C-NEWS September 9, 2000 Aborigines, whites, urge reconciliation, criticize Australian government SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Activists planted symbolic hands in a park Saturday to urge reconciliation between black and white Australians, an early protest in a series of demonstrations on the plight of Aborigines planned for Sydney's Olympics. Protesters said a "mean-spirited" federal government is blocking racial harmony between Australia's earliest inhabitants and the whites who followed in recent centuries. Activists placed tens of thousands of colourful plastic cutouts in the shape of hands on the grounds of Sydney's Centennial Park, where cycling events are due to be held during the Sept. 15-Oct. 1 games. The hand symbol adopted for the demonstration originates with the Aborigines. For tens of thousands of years, the indigenous people marked their presence in Australia by pressing smeared hands against the rock walls of caves. rest of article at: http://www.canoe.ca/WorldTicker/CANOE-wire.Australia-Reconciliation.html It was also published in: www2.startribune.com - The Nando Times - The Boston Globe The Las Vegas Sun - FOX News - ------------------------------------------------------ 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/
