>Media Release 22 August >2000 > > >ATSIC thanks Townsville for record Reconciliation march turnout. > >ATSIC today thanked the people of Townsville for their record support for >Sunday's historic Reconciliation march. > >ATSIC's Townsville Regional Council Chairman, Mr Eddie Smallwood said the >turnout of 5000 marchers is a massive boost to the indigenous community and >the Reconciliation movement in North Queensland . > >He says Townsville can now also claim to hold the record for the biggest >Reconciliation march so far in regional Australia. > >"So I want to thank the people of Townsville on behalf of the indigenous >community." > >Mr Smallwood said march organisers and marshals had counted 100 marchers >every 20 metres. > >"With the march extending more than I kilometre along the Strand means >more than 5000 people marched into Anzac Park. > >'And another 5000 people were already at the Cultural Festival to meet and >join with the marchers. > >"So we actually had close to 10,000 people here in Townsville joining the >official Reconciliation activities in ANZAC Park. " > >Mr Smallwood said Sunday's march had more than doubled the NAIDOC Week March >in July, which was also a record turnout. > >"As Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Chairman, Ms Evelyn Scott said: >this is powerful message of Reconciliation we have sent to both Canberra and >Brisbane." > >Mr Smallwood, himself a police aide prior to his election as the local >ATSIC Chairman, said it was well known that police estimates of crowds are >always "conservative". > >"I probably had close to 1500 family and friends there just myself." he >said. > >Media Contact. ATSIC Regional Council Chairman Eddie Smallwood 0417 605 397 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ 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/
