Sydney events:
What does the Liberal Party ascendency mean for Aboriginal affairs? +
Celebrate the Kimberley in Sydney: meet Traditional Owners from Arnhem Land +
Arnhem Land Traditional Owners in Sydney: Protest Action +
Women's Reconciliation Network forum on recognition
Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary
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Event: Mon 15 July 2013: Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
Now in government in the NT, tipped to win Federal election...
What does the Liberal Party ascendency mean for Aboriginal affairs?:
STICS Special Meeting - Sydney
Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney
"Now in government in the NT, tipped to win Federal election...
What does the Liberal Party ascendency mean for Aboriginal affairs?
In July 2012 the Country Liberals won the NT elections on the
back of a huge swing by Aboriginal voters in remote communities.
Country Liberal candidates capitalised on anger with the
disempowerment that resulted from the NT Intervention and local
government ‘reforms’. However, since taking office the CLP have
implemented draconian policies that will criminalise alcoholism
and they have also pushed for adoption of "neglected" Indigenous
children. ... "
Event details: http://www.stoptheintervention.org/
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/what-does-the-liberal-party-ascendency-mean-for-...
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/07/10/liberal-party-now-in-government-in-th...
Event: 18 July 2013: Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
Celebrate the Kimberley in Sydney
The Wilderness Society Sydney
"April 12, 2013 will be remembered as one of the greatest
environmental victories Australia has ever seen!
You’re invited to an evening of music and dance performances
to celebrate the success of the historic Kimberley campaign.
You’ll also have the opportunity to meet Traditional Owners
from Arnhem Land who are facing their own battle to
protect their sea country from oil and gas mining."
Article related to this event: Traditional owners bringing gas protest to Sydney: http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/54497
Event details: http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/kimberley/celebrate-the-kimberley
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.respectandlisten.org/kimberley.html
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/sydney-actions-with-arnhem-land-traditional-owne...
WGAR Background to Save the Kimberley: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/11/22/wgar-news-background-to-the-save-the-...
Event: Fri 19 July 2013: Sydney, NSW
Arnhem Land Traditional Owners in Sydney: 17-19th July 2013
Protest Action at Paltar HQ
"5 Amazing Traditional Owners from Arnhem Land are coming
to Sydney to raise awareness and garner support on their
mission to stop Paltar Petroleum from drilling in their sea country,
just off the coast of the Northern Territory. We’re lucky to have
them at speak at the Kimberley celebration on the 18th, and
then on the Friday afterwards, we’ll be gathering outside Paltar
HQ in Martin Place sending the message that the Wilderness
Society supports the TOs, rejects Paltar’s attempts to drill
offshore and get media attention on the issue."
Article about this event: Traditional owners bringing gas protest to Sydney: http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/54497
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.respectandlisten.org/kimberley.html
Event details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Redfern-Waterloo/message/7182
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/07/09/traditional-owners-seek-your-assistan...
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/sydney-actions-with-arnhem-land-traditional-owne...
Event: Thu 18 July 2013: Paddington, Sydney, NSW
Women's Reconciliation Network forum on recognition
Exploring Perspectives:
Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
* Linda Burney MP
* Gary Highland, Nat'l Director, ANTaR
* Aunty Millie Ingram, Wiradjuri Elder
followed by Panel Q&A
Flyer: http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/Misc/WRN-Forum-on-Reco...
Event details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Redfern-Waterloo/message/7179
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/womens-reconciliation-network-forum-on-recognition
Event: Thu 11 to 25 July 2013: Sydney Trades Hall, NSW
Social Fabric: Banners from the Northern Territory 2010-2013
An installation by Chips Mackinolty in Sydney Trades Hall
Opening by Nicole Foreshew, artist Thu 11 July 2013
Artist talk: Friday 12 July with Djon Mundine
Venue: Sydney Trades Hall
"Social Fabric, a splendid installation of banners ...
encourages and cajoles individual action as it claims
public space for Aboriginal and alternative cultures,
ideas and economies."
