From:
Gundjehmi Aboriginal Corporation <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi, folks.
If matters go as according to the provisional timetable for the Committee
meeting, they're due to make a decision by about 1.30 pm Paris time.
According to the Northern Territory phone book that's 8.30 pm NT time,
The Australian
Coalition victory on Jabiluka
By MEGAN SAUNDERS
13jul99
THE Howard Government last night persuaded the UNESCO World
Heritage Committee to decide against an immediate endangered
finding for Kakadu National Park over the Jabiluka uranium mine.
In a significant dipl
SMH
GLOBAL INEQUITIES
Three families top 600m poor
Date: 13/07/99
London: The combined wealth of the world's three richest families is greater
than the annual income of 600 million people in the least
developed countries, according to a United Nations report released yesterday.
Economic global
SMH Letters Page
Jail rates for Aborigines
Tony Vinson's excellent article (Herald, July 7) highlights once again the
problem for the Carr Government in terms of Aboriginal
incarceration.
This tragic and unacceptable situation could be reduced if relevant ministers
tackled their portfolios with
Gundjehmi Aboriginal Corporation updates:
As most of you will know the World Heritage Committee decided not to place
Kakadu National Park on the In-Danger list. This is clearly not the result
we were after. But even though the Committee didn't decide as we would
wish, clearly due to the vast
Ninemsn online poll
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/default.asp
Should UNESCO list Kakadu as being in danger because of
the Jabiluka uranium mine?
Trudy
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Not really. The length of time they leave a poll on varies according to their whim.
From the results and the
number of votes each poll gets you can see how long or short a time it has been on.
Trudy
Rod Hagen wrote:
> At 10:59 AM 13/7/99, Trudy and Rod Bray wrote:
> >Ninemsn on
Kakadu decision right: Fischer
From AAP
13jul99
1.35pm (AEST) DEPUTY Prime Minister Tim Fischer says preserving
Kakadu National Park is very important, even though the area is
overrated.
Mr Fischer was commenting on the government's successful case to
a UNESCO World Heritage Comm
Welcome back! Missed you!
We have a proper egroup list now and can contact each other through that. Neshobe has
set it up. She said
she would sign you on as soon as you returned.
Trudy
Glenn Murray wrote:
> Hi guys, I'm back online. Here's my new email address.
>
> How much did I miss?
>
7:30 Report ABC TV
Transcript
12/07/1999
Weipa youth stage second Croc
Eisteddfod
MAXINE McKEW: The Rock Eisteddfod is a
well-established event on school calendars throughout
Australia's big cities. 40,000 pupils from 400 schools
perform their music and dance routines each year,
culminating in e
Person of the Year
Mr Bob Randall, (Northern Territory)
Alice Springs NT
Tel: 08 89511344
Mr Bob Randall has been an active campaigner for the advancement of
his people since the 1960's. He was born at Tempe Downs in the
Northern Territory and is a member of the Pitjantjatjara nation.
Music has
Gundjehmi Aboriginal Corporation update
***
Hi, folks,
The purpose of this update is
1) to provide more information on the outcomes of the World Heritage meeting.
2) notification of two events organized by endorsed
Forwarded from Christine Howes:
JABILUKA ACTION GROUP (Qld)
Ph: (07) 3846 0246 Fax: (07) 3846 0246
MEDIA RELEASE
TUESDAY 13 JULY 1999
WORLD HERITAGE 18 MONTH SUSPENSION
WILL PROVE KAKADU IN DANGER
After yesterday's Extraordinary Session of the World Heritage Committee, it
was found tha
Liam,
I believe the media release was from the Jabiluka Action Group (Qld) so it is most
likely in Brisbane.
Trudy
Liam wrote:
> Can someone tell me where King George Square is? Melbourne?
>
> > WHEN: FRIDAY 16 JULY
> >5.30 - 7.30 PM
> >
> > WHERE: KING GEORGE SQUARE
>
> -
SMH - Letters page July 18, 1999
Land rights law better left alone
We were in the Parliament that introduced then passed the Aboriginal Land Rights
(Northern Territory) Act 1976.
We all voted for the passage of that Act.
The Act has worked well and has brought benefits to the Aboriginal people
ABC Newslink
Fischer issues apology to
indigenous population
Sunday 18 July, 1999 (7:00pm AEST)
The acting Prime Minister, Tim Fischer, has given a
personal apology to Australia's indigenous people.
