WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 44 events from 20 April 2013

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Newsletter date: 20 April 2013

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Event: Sat 20 April 2013: Locations all over Australia!
Junk for Justice - The Wilderness Society Kimberley Campaign
"Promote your garage sale to thousands of people
via an interactive map on the Junk for Justice
Facebook page."
"You can also find other garage sales in your area to visit.
In return, we ask that you donate a fair portion of your
day's profit to the Wilderness Society to help us cover
the costs of our court case against the West Australian
Environmental Protection Authority. Together, we can
stop bulldozers destroying beautiful James Price
Point on the Kimberley coast."
"The Wilderness Society's historic court case is primarily
against the Western Australian Environment Minister and
state's Environmental Protection Authority (the case is
about the assessment of the precinct, rather than
Woodside's project in particular). We’ll be seeking
immediate legal advice about the implications of today’s
announcement [12 April 2013], but at this stage we believe
it’s still important to pursue our case in the Supreme Court."
Event details: http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/kimberley/junk-for-justice
The Wilderness Society Kimberley Campaign Background: http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/kimberley/woodside-pulls-out-of-k...
WGAR Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/11/22/wgar-news-background-to-the-save-the-...

Event: 22 March - 20 April 2013: Parap, Darwin, NT
Cross Art Projects's exhibition:
Ghost Citizens: Witnessing the Intervention
Hosted by: 24HR Art
Opening at 6pm Fri 22 March 2013
"Ghost Citizens: Witnessing the Intervention
is about the removal of citizen rights by the
Federal Government Intervention in the Northern Territory
(2007 to 2012) seen through the practices of
Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists."
"Ghost Citizens looks at the return to protectionist
policy and the willful diminishing of an
Indigenous participatory voice
- the loss of citizenship rights;
of the right to homelands;
and self-determination."
"Vernon Ah Kee, Alison Alder, Bindi Cole,
Fiona Foley, Dan Jones, Chips Mackinolty,
Fiona MacDonald, Sally M Mulda, Amy Napurulla,
Brendan Penzer, Deborah Vaughan, Jason Wing.
Curator Djon Mundine OAM with Jo Holder"
Event details: http://www.24hrart.org.au/programs.html
WGAR Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-northern-territory-...

Event: Sat 16 February - Sun 21 April 2013: Adelaide, SA
Exhibition: Good Strong Powerful
"In partnership with Arts Access Darwin,
this touring exhibition will showcase the extraordinary
works that have been produced through Art Centres
in the Northern Territory by established and
emerging Indigenous artists with disabilities."
"The exhibition includes artists from
Ngaruwanajirri on Bathurst (Tiwi) Island,
Mwerre Anthurre Artists, based at Bindi Inc. in Alice Springs
and Julalikari Arts in Tennant Creek."
"It is envisioned that this exhibition will work towards
raising the profile of artists who too often are
placed into a narrow 'art therapy' model,
yet their practice is often groundbreaking."
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/sa/event/31037/

Event: Tue 23 April 2013: Parkside, SA
Public Forum: The Case Against Compulsory Income Management
(With Barbara Shaw)
"This is the next SIMPla (Stop Income Management in Playford)
event, with Barbara Shaw from the NT, who spoke
so powerfully in February about her five years on
compulsory income management, as the guest speaker."
Event details: https://www.facebook.com/SIMPlaStopIncomeManagementinPlayford
WGAR Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-northern-territory-...
WGAR Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-stronger-futures-new-nt...