Event details: http://www.crossart.com.au/index.php/social-fabric-banners-from-the-nort...
Event details: http://www.crossart.com.au/images/stories/exhibitions/xap75chips/chipsba...
Event: Sat 27 July 2013: Darlington, Sydney, NSW
Sydney Launch of the National Stop Deaths in Custody Coalition
Deaths in Custody Forum
"This is a part of the nationally coordinated response to
stop all deaths in custody. This event is also the Sydney
launch of the National Day of Action on September 28th,
2013 on the 30th Anniversary of the Aboriginal death in
custody of John Pat by the Roebourne police in WA in 1983."
Organised by the Indigenous Social Justice Association
Speakers: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Redfern-Waterloo/message/7183
Event details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Redfern-Waterloo/message/7174
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/sydney-launch-of-the-national-stop-deaths-in-cus...
Event details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Redfern-Waterloo/attachments/folder/955431...
Event: 31 May to 31 July 2013: North Sydney, NSW
Guringai Festival
"Founded in 2001, the Guringai Festival aims to raise awareness
of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the
Northern Sydney region. The festival usually starts on Sorry
Day 26 May and goes through to the end of NAIDOC Week,
the second week in July each year."
"The festival involves 11 Councils and numerous reconciliation
and community groups. Events include workshops, art
exhibitions, performances, films and talks."
Event details: http://www.guringaifestival.com.au/GuringaiBooklet2013_9April%20LR.pdf
Event: 27 June - 1 August 2013: Eveleigh, Sydney, NSW
Koori Radio 93.7FM and Carriageworks present:
Live and Deadly:
20 years of the Gadigal Information Service
"For 20 years Gadigal Information Service
(incorporating Koori Radio 93.7FM) has been
broadcasting the news and views of Aboriginal
Australia from its home in Redfern. From Keating’s
Redfern Speech to The Apology; from the Redfern
riots to Mabo’s victory and the ongoing life of
The Block, all the iconic moments have been
captured from the streets. Black voices and song,
continue to ring out across Australia. Join Gadigal
Information Service and Carriageworks as we
celebrate 20 years of this ground breaking community
organisation in an exhibition that combines personal
archives, film works, radio recordings and photography."
Event details: http://www.carriageworks.com.au/?page=Event&event=LIVE-AND-DEADLY
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1064&si=0&mi=7&yi=2013
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1065&si=0&mi=7&yi=2013
Event: Wed 7 August 2013: Parramatta, Sydney, NSW
Building Bridges 2013 - every Wednesday in August
Donna Meehan: The Story of a Stolen Child
Glen Klatosvky: Kimberley Gas Hub: For and Against
Organised by Reconciliation for Western Sydney: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/index.php
"Donna Meehan was taken from her family in the 1960s.
Unlike many stolen children, who were sent to institutions,
Donna was fostered by a caring white couple who
encouraged her to find her natural mother.
What happened next will amaze you."
"Glen Klatovsky is the National Kimberley campaigner for
The Wilderness Society. Glen has been an active environmentalist
for 20 years and has worked closely with Indigenous
organisations and individuals across many regions."
Event details: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/index.php/building-bridges-2013
Brochure: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/images/downloads/building_bridge...
WGAR Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/11/22/wgar-news-background-to-the-save-the-...
Event: 8 August 2013: The Rocks, Sydney, NSW
UN International Day of the World's Indigenous People 2013
Museum of Contemporary Art MCA Galleries
"Join us to celebrate the United Nations (UN)
International Day of the Worlds Indigenous People.
Hear spoken word performance in the MCA Galleries
by Aboriginal performer Gumaroy and others,
followed by a panel discussion highlighting the importance
of this day through the unique perspectives of
Aboriginal Australia."
Event details: http://www.mca.com.au/events/un-discussion-performance-2013/6630/
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
"The United Nations’ (UN) International Day of the World's
Indigenous People is observed on August 9 each year to
promote and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous
population. This event also recognizes the achievements
and contributions that indigenous people make to
improve world issues such as environmental protection."