Mr Fischer, who ends two weeks as acting Prime
Minister tonight, has also said he regrets
Forwarded with permission from Christine Howes:
300 SPANISH ENVIRONMENTALIST GROUPS CONDEMN UNESCO DECISION
THE FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE WAS RELEASED IN MADRID SPAIN BY ECOLOGISTAS EN
ACCION, A COALITION OF 300 SPANISH ENVIRONMENT GROUPS ON 13 JULY.
Madrid, Spain
13 July 1999
Ecologistas en Acció
THE AGE
http://www.theage.com.au/daily/990719/news/specials/news4.html
July 19, 1999
The opinion business
ROBERT MANNE
IT IS an illusion to believe the present John
Laws case - where bankers were willing to pay
a talkback radio host a secret $1.2million to
spruik on their behalf - is the
Forwarded from:
Deaths in Custody Watch Committee (WA) Inc
NOTICE
CRIME & PUNISHMENT - WA PRISONS TODAY
1. A Public Forum is to be held in the Christ Church at
Claremont at 2 Queenslea Drive, Claremont, on Wednesday 28th
July 1999 commencing at 8pm.
SPEAKERS:
· Peter Foss -
ABC News:
Women's group raises doubts
over some land claim evidence
Tuesday 20 July, 1999 (11:53am AEST)
A rural women's lobby group wants answers from the
Australian Anthropological Society regarding recent
allegations of dishonest and illegal activities by
anthropoligists relating to Abor
Forwarded for
DEATHS IN CUSTODY WATCH COMMITTEE (WA) Inc.
119 Mathieson Rd
Ascot WA 6104
Tel:61 (0)8 9277-1533
Fax:61 (0)8 9478-4204
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
URL:http://www.omen.net.au/~dicwc
Wednesday, 21 July 1999
A Judicial Passing
With the passing of the Honourable Ja
http://www.smh.com.au/
The latest Herald/ACNeilson poll in NSW shows among other things:
"The Democrats dropped a point to 4 per cent, the Greens rose
one to 5 per cent, Independents and others each dropped a point
to 3 per cent and One Nation dropped two points to 4 per cent,
half what it score
For anyone who is interested in this subject and in what they let Monsanto feed
them:
On Channel Nine at 7:30 pm this Sunday, July 25, 1999
"LOOK WHATS COMING TO DINNER
July 25, 1999: Reporter - Ellen Fanning; Producer - Stephen Taylor
Genes and greens
Depending where you stand on it, genetic
This needs the support of everyone!!
Forwarded at the request of Bruce Reyburn
22 July 1999
OLYMPIC GAMES IN SYDNEY YEAR 2000 TOURIST WARNING!
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
ANTI-SOCIAL DARWINISM ALERT!
IF YOU NEVER
REPEAL NT MANDATORY SENTENCING LAWS CAMPAIGN.
YOUR HELP NEEDED TODAY - CAST YOUR VOTE FOR SANITY
If you were outraged by the fact a homeless man got a year's
jail in Darwin for taking a towel, here's your chance to take
some positive action to restore the true spirit of the rule
I wonder if people from 'non-white' countries have been warned along with the
advertising for the Olympics that they may buy tickets but may not come to use
them?
It will take Australia decades to recover its reputation after this government
is finished trashing it.
Trudy
ABC News:
Deaf conferen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Thank-you for your email expressing your friends concerns about mandatory
> sentencing in the Northern Territory.
>
> I have forwarded your email to the authorities and thank-you again for your
> concerns.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Liz Harkin
> Northern Territory Holid
Forwarded bounced message for Brendan Thomas:
The Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council (AJAC) is a council of Aboriginal people
established in 1998 to provide advice to the NSW Government on Law and Justice
Issues effecting Aboriginal people in this state. The NSW AJAC will be
distributing a mon
I am posting this for Helen in case someone can help her with her second
request. I will take care of the articles.
Trudy
Hey Trudy,
How are you?
Firstly, I will tell you that I am the girl looking for clippings on racial
discrimination for an assignment.
Well I dont really know what artic
This is a reminder to those who have yet to post their objections about the
mandatory sentencing laws to the NTTC...
After a number of form responses, it seems that the NTTC is getting rattled. The
General Manager - Corporate Communications has been contacted by the contact
person at the NTTC an
ABC Regional News
Mon, 26 Jul 1999 14:18 AEST
Reconciliation a step closer
with land handover
The Federal Government says today's
handover of 450,000 hectares of land
south-east of Alice Springs, to traditional
owners, is a positive step for reconciliation.
