WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 62 events from 17 August 2013

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Newsletter date: 16 August 2013

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

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Event: 17-25 August 2013:
North of Broome on the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, WA
The Lurujarri Dreaming Trail
Walk the Trail with us in 2013
As of 14 August 13:
"17-25 August: fully booked"
"Feel free to contact us if you would like to
get some more information or if you would like
to register your interest for the Lurujarri
Heritage Trail 2014."
"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: 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: 20-22 August 2013: Adelaide, SA
NACCHO National Aboriginal Primary Health Care Summit
"The inaugural summit, which goes for three days,
will bring health service professionals from around the country
together to discuss national, state and local best practice in
health management, and focus on three key themes:
primary health care, governance, and workforce."
Adelaide Convention Centre
Event details: http://nacchocommunique.com/2013/08/03/ten-great-reasons-why-you-should-...
WGAR News: Ten great reasons why you should not miss the NACCHO Aboriginal health summit in Adelaide:
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/14/wgar-news-ten-great-reasons-why-you-s...

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: 20 August 2013: South Bank, Qld
Jedda: A celebration of Charles Chauvel
"Come along to a free screening of Charles Chauvel’s most
infuential film, Jedda, to honour the Australian icon’s recent
induction into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame.
Jedda (1955), filmed in central Australia, tells the story of
Aboriginal teenage girl Jedda who is raised by a white
squatter family and desperately wants to learn about her
Aboriginal culture."
Venue: State Library of Queensland
Event details: http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/whats-on/calevents/general/films/jedda-a-celeb...
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1117&si=0&mi=8&yi=2013

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: 21 August 2013: ANU, Canberra, ACT
Values, voice and choice:
Western Arrernte outstation engagement in the Northern Territory Intervention
Presented by: Annie Kennedy
CAEPR Seminar
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Australian National University
"This study examined Indigenous engagement with the
state through the experience of Western Arrernte men
and women as they encountered three of the reforms
introduced under the Commonwealth’s contentious
2007 Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER). ... "
Event details: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/13/Seminar-Topics%E2%80%94Series-2/21_8...
Current CAEPR seminars: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/seminars.php

Event: Fri 23 August 2013: Bankstown, Sydney, NSW
Say NO to Government Income Management
Not in Bankstown, not in the NT, not Anywhere!
Stop the targeting of marginalised youth
Protest: Bankstown Station North Side - March to Centrelink
Speakers include:
* Barbara Shaw, Aboriginal leader from Alice Springs living on income management
* Representatives from the Say No to Government Income Management campaign coalition
* Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon
"Barbara Shaw, an Aboriginal leader from Alice Springs,
is traveling to Bankstown to speak out against income
management at the protest on August 23.
Barbara believes all targeted communities across Australia
need to unite to get rid of income management: ... "
[Ed. note: Barbara Shaw is standing for the Greens in the Federal election:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-12/rockabilly-royalty-adds-grunt-to-g... ]
Flyer (with event details): http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/Past%20Events/1...
Event summary: [scroll down page] http://www.stoptheintervention.org/
WGAR Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-northern-territory-...
WGAR Background to the 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-stronger-futures-new-nt...

Event: Fri 23 August 2013: Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic
An Evening with Ray Jackson
"Ray Jackson, president of the Indigenous Social Justice Association, is
visiting from Sydney. Ray is a Wiradjuri man, Indigenous rights activist and
all round fighter for the oppressed. He will share his experiences at a
dinner hosted by the Freedom Socialist Party."
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/an-evening-with-ray-jackson