Event details: http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/international-day-indigenous-people
Event details: [scroll down page] http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/indigenous-peop...
Event details: http://www.un.org/en/events/
Event: 2 July to 11 August 2013: Sydney, NSW
Richard Bell's 'The Dinner Party' Premieres at Artspace
"Artspace is pleased to announce a significant solo
exhibition of work by Brisbane-based artist and
provocateur Richard Bell. Imagining Victory will
premiere Bell's newest work The Dinner Party."
Event details: http://www.artspace.org.au/resources_media.php?y=2013&i=24
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1046&si=0&mi=7&yi=2013
Event: Wed 14 August 2013: Parramatta, Sydney, NSW
Building Bridges 2013 - every Wednesday in August
Ros Kidd: Stolen Wages: Queensland's Shame
Paddy Gibson: NT Emergency Response/Stronger Futures
Organised by Reconciliation for Western Sydney: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/index.php
"Ros Kidd spent years following the paper trail
tracking down 'disappeared' money stolen from personal
Aboriginal bank accounts in Queensland.
It's hard to believe that around $500 million was
misappropriated by police and government officials."
"Paddy Gibson is an organiser with Stop the Intervention
Collective Sydney (STICS) and has studied the impact on
those in the 'prescribed communities'. Since 2008 he has
been a researcher for the UTS Jumbunna House of Learning."
"While the Federal Government's 2008 apology was seen as
overwhelmingly positive, the Northern Territory Intervention
(the so-called Emergency Response) has created much
controversy especially since it has been extended for
another 10 years."
Event details: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/index.php/building-bridges-2013
Brochure: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/images/downloads/building_bridge...
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: Sun 18 August 2013: UTS, Sydney, NSW
Keep Left 2013 Conference:
"Two days of discussion, debate and ideas to change a world in crisis."
Marcia Langton and the politics of the new assimilation
Paddy Gibson, Sue Gillett
Event summary: http://www.solidarity.net.au/active/keep-left-2013/
Event details: http://www.keepleft.info/full-timetable/
Event details: http://www.keepleft.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Timetable3.jpg
Conference Background: http://www.keepleft.info/
Event: 20 August 2013: Sydney, NSW
Sydney Ideas
- The Call for Recognition of the Australian South Sea Islander Peoples:
A Human Rights issue for a 'Forgotten People'
Co-presented with Macleay Museum,
Australian South Sea Islanders Port Jackson (ASSI.PJ) and
Australian Association for Pacific Studies (AAPS)
"2013 marks 150 years since the first of 55,000 Pacific Islander
labourer's (known as Australian South Sea Islanders or ‘ASSI’)
were brought to Australia. Between 1863-1901, thousands
come, partly by kidnapping and in slave-like conditions to
develop the sugar cane, pastoral and maritime industries."
"The forum will be opened by ASSI.PJ patron Mrs Bonita Mabo AO."
Panelists:
* Emelda Davis (Moderator)
* The Hon. Alex Greenwich MP
* Jeff McMullen
* Shireen Mallamoo
* Professor Clive Moore
* Matt Nagas
* Professor Gracelyn Smallwood AO
Venue: Sydney Law School
Event details: http://whatson.sydney.edu.au/events/published/the-call-for-recognition-o...
Event details: http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2013/the_call_for_recognition...
Event: Wed 21 August 2013: Parramatta, Sydney, NSW
Building Bridges 2013 - every Wednesday in August
Ray Minniecon: The Kinchela Boys Home: Its legacy
Megan Williams: Justice Re-investment for young Aborigines
Organised by Reconciliation for Western Sydney: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/index.php
"Ray Minniecon is a Kabi Kabi man with a theological degree
from a WA University. Ray has worked tirelessly for many years assisting
men, who as young boys, were taken to the notorious Kinchela
boys Home where many were brutally treated."
"Megan Williams is a lecturer in the Muri Marra Indigenous
Health Unit, School of Public Health & Community Medicine,
UNSW. She has a background in health service delivery
including in articipatory action & community advocacy."