The Governor-General, Sir William Dean
d acquaintances to not go to the NT.
Yours truly,
Trudy and Rod Bray
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ABC TV 7:30 Report
Transcript
26/07/1999
SA takes a different approach to
Aboriginal custody
KERRY O'BRIEN: Aborigines and Torres Strait
Islanders make up less than 2 per cent of the Australian
population but they account for almost 20 per cent of
prison inmates.
It's now almost 10 years since
First it was delegates to the Conference of the Deaf and now a Tibetan monk. Of
course Ruddock denies discrimination but when was the last time he denied as
many visas to Europeans or North Americans?
Trudy
ABC Newslink
Wed, 28 Jul 1999 8:55 AEST
Tibetan
PRESS RELEASE
AUSTRALIANS AGAINST MANDATORY SENTENCING
EXCLUSIVE TO ABC RADIO
Release at convenience.
Australians Against Mandatory Sentencing are an internet based
group of people who have come together as a result
Bruce has just reported that the ABC has called him for a 'soundbite' after
receiving the press release!
"I mentioned how tourists sometimes have habits, which we don't
condone, like taking towels from motel rooms and they need to
be aware of the mandatory sentencing laws in the NT which
could l
Further to the Anthropology debate
Published in today's Sydney Morning Herald
"Uncorroborated"
I refer to an incident first reported by Dr Tim O'Meara (Anthropology program -
University of Melbourne) in a letter published in the
Herald (July 10) and cited in two recent articles published in
ABC News
Thu, 29 Jul 1999 6:59 AEST
Campaign by email waged
against mandatory
sentencing
Australians Against Mandatory Sentencing has
begun waging an email campaign aimed at the
Northern Territory Tourist Commission.
The group's Bruce Reyburn says members
have suggested people wanting to visit
Forwarded for Bruce and the fairgo group:
SUCCESS!
Australians Against Mandatory Sentencing now exist in the
world outside of email!
I did not hear it myself but we made the ABC radio news.
PLUS - i was interviewed live on ABC radio this morning.
The ABC said that we were based in Alice Spri
PRESS RELEASE 29 July 1999
from: UNWGIP
Palais de Nations
Geneva
Australian Government Report to UN Offends Human Rights Principles
The Australian Government is offending the Charter of the United Nations, the UN
Charter of Human Rights and the various human
rights treaties of the United Nat
Forwarded by Les Malezer, Deputy Chairperson
National Indigenous Working Group on Native Title
NIWG from Geneva
HERRON ADDRESSES THE UNITED NATIONS
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Minister John Herron today told
the United Nations there had been a p
Frank Johnson
Civil rights judge, 1918-1999
When a black seamstress, Rosa Parks, refused to surrender her bus seat to a
white passenger in Alabama in 1955, she had little idea of
the social revolution she was launching. In the ensuing court case, Judge Frank
Johnson, who has died aged 80, knew e
Forwarded from Christine Howes:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Qld. Media statement - Minister Announces Land Court Appointments
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 9:51 AM
Environment and Heritage/Natural Resources, HON. RODNEY WELFORD
30/7/99
Minister Announces Land Court Appointments
Minister for
ABC NEWS
Philosophers suggest slavery as alternative to welfare
The World Today - Thursday, July29, 199912:31
COMPERE: With few new ideas from either the Government
or the Opposition on actually getting the long term
unemployed back into jobs, two South Australian
philosophers have come u
If this is a correct result and not fiddled with by ON supporters, then we have
a lot of work to to!
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/06_feature/story_240.asp
19 July:
Should PM Howard include reconciliation in the preamble to the Constitution?
Yes: (1208)
No: (1830)
Trudy
---
He wasn't an Aboriginal man, Lance. He was a white man whose fair skin and blond hair
led people to nickname
him "Nigger". Like calling a tall man "shorty".
"Nigger" is a derogatory term and it is perfectly understandable that some people take
offence at this. The
fact that other Aboriginal peop
Lance,
What some people call 'political correctness' others call 'good manners' and a
"respect for others'
feelings".
For some people to feel that they have the right to denigrate and insult and hurt
people through the
language they use because they don't want to temper their expressions and th
On ABC TV tonight: 10:10 pm. Compass
Rainbow Spirit Theology
(In another coup of masterful expression...) Looks at the contentious issue of
incorporating traditional Aboriginal 'mythology' into Christian 'theology'.
