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To our Friends,
The community of Bassendean in conjunction with the Nyungah Aboriginal
people with ties to the Pyrton land have stepped up our campaign against
Justice Minister Foss' proposal to impose a prison on Pyrton Bassendean Perth.
The Community Picket runs every Wednesday from 6am to around 5pm.
It is held on the Pyrton land at 60 Lord Street Bassendean.
The land is a registered sacred site, is environmentally sensitive, and is
right next to a built up residential area. There has been no social impact
study done on the proposal of a prison there. No proper ethnographic survey
has been completed so far. A proper Ethnographic survey has to be carried
out before any development goes ahead. Contrary to what Foss and the
Ministry of Justice say, the Swan Valley Nyungah Community who live right
next door have been available for a long time waiting for a proper
ethnographic survey to be carried out before any development of the land
goes ahead. Anthropologists approved by the Swan Valley Nyungah Community
and Nyungah people with ties to the land have been waiting to be
commissioned by the government to carry out the survey. Following an
Aboriginal Cultural Materials Committee meeting a decision was made to
conduct an ethnographic survey in accordance with the wishes of the Nyungah
people with ties to the land - but they were given 2 weeks to complete it.
Anthropologists assigned the task pointed out that this is a totally
inadequate amount of time. Hopefully an extension has been granted. This
anti-community, anti-Aboriginal rights, anti-worker government is
determined to try to destroy the land and community at Pyrton. Their
attempts at division has worked against them on this issue. The Community
is more united than ever against the Court/Foss government. We are more
determined than ever to preserve the land as community public land for a
Community and Environment Centre For All!
Please come down to the Community Picket at Pyrton to say Hullo any time on
any Wednesday. Hope to see you there!
Cheers,
Neil Gray,
Spokesperson, Pyrton Action Group.
LL.WK
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