' Order Form: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/media/ADTD_Order_Form.pdf

'concerned Australians' Homepage: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#ADTD

'A Decision to Discriminate' Book Reviews:

http://www.southsydneyherald.com.au/a-decision-to-discriminate-book-review/

http://crosslight.org.au/2013/03/31/stronger-futures-or-just-stronger-measures/

http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/ca/ADTD-book-review-2012.pdf

http://acmsydney.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/review-of-a-decision-to-discriminate-aboriginal-disempowerment-in-the-nt/

http://www.sydneycatholic.org/news/latest_news/2012/2012115_91.shtml

http://overland.org.au/blogs/loudspeaker/2012/10/stronger-futures-and-aboriginal-disempowerment/

'A Decision to Discriminate' Audio Interviews:

[scroll down page] http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#ADTD

http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=9818

About 'Our Generation' Film: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about

'Our Generation' Film Reviews: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/09/24/our-generation-film-reviews

WGAR Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-northern-territory-nt-intervention

WGAR Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-stronger-futures-new-nt-intervention-laws

Event: Fri 14 June 2013: Melbourne, Vic

Stop the Creation of Another Stolen Generation!

Stepping up for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Rights!

* Hosted by SNAICC, the national peak body for

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

"It will be a dynamic conversation with an amazing group of

speakers, including special international guest, the

Vice Chairperson of the United Nations Committee

on the Rights of the Child, Ms Marta Mauras-Perez."

Event details: http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/fx-view-article.cfm?loadref=32&id=1056

Event: 17 May to 16 June 2013: Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic

Exhibition: Ghost Citizens: Witnessing the Intervention

Opening Thu 16 May 2013

Counihan Gallery In Brunswick: http://www.moreland.vic.gov.au/arts-and-festivals/counihan-gallery.html

"Ghost Citizens: Witnessing the Intervention is about the

removal of citizen rights by the Federal government’s 'intervention',

(2007 - 2012) in the Northern Territory, seen through the

practices of Aboriginal and non-Indigenous artists."

"Using a range of media, the artists look at the return

to protectionist policy and the diminishing of an

Indigenous participatory voice: the loss of citizenship

rights, of the right to homelands and self-determination."

"Alison Alder, Bindi Cole, Fiona Foley, Dan Jones,

Vernon Ah Kee, Sally M. Mulda, Chips Mackinolty,

Fiona MacDonald, Amy Napurulla, Brendan Penzer,

Therese Ritchie, Deborah Vaughan, Jason Wing"

Curated by Jo Holder & Djon Mundine OAM

Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.moreland.vic.gov.au/arts-and-festivals/counihan-gallery/exhibition-program-counihan.html

Analysis: https://melbourneartcritic.wordpress.com/tag/nt-intervention/

WGAR Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-northern-territory-nt-intervention

Event: Sat 22 June 2013: Bankstown, Sydney, NSW

Protest marking 6 years of the NT Intervention

* Repeal "Stronger Futures / Stolen Futures" Legislation!

* Stop Income Management - not in NT - not in Bankstown - not anywhere!

* Reinvest in community controlled services and jobs!

"In Sydney, a rally marking the six year anniversary

of the NT Intervention will be held in Bankstown in June."

"June 21 will mark six years since John Howard announced

the NT Intervention and sent the military into Aboriginal

communities. This was one of the most shameful days in

the history of Australia's brutal and racist treatment of

Aboriginal people and has set the struggle for Aboriginal

rights back many decades."

Flyer and Event details: http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/Past%20Events/201306-STICS-flyer.pdf

Event summary and Article: [scroll down page to end] http://www.solidarity.net.au/55/income-management-expansion-in-effort-to-break-boycott/

WGAR Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-northern-territory-nt-intervention

WGAR Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-stronger-futures-new-nt-intervention-laws

Event: Wed 1 May - Sun 30 June 2013: Redfern, Sydney, NSW

Photographer: Barbara McGrady

"Barbara is a Gamilario/Murri woman has been photographing

the social history of contemporary Aboriginal life for over

30 years. From Sports to politics, her vision is a unique

perspective from within a community empowering her

subjects by this virtue alone."

Event details: http://headon.com.au/event/barbara-mcgrady

SBS Video: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1765800/Exhibition-sheds-light-on-Indigenous-communities

Event: Fri 5 July 2013: Adelaide, SA

150th Justice and Peace Candle Light Walk

around Government House

Gather at dusk on the first Friday of the month

(except January and February)

"Join us on the Candle Light Walk to

call for a Treaty and Bill of Rights, and

to support the Ngarrindjeri and all other

Aboriginal people and the Stolen Generations,

their families and communities left behind,

in their call for Peace and Justice."

Event details: http://antarsa.auspics.org.au/

Background to the Candle Light Walk: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~rmclc/CandleLightWalkHistory.htm

Event: 6-14 & 17-25 July 6-14 & 17-25 August 2013:

North of Broome on the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, WA

The Lurujarri Dreaming Trail

Walk the Trail with us in 2013

As of 13 May 13: "Bookings for 2013 Lurujarri Heritage Trails now closed

6-14 July: fully booked

17-25 July: fully booked

6-14 August: fully booked

17-25 August: fully booked"

"Feel free to contact us if you would like to register your

interest for the Lurujarri Heritage Trail 2014."

"In 1987, Paddy Roe initiated the Lurujarri Heritage

Trail as a trigger to encourage the members of the

Goolarabooloo community to be walking the Country

again, as had always been done; to conserve;

renew and stay connected with their heritage and

traditional skills and to keep the same alive for

generations to come. He also sought to wake up

non-Aboriginal people to a relationship with the land;

to foster trust; friendship and empathy between the

indigenous community and the wider Australian

and International communities."