Quotation marks are mine.
The put-downs are very subtle but they are unmistakab
ing.
> Language does hurt and insults hurt as well, however how much time and
> resource do we want to waste on a word when the quite significant real
> issues beyond words that need action.
> Thats all Im saying - Actions always speak Louder than Words.
And sometimes the actions req
Lance,
And in many places they still have wooden "Indians" outside stores or they have black
"Sambos" in the
garden. It is to be hoped that one day we will reach the level of maturity that will
make such things as
repulsive to us as they are to American "Indians" and African-Americans.
Trudy
Lance Kelly wrote:
> meanwhile aboriginal men die over simple curable illnesses blindness,
> alcoholism, diabetes, and social isolation poor third world housing
> conditions
> rather than hearing politically correct words what is being done about that?
> What actions are being taken NOW?
>
You must have been in different sixties than I was in, Lance.
I think that people get too hung up on judging what is "politically correct" and lose
sight of the issues
because they can't get beyond that term.
I prefer not to use the term, think about it or worry about it. If it so far off the
sp
Lance Kelly wrote:
> Trudy,
> If I was female I would be asking what about the females wheres their
> voice?. Would you see this as a problem too?
> I dont have a problem with asking for males to speak up, because in the
> field of human endeavours they are few and far between. That doesn't
> d
David,
There is some recommended reading material listed on the Recoznet2 web page. If
nothing there fits the bill
then maybe Rod Hagen can help you.
Have a look at what is listed and let us know?
Trudy
David R wrote:
> Again, please, can anyone recommend any recent academic or scholarly
> l
The attached papers, by FAIRA and NIWG, were presented to the meeting of the
Working Group on Indigenous Populations (WGIP)
in Geneva on 26-30 July. The shorter version of Item 7 was read out while the
longer version was tabled. Re Item 11, this paper was
tabled but not read out, as the time f
Lance Kelly wrote:
> So Laurie,
> what your telling me is we spend what little money we have trying to change
> someones perception of words rather than trying to change the system that
> provides us with the words to say?
> Change the system by action and the words will change with us.
> Perce
I received a reply (actually two identical replies to two different letters)
from the NTTC and the NT Chief Minister, Denis Burke, this morning.
I have no qualms about posting it since it is obviously not a letter but a
standard piece of propaganda.
Australians against mandatory sentencing - and
I have a copy of the transcript of the speeches made by Mark Latham and Noel
Pearson at the Brisbane Institute.
If anyone would like a copy (148 KB) let me know and I will forward it.
SPEAKERS: MR MARK LATHAM, MP
MR NOEL PEARSON
"FROM CAPE YO
I think the 'males', 'colourful words', etc. thread has reached the point where
it is beginning to circle back on itself and it is time to drop it.
As has been mentioned, this is a forum for discussion of Indigenous issues and
while that is very broad, when a discussion reaches the point where i
I just received a message from either Laurie Forde or Susan Forde (I was
distracted and should have waited until I could give it full attention) and I
lost your message. How embarrassing! Hit the wrong key.
Can you send the message again?
Trudy
I wonder if it was difficult for this reviewer to see...staring down his
upturned nose like that.
Trudy
^
The Times (UK)
August 4 1999
DANCE
Bangarra Dance Theatre
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London SE1
WITHOUT its Aboriginal badge this company
Aboriginal suffering extreme, says report
AAP -- Australia's Aborigines suffer levels of trauma usually found only among
people who are systematically tortured, subjected to genocide or sent to
concentration camps, according to a government report released today.
The report says almost two thir
Would those who want a copy of the Latham/Pearson speeches please email me off
the list? We don't want to take up people's mailbox space or the archives for
that matter.
Thank you,
Trudy
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Christine Howes forwarded this to me. She will be out of town all of next week
and was wondering if there was anyone on this list who could respond to this
request.
Trudy
-
From: "Keitseope Nthomang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: letter of introduction
Date: Thu, 5 A
Fri, 6 Aug 1999 11:41 AEST
Aboriginal communities to
send reps to police officer's
funeral
The Gurindji Aboriginal people, from two
communities south-west of Darwin, are sending
representatives to the funeral of a Northern
Territory police officer.
Sergeant Glen Huitson was killed by Rodney
Wil
The Yorta Yorta appeal on their claim for native title will be heard in the
federal court, starting on Wednesday, August 18.
