Keepers of Lake Eyre
MEDIA RELEASE
Wednesday 15th November 2000
Contact details below
LIVING CULTURAL SITE DESTROYED BY WMC - AGAIN!
On the 11/11/2000 the Arabunna going home camp, situated on the shores of
Lake Eyre South, was destroyed by Western Mining Corporation... again.
This is the second time since the camp was set up, in March 1999, that WMC
have removed the camp and stolen the personal possessions of the residents.
Despite the Supreme Court of SA stating that there should be no more
harassment from WMC towards the residents of the camp at lake Eyre. The
keepers of the camp were continually harassed, on a daily basis, by WMC
security.
Whilst the residents of the camp where visiting friends down the road, WMC
took the opportunity to destroy the camp, without written authorization of
the SA courts. WMC also failed to notify the Arabunna nation or the Keepers
of Lake Eyre of their intentions. Legal advice is being sought and
appropriate legal action will be taken.
The Arabunna Going Home Camp was set up by Kevin Buzzacott (Arabunna Elder/
Peace Maker) as a living cultural site and a place of peace and active
reconciliation. The sacred peace fire was ignited at the camp on the 10 of
June 2000 and was carried 3060km by Kevin Buzzacott on his historic journey
to Sydney -Walking the Land For Our Ancient Rights, Peace and Healing.
The walk, which lasted over three months, was a journey for peace and
reconciliation which many hundreds of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people
from all over the world took part in.
Kevin Buzzacott states:
"It is an internationally recognised peace camp and a living cultural site
of the Arabunna nation. Who has given the permission for our home to be
destroyed?"
"WMC are criminals and the inheritors of the genocidal practices of their
forebears. When will we (the Arabunna people) be allowed to live in our own
country, without being hassled, assaulted and moved on, yet again."
"We are the rightful owners of this whole country. The residents of the
camp are people from all over the world who have the full permission of the
Arabunna nation to live in our country, unlike WMC who are the masters of
oppression, the corporation of theft and the kings of genocide".
"Is there any justice out there. When do we (the Arabunna Nation) have
access to basic human rights and the right to peacefully live in our own
land. When can we go home?"
For more details contact: Kevin Buzzacott Ph: 0417 838 906
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For more information and to contact
Keepers of Lake Eyre:
Website: www.come.to/lakeeyre (redirect)
or direct URL: www.lakeeyre.green.net.au
Email:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Telephone:
(08) 8340 4401
Post:
C\- 120 Wakefield St,
Adelaide,
South Australia 5000
Arabunna Elder, Kevin Buzzacott:
Tel. 0417 838 906
PO Box 28,
Marree,
South Australia 5733
Financial donations much needed and welcome:
Keepers of Lake Eyre,
Commonwealth Bank Account Number:
5112 1008 2328
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Keepers of Lake Eyre, in South Australia:
Web: www.come.to/lakeeyre Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tel: (08) 8340 4401 / Fax. (08) 8232 2490
Post: C/- Conservation Council, 120 Wakefield St, Adelaide, S.A. 5000
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