Event details: http://www.goolarabooloo.org.au/lurujarri.html

Event details: http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/lurujarri-heritage-walking-trail-kimberley.htm

WGAR Background to the Walmadan Tent Embassy, WA: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/02/walmadan-tent-embassy-james-price-point-north-of-broome-kimberley-region-wa

Event: 7 to 14 July 2013: various locations in Australia

National NAIDOC Week

The focus city for National NAIDOC celebrations is Perth

Event details: http://www.naidoc.org.au/

Event: 10 July 2013 NAIDOC week: Narrabundah, Canberra, ACT

Iconic Aboriginal health service

celebrates 25 years of appropriate care

Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service

"Canberra’s iconic Winnunga Nimmityjah today celebrates

25 years of providing culturally safe and holistic health

services to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

of the ACT and surrounding areas."

Event details: http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/1433427/1427565531/name/Iconic+Aboriginal+health+service+celebrates+25+years+of.pdf

Event details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/actindnetwork/message/20758

Event: Sat 13 July - Sun 11 August 2013: Brisbane, Qld

Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud

Photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara

Venue: Queensland Centre for Photography

"Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud is a

series of photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara

presenting the community and country around Muckaty,

120 kilometres north of Tennant Creek in the NT."

"For over five years this area has been the focus

of federal government pressure as a site to

dump radioactive waste. The federal plan is

deeply unpopular and is being actively opposed."

"Sri Lankan photographer Jagath Dheerasekara

received the Amnesty International Human Rights

Innovation Grant 2010 and has developed the

exhibition as a collaborative project with the

Beyond Nuclear Initiative and Muckaty Traditional Owners."

jagath dheerasekara photographs and story: http://jd.photoshelter.com/gallery/Manuwangku-Under-the-Nuclear-Cloud-NT-Australia-2010-11/G00009qOJutjBtoc/

jagath dheerasekara homepage: http://jd.photoshelter.com/index

jagath dheerasekara book: http://au.blurb.com/books/4159127-manuwangku-under-the-nuclear-cloud

jagath dheerasekara - My Exhibitions & Events: http://jd.photoshelter.com/page1

Essay in burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/03/jagath-dheerasekara-manuwangku-under-the-nuclear-cloud/

Interviews with Manawangku traditional owners Isobel Phillips & Doris Kelly: http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=10023

Beyond Nuclear Initiative (BNI) homepage: http://beyondnuclearinitiative.com/

Amnesty International Australia: http://www.amnesty.org.au/indigenous-rights

Event details: [scroll down page] http://jd.photoshelter.com/page1

WGAR Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump in NT: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-proposed-muckaty-nuclear-waste-dump-in-nt-australia

Event: Ongoing: Cherbourg Aboriginal community, S-E Qld

The Ration Shed Museum

"When our Elders were moved off the land and taken to

Cherbourg they were cut off from their traditional sources

of food and were given weekly rations of mainly flour,

sugar, tea, sago, rice, split peas and meat. The rations

were given from a wooden shed which we have restored

and call The Ration Shed Museum. We use the Ration

Shed as a space to tell our stories."

Event details: http://rationshed.com.au/

Museum Hours and Pricing: http://rationshed.com.au/museum-hours-and-pricing

Event: Ongoing: Canberra, ACT

Exhibition now showing:

First Australians - Resistance

"The lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

peoples were profoundly changed by the arrival

of British colonists in 1788. Lives were lost

and land taken as the colonisers attempted to

impose new social, economic and religious

orders. ... "

"Indigenous people responded in a variety of ways.

Some fought back with weapons. Others

developed different strategies to survive this

new and hostile presence."

"Here we present four of these stories."

National Museum of Australia

Event details: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/first_australians/resistance

Event: Fri 2 August 2013: Adelaide, SA

151st Justice and Peace Candle Light Walk

around Government House

Gather at dusk on the first Friday of the month

(except January and February)

"Join us on the Candle Light Walk to

call for a Treaty and Bill of Rights, and

to support the Ngarrindjeri and all other

Aboriginal people and the Stolen Generations,

their families and communities left behind,

in their call for Peace and Justice."

Event details: http://antarsa.auspics.org.au/

Background to the Candle Light Walk: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~rmclc/CandleLightWalkHistory.htm

Event: 4 August 2013: various locations in Australia

National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day (NAICD)

This year’s theme is: Right Here, Right Now. Our Rights Matter.

Event details: http://www.snaicc.org.au/

Event details: http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/fx-view-article.cfm?loadref=32&id=1043

Event: 9 August 2013: various locations internationally

International Day of the World's Indigenous People

International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2005 - 2015

Event details: [scroll down page] http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/indigenous-peoples-of-the-world

Event details: http://www.un.org/en/events/

Event: 6 May - 25 August 2013: Sydney, NSW

Exhibition: Black on White: Belinda Mason

"The project began as Yolngu on Balanda (central Arnhem

Land language group) back in 2008 when Djammarr Djordila

and photographer Belinda Mason travelled to remote

communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, at the

first anniversary of the Australian Government’s Intervention

Policy, to hear community reactions and ask them to

record a visual record of their opinion."

Presented in association with Head On Photo Festival

Event details: http://headon.com.au/event/black-white

Event: Tue 27 August 2013: Tennant Creek, NT

Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud

Photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara

Opening: Tue 27 August 2013

Venue: Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Cultural Centre