When their original claim was dismissed, the judge told them they had been
"washed away by the tide of history". They're not copping this racist rubbish.
They have ask
The Daily Telegraph
Aboriginal Tent Embassy eviction
7aug99
ABORIGINAL protesters have been served an eviction notice to
dismantle their Tent Embassy outside Old Parliament House.
The National Capital Authority says Australian Federal Police will be
ordered to drag away the ramshac
The Australian
A punt on justice
Two street-wise Melbourne lawyers will next week open a new front
in the compensation battle for Aborigines taken from their mothers.
As DAVID NASON reports, many say Australian history is on trial
7aug99
LATE last year Michael Schaefer of the Melbourne law fir
Please, if you would like a copy of the Latham/Pearson speeches, please email me
privately - off the list.
Thank you,
Trudy
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Forwarded by Jayne:
>From majordom Mon Aug 9 11:54:46 1999
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 11:56:07 +1000
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Kerith Power <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: UNE-community: An Aboriginal Initiative- Partnerships conference
news
Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CALL FOR WORKSHOP PRESENTERS 28t
Stolen generation compensation case in Federal Court
Source: AAP | Published: Monday August 9 2:35:10 PM
Two members of the stolen generation of Aborigines will tomorrow appear
in the Federal Court to sue the
Commonwealth of Australia for being taken from their families.
Forwarded from Christine Howes:
>From International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War Conference
Medical Association for the Prevention of War Australia (MAPW)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.mapw.au.nu
Conference papers from the XIII IPPNW World Congress held in Melbourne in
December 1998
Forwarded from Christine Howes:
Public Meetings and Visits
Yvonne Margarula and Jacqui Katona will be in Brisbane and other east coast
cities sometime in the next fortnight. Contact your local group to find out
details.
Here is the Brisbane invitation to the public. Many Community groups and
NG
ABC News:
Mon, 9 Aug 1999 16:23 AEST
Minister requests 'illegal'
embassy structure removal
Territories Minister Ian MacDonald has confirmed
the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra has
received a letter requesting illegal structures be
removed from the site.
But the Minister's office denies the l
International indigenous campaign meets opposition
AAP -- In 1985, leaders of more than 300 million indigenous peoples in over 70
countries started
campaigning for a UN declaration recognising their right to self determination
and land.
But indigenous leaders say their campaign has run into str
Pat Dodson's speaking tour and the question of reconciliation will be on
Lateline tonight at 10:30 pm.
It will be on again tomorrow at 12:30 pm just after the Midday News.
Trudy
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I believe that kinship is a better word to express Aboriginal peoples' relationship to
the land but it is
only a part of the story. I agree with Graham that as a legal description it is not
near enough. Another
thing that bothers me is the "the nation's first people" which I think does not
reco
Indigenous leaders divided over preamble
From ROD McGUIRK of AAP
11aug99
2.30pm (AEST) INDIGENOUS leaders were divided today over the
new constitutional preamble, with one calling it a vast improvement
but others dismissing it as window dressing and patronising.
The preamble comp
ABC Lateline no longer carries the transcript of the whole program - just the
introduction.
For those of you who missed the broadcast and have RealAudio, you can listen to
it on:
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/stories/s43004.htm
Trudy
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Rec
The article below was published this month in Djadi-Dugarang, the Indigenous
Social Justice Association's newsletter. It was written by Ray Jackson who has
given his permission to reproduce it on Recoznet2.
A DEATHBED RECONCILIATION
Recently the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation have issued
Forwarded with permission:
THE ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY IS ON THE MOVE
EMBASSADORS FROM THE ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY WILL BE EMBARKING ON A
NATIONAL SOVEREIGN RIDE TO SING UP ABORIGINAL SOVEREIGNTY
THE TOUR IS BEING UNDERTAKEN BY MEMBERS OF THE SOVEREIGN COUNCIL AND
CONCERNED GROUPS IN AUSTRALIA
The Democrat minimalist question "to change the commonwealth of Australia to a
republic" was passed by the Senate with some of the government Senators voting
in favour!
Howard will now put up his own referendum question to the lower house again.
