WGAR News: Stop Adani Destroying Our Land and Culture: CommunityRun petition nears 100,000 signatures

Newsletter date: 12 September 2015

Contents:

* Homepage of Wangan & Jagalingou People - Celebrating Our Shared Connections: http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/

* Petition: CommunityRun: Stop Adani Destroying Our Land and Culture: https://www.communityrun.org/p/stopadani

* Videos:

Wangan & Jagalingou People, YouTube: Stop Adani Destroying Our Land and Culture

Wangan & Jagalingou People, YouTube: Wangan and Jagalingou World Banks Tour June 2015

* Donate: Wangan & Jagalingou are fighting to defend our lands from Adani: http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/donate/

* Background:

WGAR Background: Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Owners reject Adani's coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement

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- Homepage

Wangan & Jagalingou People - Celebrating Our Shared Connections
http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/
"The Wangan & Jagalingou people are proud to celebrate our shared origins and connection to our land. Follow our journey to learn about our community initiatives and how we maintain our cultural integrity."

- Petition

CommunityRun: Stop Adani Destroying Our Land and Culture
Campaign created by Adrian Burragubba
https://www.communityrun.org/p/stopadani
https://www.communityrun.org/petitions/don-t-let-adani-build-their-huge-...
"To: Adani
Adani - don't destroy our land and our culture. ...
We, the Wangan and Jagalingou people, are the TRADITIONAL OWNERS of the land in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. Coal company Adani wants to use our ancestral lands for their Carmichael coal mine.
We do hereby firmly REJECT a Land Use Agreement with Adani for the Carmichael mine on our traditional lands.
We DO NOT consent to the Carmichael mine on our ancestral lands.
We DO NOT accept Adani’s "offers" to sign away our land and our rights and interests in it. We will not take their "shut up" money.
We will PROTECT and DEFEND our Country and our connection to it.
We call on Adani to IMMEDIATELY WITHDRAW from this damaging project on our land. ... "

[Ed. note: When last we checked the petition, on 12 September 2015, there were 98,822 of 100,000 signatures.]

- Videos

Wangan & Jagalingou People, YouTube: Stop Adani Destroying Our Land and Culture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZB2JC6yKy_E
24 Mar 15: "We, the Wangan and Jagalingou people, are the Traditional Owners of the land in Queensland's Galilee Basin. The mining company Adani wants to use our ancestral lands for their Carmichael coal mine. We are opposed to this mine because it will forever damage our land and our culture. We ask that you stand with us to fight against Adani. Join our campaign here - www.communityrun.org/p/stopadani "

Wangan & Jagalingou People, YouTube: Wangan and Jagalingou World Banks Tour June 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBHT3-DeAXw
29 Jun 15: "Traditional owners of central Queensland’s Galilee Basin held a series of meetings in June 2015 with the world’s biggest investment banks, in which they urged them to rule out funding Adani’s AUD$16.5 billion Carmichael coal mine. The Wangan and Jagalingou people have vowed to stop the mine because it threatens to permanently destroy their traditional lands and waters, and their ancestral connection to country. They also hold grave concerns for the impact of mining and burning coal on the climate and the world’s people. ... "

- Donate

Wangan & Jagalingou People: Donate
http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/donate/
"Wangan and Jagalingou are fighting to defend our lands from Adani – a multi-billion dollar company. We are willing to do whatever it takes to preserve our culture, but we can’t do it alone. If you can, please make a donation to support our campaigning efforts."

- Background:

WGAR Background: Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Owners reject Adani's coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/06/01/wgar-background-wangan-jagalingou-tr...
(last updated: 10 September 2015)

WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-to-the-aboriginal-so...
(last updated: 10 September 2015)

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