Event: Tue 23 April 2013: CBD Sydney, NSW
Hicky and Bowraville Families to see Attorney-General
Event details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Redfern-Waterloo/message/7134

Event: Wed 24 April 2013: Canberra, ACT
Canberra Anzac Eve Peace Vigil 2013
"With each successive Vigil on the eve of Anzac Day,
our contemplation of the sufferings in Australia’s war
involvements is deepening, with particular recognition
and sorrow for the ongoing trauma to Aboriginal peoples
in the wake of Australia’s Frontier Wars; ...
This year, a ceremonial focus is the kindling of the
Peace Fire at the Aboriginal Memorial, embers of
which will light the lanterns and Welcome to Country
ceremony at the top of Mt. Ainslie, light the community
gathering and smoking ceremony at Remembrance Park,
and light the walkers’ way to the all-night Peace Vigil
at the end of Anzac Parade."
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/canberra-anzac-eve-peace-vigil-2013

Event: 24 April 2013: ANU, Canberra, ACT
Influencing policies on youth and petrol sniffing:
The work of CAYLUS
Presented by: Tristan Ray, Co-manager of CAYLUS
CAEPR Seminar
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Australian National University
"The Central Australian Youth Link Up Service (CAYLUS)
is a regional substance misuse prevention project
based at Tangentyere Council in Alice Springs.
Now in its eleventh year, CAYLUS has been involved
in the development and rollout of Opal fuel as a
supply reduction measure to counter petrol sniffing,
and in the implementation of community based youth
development programs to improve quality of life for
young people in Central Australia."
Event details: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/13/Seminar-Topics%E2%80%94Series-1/24_4...
Current CAEPR seminars: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/seminars.php

Event: Thu 25 April 2013: Redfern, Sydney, NSW
2013 - Redfern ANZAC Day March and
Commemorative Service
Honouring our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Servicemen and Servicewomen
Event details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Redfern-Waterloo/message/7135

Event: 27, 28 April 2013: Canberra, ACT
National Corroboree
* Bringing our warriors together * Uniting our strength ~
* Asserting our sovereignty * Stepping up the fight
First Nations Gathering - All Welcome
* workshops * men’s circle * women’s circle * youth circle
Aboriginal Tent Embassy Canberra
Event details: http://brisbaneblacksmonthly.weebly.com/upcoming-events.html
Event details: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/images/2013/gatherings/corroboree.jpg

Event: Thu 2 May 2013: Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic
Next Public Meeting:
Indigenous Social Justice Association - Melbourne:
http://www.isja-msg.com/index.htm
"During 2013, ISJA will meet the
first Thursday of every month."
Event details: http://www.isja-msg.com/coming_events.htm
Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/53659

Event: Fri 3 May 2013: Geelong, Vic
Book Launch: A Decision to Discriminate
Aboriginal Disempowerment in the Northern Territory
Speakers:
Auntie Betty Pike, Elder Aboriginal Catholic Ministry
Michele Harris, 'concerned Australians'
"This new book is an important historical record
that focuses on the Senate Committee Inquiry
into the Stronger Futures legislation. It shows
how the Government decision-making process
chose to ignore the views and ideas expressed
by many Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory
communities in much the same way as has
happened since colonisation."
Event details: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/ADTD_booklaunches.html#Geelong
'A Decision to Discriminate' is a 'concerned Australians' publication
'A Decision to Discriminate' Order Form: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/media/ADTD_Order_Form.pdf
'concerned Australians' Homepage: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#ADTD
'A Decision to Discriminate' Book Reviews:
http://www.southsydneyherald.com.au/a-decision-to-discriminate-book-review/
http://crosslight.org.au/2013/03/31/stronger-futures-or-just-stronger-me...
http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/ca/ADTD-book-review-20...
http://acmsydney.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/review-of-a-decision-to-discri...
http://www.sydneycatholic.org/news/latest_news/2012/2012115_91.shtml
http://overland.org.au/blogs/loudspeaker/2012/10/stronger-futures-and-ab...
'A Decision to Discriminate' Audio Interviews:
[scroll down page] http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#ADTD
http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=9818
WGAR Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-northern-territory-...
WGAR Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-stronger-futures-new-nt...