Event details: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/index.php/building-bridges-2013
Brochure: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/images/downloads/building_bridge...
WGAR Background to Justice Reinvestment: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/12/17/background-to-aboriginal-imprisonment...
Event: 6 May - 25 August 2013: Sydney, NSW
Exhibition: Black on White: Belinda Mason
"The project began as Yolngu on Balanda (central Arnhem
Land language group) back in 2008 when Djammarr Djordila
and photographer Belinda Mason travelled to remote
communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, at the
first anniversary of the Australian Government’s Intervention
Policy, to hear community reactions and ask them to
record a visual record of their opinion."
Presented in association with Head On Photo Festival
Event details: http://headon.com.au/event/black-white
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1047&si=0&mi=7&yi=2013
Event: Wed 28 August 2013: Parramatta, Sydney, NSW
Building Bridges 2013 - every Wednesday in August
Steven Ross: Helping Communities achieve their aims
Jody Broun: Congress: The Task that lies ahead
Organised by Reconciliation for Western Sydney: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/index.php
"Steven Ross is Parramatta Council's Aboriginal &
Torres Strait Islander Community Project Officer.
He spent 2 years as Arts Coordinator for the Yarkuwa
Indigenous Knowledge Centre Deniliquin and 6 years
with the Murray Lower Darling Rivers Ind. Nations."
"Jody Broun, Congress Co-Chair, is a Yindjibarndi woman
from the Pilbara. She has spent 30 years in senior public
service positions serving First Nations peoples including as
Director General of the NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs."
Event details: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/index.php/building-bridges-2013
Brochure: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/images/downloads/building_bridge...
WGAR Background to National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/05/05/background-to-the-national-congress-o...
Event: Sat 5 October 2013: Byron Bay, NSW
Boomerang Festival
Speaker: Larissa Behrendt
"Larissa is the Professor of Law and Director of
Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of
Learning at UTS and a practicing barrister.
Award winning novelist she has also published
numerous text books on Indigenous legal issues
and written on human rights, property law, Indigenous
rights, dispute resolution and Aboriginal women’s issues."
Event details: http://www.boomerangfestival.com.au/schedule/detail.aspx?ArtistID=33
Speakers: http://www.boomerangfestival.com.au/schedule/?DayID=5
Boomerang Festival: http://www.boomerangfestival.com.au/
Event: 17 October 2013: University of Sydney, NSW
Dr Charles Perkins AO Annual Memorial Oration
Guest Speaker - Shane Phillips - CEO - Tribal Warrior Association
Topic - Youth in our community
"The University [of Sydney], in consultation with the Koori Centre,
believed it would be fitting to name the Oration in honour of the
University’s first Indigenous graduate, Dr Charles Perkins AO.
The Dr Charles Perkins AO Annual Memorial Oration was
established with the full support of the Perkins family and in
acknowledgement of Dr Perkins’ tireless dedication to
human rights and social justice for Indigenous Australians."
"Prior to Shane's appointment as Chief Executive Officer of
the Tribal Warrior Association, his career included roles
working with young people in child protection, juvenile justice
and the law, including working with the Royal Commission
into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody as a community liaison
officer under the Honourable Justice Hal Wooten. ... "
Event details: http://whatson.sydney.edu.au/events/published/annual-dr-charles-perkins-...
Event: 6 and 7 November 2013: Coffs Harbour, NSW
AbSec's 'Strong Sector Connected Kids' 2013 Conference
Aboriginal Child, Family & Community Care State Secretariat (NSW)
"The conference will cover the themes of:
* Child Protection
* Child Centred Approach
* Out-of-Home-Care
* Doing it Our Way"
"AbSec are calling for abstract submissions for the 2013
'Strong Sector Connected Kids' conference. Abstracts
must be relevant to one of the four conference themes.
The deadline for abstract submissions is August 9 2013."
Event details: http://www.absec.org.au/events/absec-conference.html
Event details: http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/fx-view-article.cfm?loadref=32&id=1118
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