-----Original Message----- From: Webcentral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, August 11, 2000 11:37 AM Subject: [atsic] Media Release: "We sincerely regret the passing of a dearly loved Elder" >MEDIA RELEASE MEDIA RELEASE > > >"We sincerely regret the passing of a dearly loved Elder" > > >9 August 2000 > >It is with profound regret that I advise that one of the Aboriginal >communities most dearly loved and respected Elders Aunty Cetrice Brown, >passed away on Saturday 5 August 2000. > >On behalf of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community of NSW, I >would like to send Cetrice's family our deep and most sincere condolences. > >Born in Queensland and married in Brewarrina, she and her family settled in >the Weilmorangle Reserve in NSW, where she fought long and hard for better >living conditions for the people on the reserve. She helped bring vastly >improved health and housing conditions to the Indigenous community on the >Reserve and spent her life helping people most in need. > >Widely loved by all who knew her she was truly respected by members of the >Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community. A devoted family person, she also >spent much of her life committed to raising her 4 children, 13 grandchildren >and 35 great grandchildren. > >Cetrice will be buried at 1pm on Friday 11 August at the Weilmorangle >Reserve. > >May our dearest Aunty know that she was a great inspiration to all who knew >her and that her love and commitment to family and friends and to the >community at Weilmorangle Reserve, will always be remembered. We love you >and now you rest in peace. > > > > >NSW ATSIC Commissioner Steve Gordon for the Western Zone > >For Further Information >Steve Gordon 0419 254 584, Phillipa McDermott 0418 467 020 > Grant Gilluley 0409 099 576 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