Event: Fri 3 May 2013: Adelaide, SA
148th Justice and Peace Candle Light Walk
around Government House
Gather at dusk on the first Friday of the month
(except January and February)
"Join us on the Candle Light Walk to
call for a Treaty and Bill of Rights, and
to support the Ngarrindjeri and all other
Aboriginal people and the Stolen Generations,
their families and communities left behind,
in their call for Peace and Justice."
Event details: http://antarsa.auspics.org.au/
Background to the Candle Light Walk: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~rmclc/CandleLightWalkHistory.htm

Event: 7 April until 4 May 2013: Forrest, Canberra, ACT
Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud
Canberra Opening Sun 7 April 2013
Photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara
Curated By Judith Crispin
To be opened by special guest speaker:
Ms Penny Phillips, Manuwangku (Muckaty) Traditional Owner
Venue: Manning Clark House Gallery: http://manningclark.org.au/
Gallery Opening Hours:
Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm
"Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud is a
series of photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara
presenting the community and country around Muckaty,
120 kilometres north of Tennant Creek in the NT."
"For over five years this area has been the focus
of federal government pressure as a site to
dump radioactive waste. The federal plan is
deeply unpopular and is being actively opposed."
"Sri Lankan photographer Jagath Dheerasekara
received the Amnesty International Human Rights
Innovation Grant 2010 and has developed the
exhibition as a collaborative project with the
Beyond Nuclear Initiative and Muckaty Traditional Owners."
"Please support this important campaign by
attending the Canberra opening and considering
a donation to assist with costs for Penny Phillips
to travel from Tennant Creek."
jagath dheerasekara photographs and story: http://jd.photoshelter.com/gallery/Manuwangku-Under-the-Nuclear-Cloud-NT...
jagath dheerasekara homepage: http://jd.photoshelter.com/index
Essay in burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/03/jagath-dheerasekara-manuwangk...
Interviews with Manawangku traditional owners Isobel Phillips & Doris Kelly: http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=10023
Beyond Nuclear Initiative (BNI) homepage: http://beyondnuclearinitiative.com/
Amnesty International Australia: http://www.amnesty.org.au/indigenous-rights
Event details: http://www.facebook.com/events/171018886384500/
Event details: http://manningclark.org.au/event/manuwangku-under-nuclear-cloud
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/actsnsw/event/31455/
Event details: https://www.facebook.com/events/505240856205148/
'Red dirt exhibition raises red flag in Canberra' Media Release 4 Apr 13: http://beyondnuclearinitiative.com/2013/04/05/nuclear-waste-in-the-spotl...
WGAR Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump in NT: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-proposed-muckaty-nu...

Event: Ongoing: Canberra, ACT
Exhibition now showing:
First Australians - Resistance
"The lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples were profoundly changed by the arrival
of British colonists in 1788. Lives were lost
and land taken as the colonisers attempted to
impose new social, economic and religious
orders. ... "
"Indigenous people responded in a variety of ways.
Some fought back with weapons. Others
developed different strategies to survive this
new and hostile presence."
"Here we present four of these stories."
National Museum of Australia
Event details: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/first_australians/resistance

Event: 4 until 29 May 2013: Yeelirrie to Leonora, WA
Walkatjurra Walkabout - Yeelirrie to Leonora
"The walk will continue to be a celebration of
Wangkatja country, a testament to the strength
of the community who have fought to stop
uranium mining at Yeelirrie for over forty years,
and a chance to come together and continue
to share our commitment to a sustainable
future without nuclear. It is a chance to
reconnect with the land, and to revive the
tradition of walking for country."
Flyer: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/images/2013/gatherings/walkatjurra-wa...
Flyer: http://walkingforcountry.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/2013walk.pdf
Event details: http://walkingforcountry.com/2013/02/18/walkatjurra-walkabout-dates-anno...

Event: Tue 7 May 2013: Newtown, Sydney, NSW
Special public mtg: Racism and Police Brutality - panel discussion
Socialist Alternative: http://www.sa.org.au/index.php
Event details: http://www.sa.org.au/index.php?view=details&id=716%3Aspecial-public-mtg-...