Trudy
--
Forwarded with permission:
Subject: Qld. Media statement - Youth crime prevention forum to focus on
solutions
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 9:18 AM
Families, Youth and Community Care/Disability Services, HON. ANNA BLIGH
12/8/99
Youth crime prevention forum to focus on solutions
Crime specialists
Preamble should be dumped: Dodson
Source: AAP | Published: Thursday August 12 8:39:10 AM
Former reconciliation council chairman Pat Dodson today called for the
preamble to be dumped from the
November referendum, describing the compromise preamble agreed between
the prime
Scrapping bi-lingual education
Don't cut off our tongues!
Australian actor Jack Thompson has joined the growing number of
people throughout Australia who are campaigning against the NT
Government's plans to scrap bilingual education.
He was one of scores of people at a workshop during the
[forwarded for Don Clark]
Hi all,
It seems that some of you did not receive the change of addr*ss is my
previous post. I am therefore re-sending it with the new addr*ss.
My new addr*ss is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am just about to close down the old addr*ss so any mail needs to be sent to
this ad
Forwarded with permission:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Qld. Media statement - Beattie signs Australian first for
indigenous consultation
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 2:54 PM
Premier, HON. PETER BEATTIE
13/8/99
Beattie signs Australian first for indigenous consultation
Premier Peter Beatti
On Thursday 12 August there was a national tele-conference of indigenous
leaders re the revised Preamble.
Media Release from that meeting, (dated 12 August)
"DROP THE PREAMBLE
[text]
The proposed question on the draft preamble to the Australian Constitution
should be dropped from the forthcomin
The Sydney Morning Herald [Print Edition]
Saturday, August 14, 1999
It's a sorry, sorry business
by Richard Glover
GOVERNMENT money spent on Aborigines is magic money. For a start, it needs to be
spent only once. Also, its not a right like money spent on other citizens
but an act of spec
PRESS RELEASE
Government Racism Is Not Sustainable
The Howard Government will be forced to change its approach to Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Peoples before the Olympic
Games.
This is the view of the National Indigenous Working Group on Native Title
(NIWG), as representatives of NIWG a
From the SMH Citysearch:
location:
Australian Museum
address:
6 College St
Sydney , 2000
cross street:
William St
hours:
Aug 14-Nov 28 Daily
9:30am- 5:00pm
prices:
General museum
admission: $5 adult,
$3 concession, $2
child, $12 family
Australian Cannibal Boomerang Throwers 1885
Captiv
PRESS RELEASE 16 March 1999
Statement by Les Malezer, Deputy Chairperson of NIWG
CERD Maintains Pressure on Australian Racism
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can claim a significant victory in
their bid for international recognition and defence of their
human rights.
Todays de
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
You could email the reporter at the address above and ask her why she or her editor
thought it needed to be
written that way.
Trudy
Bob Durnan wrote:
> So, what's with the scare/single quotes then ?? Mr Age??
> Mr Gunner was, clearly, stolen.
> D.J.McEvoy
> Alice Springs NT
Protesters call for Aboriginal
justice
From AAP
18aug99
11.45am (AEST) PROTESTERS gathered outside the Federal
Court in Melbourne today pleading for justice for Aborigines
ahead of a crucial appeal over a big native title claim.
The Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal protesters chanted "Black
UN criticism of Australia's race record
AM - Wednesday, August18, 19998:23
PETER CAVE: Australia's race record has come in for
stinging criticism from an influential UN body despite a
concerted lobbying effort by the Federal Government. As
Mark Tamhane reports, the Geneva-based Committee f
Forwarded from Christine Howes:
17 August 1999
UNITING CHURCH PRESSURES GOVERNMENT OVER UN FINDINGS
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal leaders of the Uniting Church in Australia
are unified in pressuring the Federal Government to take seriously the
latest United Nations findings on Australias Indig
Thu, Aug 19 1999 8:09 AM AEST
UN refuses to change view
of Govt's native title
legislation
The United Nations has reaffirmed its decision
that parts of the Federal Government's Native
Title Amendment Act are racist.
The National Indigenous Working Group says
the UN has not altered its position,
As many people will know, the Yorta Yorta people's appeal on native title
has opened in Melbourne at the Federal Court. The Yorta Yorta are fighting
the Victorian, NSW and South Australian state governments and nearly 500
other organisations.
The outcome of this fight will impact on native t
What a novel idea! Have the government prove that Aboriginal peoples didn't own
the land before it was stolen! Of course, it will never fly - it's not weighted
in favour of the beneficiaries of the theft.
Trudy
^^
ABC News
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 9:50 AEST
Native
media release
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Thursday, 19 August 1999
Casuarina Prison claims another life.
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