Event: 8 May 2013: ANU, Canberra, ACT
Indigenous Media: Why one size doesn’t fit all
Presented by: Daniel Featherstone
CAEPR Seminar
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Australian National University
"I will propose an alternate model for program planning
and delivery that recognises the diversity of Indigenous
Australia, accommodates local context, needs and planning,
and involves the recipient community as a primary
stakeholder in both the decision-making process
and evaluation of the outcomes."
Event details: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/13/Seminar-Topics%E2%80%94Series-1/08_5...
Current CAEPR seminars: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/seminars.php

Event: Mon 13 May 2013: Mona Vale, Northern Sydney, NSW
What’s really going on?
An update on NT Intervention
with Jeff McMullen and Graeme Mundine
"Our guest speakers will give an update on the
NT Intervention, as it is still going on via
Stronger Futures, and will do so for at
least another nine and a half years."
"Special presentation of the book,
"A Decision to Discriminate:
Aboriginal Disempowerment in the Northern Territory",
which will be on sale. The message in this
book is highly important and vital."
"This new book is an important historical record
that focuses on the Senate Committee Inquiry
into the Stronger Futures legislation. It shows
how the Government decision-making process
chose to ignore the views and ideas expressed
by many Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory
communities in much the same way as has
happened since colonisation."
The event is part of the Guringai Festival 2013
Hosted by ASG-MWP: http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/NT_Intervention/Guring...
Flyer: http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/NT_Intervention/Update...
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.respectandlisten.org/
Event details: http://www.facebook.com/events/605210496175336/
Event details: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/ADTD_booklaunches.html#Mona_Vale
'A Decision to Discriminate' is a 'concerned Australians' publication
'A Decision to Discriminate' Order Form: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/media/ADTD_Order_Form.pdf
'concerned Australians' Homepage: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#ADTD
'A Decision to Discriminate' Book reviews:
http://www.southsydneyherald.com.au/a-decision-to-discriminate-book-review/
http://crosslight.org.au/2013/03/31/stronger-futures-or-just-stronger-me...
http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/ca/ADTD-book-review-20...
http://acmsydney.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/review-of-a-decision-to-discri...
http://www.sydneycatholic.org/news/latest_news/2012/2012115_91.shtml
http://overland.org.au/blogs/loudspeaker/2012/10/stronger-futures-and-ab...
'A Decision to Discriminate' Audio Interviews:
[scroll down page] http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#ADTD
http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=9818
WGAR Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-northern-territory-...
WGAR Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-stronger-futures-new-nt...

Event: 15 May 2013: ANU, Canberra, ACT
The value of qualitative data for articulating
the social impacts of native title
Presented by: Pam McGrath
CAEPR Seminar
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Australian National University
"I argue that although qualitative research on its own
has limited strategic value given the short
timeframes of many legal reform agendas,
when conducted over time as part of a longer-term
strategic partnership with native title organisations,
qualitative data can provide crucial insights into
social experience that have the potential to shift
entrenched assumptions of policy makers."
Event details: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/13/Seminar-Topics%E2%80%94Series-1/15_5...
Current CAEPR seminars: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/seminars.php

Event: 18 and 19 May 2013: Brisbane, Qld
National Treaty Talks
"One year on from the Police Invasion at Musgrave Park,
Brisbane ... the denial of Sovereign Rignts"
Key note speakers confirmed so far:
Michael Mansell, Robert Thorpe, Michael Anderson,
Fred Hooper, Marshall Bell, Wayne Wharton,
Gracelyn Smallwood, Alec Doomadgee and Murrandoo Yanner
Flyer: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/images/2013/gatherings/national-treat...
Event details: http://treatyrepublic.net/

Event: 22 May 2013: ANU, Canberra, ACT
Canberra fantasies, remote Indigenous subjects
and whites in Alice Springs: An anthropological view
Presented by: Åse Ottosson
CAEPR Seminar
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Australian National University
"Regional service towns like Alice Springs are
important but often overlooked urban settings
for research on the transformation and reorganisation
of relations among Indigenous and non-Indigenous
people from a rich diversity of backgrounds."
"Drawing on twelve years of ongoing residence,
anthropological research and work in Central Australia,
I will discuss how this makes towns like Alice Springs
rich, but also tricky, environments for policy-relevant
ethnographic research."
Event details: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/13/Seminar-Topics%E2%80%94Series-1/22_5...
Current CAEPR seminars: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/seminars.php

Event: 25 May to 16 Jun 2013: Queensland
Play: Mother Courage and Her Children
Presented By QPAC & Queensland Theatre Company
"Bertolt Brecht's epic morality tale about the
ravages of war is given a unique twist by
Queensland Theatre Company Artistic Director
Wesley Enoch and Paula Nazarski in a
dazzling new translation."
"With an all-Indigenous cast, this fresh spin on
Brecht's play delicately folds in themes of
land ownership, the impact of mining
and the stolen generation."
Event details: http://www.qpac.com.au/event/Mother_Courage_13.aspx
Event details: [scroll to bottom of page] http://antarqld.org.au/node/219

Event: 25 January - 25 May 2013: Canberra, ACT
Centenary of Canberra celebrates First Australians
"As we celebrate Canberra's 100th birthday in 2013,
we recognise Aboriginal people's continuing connection
to this place, a connection that spans some 20,000 years."
Event details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/actindnetwork/message/20210

Event: 26 May 2013: various locations in Australia
National Sorry Day
"National Sorry Day offers the Community the opportunity
to acknowledge the impact of the policies spanning more
than 150 years of forcible removal of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander children from their families."
"The first National Sorry Day was held on 26 May 1998
following the 1997 Commission report 'Bringing Them Home'
which recommended that a national day of observance be declared."
Event details: http://www.nsdc.org.au
Event details: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/news/events/national-sorry-day
Background: http://www.nsdc.org.au/events-info/the-history-of-national-sorry-day
Background: http://antar.org.au/reports/sorry-day-a-reminder-unfinished-business

Event: 27 May until 3 June 2013: various locations in Australia
National Reconciliation Week
Event details: http://www.reconciliation.org.au
Event details: http://www.reconciliation.org.au/home/projects/national-reconciliation-week

Event: 29 May 2013: ANU, Canberra, ACT
Assisting and supporting Aboriginal Australians
following critical incidents and trauma:
Can Psychological First Aid be suitably adapted
to meet the needs of Aboriginal communities?
Presented by: Len Kanowski
CAEPR Seminar
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Australian National University
"This seminar will discuss plans to investigate
the suitability of existing PFA [Psychological First Aid]
approaches for Aboriginal Australians;
propose that we must continue to exercise caution
against the use of generic western psychological
interventions across different cultural groups;
and emphasise the need for culturally informed
approaches to psychological intervention and support."
Event details: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/13/Seminar-Topics%E2%80%94Series-1/29_5...
Current CAEPR seminars: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/seminars.php

Event: 3 June 2013: various locations in Australia
Mabo Day
Event details: http://www.mabonativetitle.com/home.shtml
NIRS: Sam Watson says Mabo Day a better day for national celebration:
http://www.nirs.org.au/news/latest-news/7719-sam-watson-says-mabo-day-a-...
WGAR Background to Mabo and Native Title: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/07/02/background-to-mabo-and-native-title

Event: 3 - 5 June 2013: Alice Springs, NT
National Native Title Conference 2013:
Shaping the Future
This year’s themes include,
The Native Title Act 20 years on and where to from here?
"The Native Title Research Unit co-hosts the
Annual National Native Title Conference.
The conference is co-hosted by a native title
representative body (NTRB) and permission is sought
from local traditional owners to hold the
conference in their country."
"The conference engages with native title as
an active agenda for justice for people and country
- both before and after the outcome of native title
determination, and within the broader compass
of traditional ownership."
Event details: http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/ntru/ntc13.html
Event details: http://www.clc.org.au/articles/info/national-native-title-conference-ali...
Event summary: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=985&si=0&mi=3&yi=2013
Event summary: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/events/index.html
WGAR Background to Mabo and Native Title: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/07/02/background-to-mabo-and-native-title

Event: 4 to 6 June 2013: Cairns, Qld
SNAICC’s Fifth National Conference
For Our Children: Living and Learning Together
Organised by SNAICC:
Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
Keynote Speakers:
* Marta Maurás Perez (Chile)
* Cindy Blackstock (Canada)
* Assoc. Prof. Cynthia Kiro (New Zealand) - of Maori descent
* Prof. Judy Atkinson - a Jiman and Bundjalung woman
* Kathy Guthadjaka (Gotha) - a Gatjirrk Warramiri woman
living at Gawa (north-east Arnhem Land)
"The SNAICC National Conference is the largest
conference of its type in the southern hemisphere
and provides the opportunity for Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander organisations, policy makers,
researchers, government representatives, other
non-government organisations and industry
representatives to gather and make renewed
commitments to Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander children."
Keynote Speakers: http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/fx-view-article.cfm?loadref=32&id=931
Event details: http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/dsp-default.cfm?loadref=67
Event details: http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/fx-view-article.cfm?loadref=32&id=965
SNAICC News: http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/fx-view-article.cfm?loadref=32&id=1044
SNAICC News: http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/fx-view-article.cfm?loadref=32&id=1032

Event: Fri 7 June 2013: Adelaide, SA
149th Justice and Peace Candle Light Walk
around Government House
Gather at dusk on the first Friday of the month
(except January and February)
"Join us on the Candle Light Walk to
call for a Treaty and Bill of Rights, and
to support the Ngarrindjeri and all other
Aboriginal people and the Stolen Generations,
their families and communities left behind,
in their call for Peace and Justice."
Event details: http://antarsa.auspics.org.au/
Background to the Candle Light Walk: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~rmclc/CandleLightWalkHistory.htm

Event: Tue 11 June 2013: Ryde, Sydney, NSW
Book Launch: A Decision to Discriminate
Aboriginal Disempowerment in the Northern Territory
Launched by: Graeme Mundine
"This event is part of the Guringai Festival 2013
and includes a screening of the film 'Our Generation'"
"This new book is an important historical record
that focuses on the Senate Committee Inquiry
into the Stronger Futures legislation. It shows
how the Government decision-making process
chose to ignore the views and ideas expressed
by many Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory
communities in much the same way as has
happened since colonisation."
Event details: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/ADTD_booklaunches.html#Ryde
'A Decision to Discriminate' is a 'concerned Australians' publication
'A Decision to Discriminate' Order Form: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/media/ADTD_Order_Form.pdf
'concerned Australians' Homepage: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#ADTD
'A Decision to Discriminate' Book Reviews:
http://www.southsydneyherald.com.au/a-decision-to-discriminate-book-review/
http://crosslight.org.au/2013/03/31/stronger-futures-or-just-stronger-me...
http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/ca/ADTD-book-review-20...
http://acmsydney.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/review-of-a-decision-to-discri...
http://www.sydneycatholic.org/news/latest_news/2012/2012115_91.shtml
http://overland.org.au/blogs/loudspeaker/2012/10/stronger-futures-and-ab...
'A Decision to Discriminate' Audio Interviews:
[scroll down page] http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#ADTD
http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=9818
About 'Our Generation' Film: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about
'Our Generation' Film Reviews: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/09/24/our-generation-film-reviews
WGAR Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-northern-territory-...
WGAR Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-stronger-futures-new-nt...

Event: Fri 5 July 2013: Adelaide, SA
150th Justice and Peace Candle Light Walk
around Government House
Gather at dusk on the first Friday of the month
(except January and February)
"Join us on the Candle Light Walk to
call for a Treaty and Bill of Rights, and
to support the Ngarrindjeri and all other
Aboriginal people and the Stolen Generations,
their families and communities left behind,
in their call for Peace and Justice."
Event details: http://antarsa.auspics.org.au/
Background to the Candle Light Walk: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~rmclc/CandleLightWalkHistory.htm

Event: 7 to 14 July 2013: various locations in Australia
National NAIDOC Week
The focus city for National NAIDOC celebrations is Perth
Event details: http://www.naidoc.org.au/

Event: 4 August 2013: various locations in Australia
National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day (NAICD)
This year’s theme is: Right Here, Right Now. Our Rights Matter.
Event details: http://www.snaicc.org.au/
Event details: http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/fx-view-article.cfm?loadref=32&id=1043

Event: 6-14 August 2013:
North of Broome on the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, WA
The Lurujarri Dreaming Trail
Walk the Trail with us in 2013
As of 19 Apr 13: "Bookings for 2013 Lurujarri Heritage Trails in August now open
6-14 July: fully booked
17-25 July: fully booked
6-14 August: taking bookings
17-25 August: fully booked"
"In 1987, Paddy Roe initiated the Lurujarri Heritage
Trail as a trigger to encourage the members of the
Goolarabooloo community to be walking the Country
again, as had always been done; to conserve;
renew and stay connected with their heritage and
traditional skills and to keep the same alive for
generations to come. He also sought to wake up
non-Aboriginal people to a relationship with the land;
to foster trust; friendship and empathy between the
indigenous community and the wider Australian
and International communities."
Event details: http://www.goolarabooloo.org.au/lurujarri.html
Event details: http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/lurujarri-heritage-walkin...
WGAR Background to the Walmadan Tent Embassy, WA: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/02/walmadan-tent-embassy-james-price-poi...

Event: 9 August 2013: various locations internationally
International Day of the World's Indigenous People
International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2005 - 2015
Event details: [scroll down page] http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/indigenous-peop...
Event details: http://www.un.org/en/events/

Event: 28 September 2013: Melbourne, Vic
Melbourne - Thirty Years But Still No Justice!
National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal deaths in custody!
Remember John Pat and the hundreds
who have died in custody since!
"Support these demands made by John Pat’s mother,
Mavis Pat:
* An apology from the WA government for my son’s death in custody
* An ex-gratia payment as compensation
* That the police officers involved need to be brought to
account and a re-opening of the coronial inquiry
into my son’s death ... "
Organised by:
Indigenous Social Justice Association - Melbourne
Event details: http://isja-msg.com/coming_events.htm
Event details: http://www.facebook.com/events/232079390250476/

Event: 10 December 2013: various locations internationally
UN International Human Rights Day
Event details: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/education/commemorate_hr_day/index.html
Event details: http://www.un.org/en/events/

Event: 20 December 2013: various locations internationally
UN International Human Solidarity Day
Event details: http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/international-human-solidarity-day
Event details: http://www.un.org/en/events/humansolidarityday/

Event: 26 January 2014: various locations in Australia
Sovereignty Day / Invasion Day / Survival Day / Day of Mourning
Event details: http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/history/australia-day-...
Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/46475
Event details: http://www.atsisupport.org.au/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=223015

Event: 13 February 2014: various locations in Australia
National Apology Day
Event details: http://www.nsdc.org.au/events-info/the-apology-to-australias-indigenous-...
Event summary: http://www.atsisupport.org.au/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=223021

Event: 21 March 2014: various locations internationally
UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Event details: http://www.un.org/en/events/racialdiscriminationday/
Event details: http://www.un.org/en/events/

Event: 21 March 2014: various locations in Australia
National Close the Gap Day
Event summary: http://www.atsisupport.org.au/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=223027
Event details: http://humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/health/index.html
Event details: https://www.oxfam.org.au/explore/indigenous-australia/close-the-gap