Event: Sat 24 August 2013: Goodwood, Adelaide, SA
Fundraiser for Australia's First Nations Political Party candidate
"Australia's First Nations Political Party (AFNPP)
NT Senate candidate Rosalie Kunoth Monks"
"Now she says she has had enough, which is why she is
making this bid for the NT Senate on a platform of
Treaties and the rolling back of the Intervention.
These issues are relevant to all Australians."
Capri Theatre
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/14/fundraiser-in-adelaide-for-australias...
Australia's First Nations Political Party: http://australiasfirstnationspoliticalparty.com.au/
WGAR News: Australia's First Nations Political Party proudly announces pre-selection of candidates:
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/11/wgar-news-australias-first-nations-po...
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: 29 June to 24 (or 25?) August 2013: Various venues around Canberra, ACT
Windsongs & Waterlines - Where is, what is Wreck Bay?
"The Wreck Bay Community is the only Aboriginal Community
reserve in the ACT and is a closed community.
This exhibition will enable the wider public a rare
opportunity to visit and better understand Wreck Bay’s story.
For traditional owners this exhibition is an opportunity to
speak about culture and country and how as a community
Wreck Bay has culturally survived the past 100 years."
Event details: http://www.canberra100.com.au/calendar/view/393/windsongs-and-waterlines...
Event details: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uXNmYX82ho&feature=youtu.be
Event details: [scroll down page] http://antaract.wordpress.com/events/
Event details: [scroll down page] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/actindnetwork/message/20973
Event details: [scroll down page] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/actindnetwork/message/20972
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au/cmag/exhibitions.html
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.tuggeranongarts.com/g_2011exhibitions.html
Event details: [scroll down page] http://antaract.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/antar-act-bulletin-june-2013/

Event: 8 August 2013 to 25 August 2013: East Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic
Get The Picture: Bits And Pieces From Here And There
- A solo exhibition by Brian Mckinnon (Tabulk)
"This exhibition is an indication of my commitment to the
continuing acts of resistance emanating from the margins
of society. Recognition of the peoples launching opposition
to the government policies, ill-informed proponents of these
policies, and politicians and media representatives who
spew forth opinions before their brains kick in."
Event details: http://www.blakdot.com.au/get-the-picture-bits-and-pieces-from-here-and-...
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1108&si=0&mi=8&yi=2013

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=1104&si=0&mi=8&yi=2013
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1047&si=0&mi=7&yi=2013

Event: Tue 27 August 2013: Tennant Creek, NT
Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud
Photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara
Opening: Tue 27 August 2013
Venue: Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Cultural Centre
"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."
jagath dheerasekara photographs and story: http://jd.photoshelter.com/gallery/Manuwangku-Under-the-Nuclear-Cloud-NT...
jagath dheerasekara homepage: http://jd.photoshelter.com/index
jagath dheerasekara book: http://au.blurb.com/books/4159127-manuwangku-under-the-nuclear-cloud
jagath dheerasekara - My Exhibitions & Events: http://jd.photoshelter.com/page1
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://jd.photoshelter.com/page1
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: 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: 28 August 2013: ANU, Canberra, ACT
The mining boom and Indigenous communities
Presented by: Boyd Hunter
CAEPR Seminar
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Australian National University
"This paper examines the local change in Indigenous employment,
income and housing payments to identify any localised
'resource curse' for Indigenous communities and the
Australian population at large."
Event details: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/13/Seminar-Topics%E2%80%94Series-2/28_8...
Current CAEPR seminars: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/seminars.php

Event: Wed 28 & Thu 29 August 2013: Melbourne, Vic
Puliima National Indigenous - Language & Technology Forum 2013
'Language is culture, culture creates values, values are the future'
"Puliima National Indigenous Language Forum is a biennial
event aimed at bringing people together from all over Australia
to explore pioneering project ideas, exciting products and
equipment that can be used in community based Indigenous
languages projects. The Forum allows people to network with
an inspirational group of people who all share a common
ambition of preserving and celebrating the languages of
your country."
Venue: William Angliss Institute Conference Centre
Event details: http://www.puliima.com/
Event details: http://www.puliima.com/2013/theme
Event details: www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1086&si=0&mi=8&yi=2013

Event: Sat 31 August 2013: Queensland
Sandcliffe Writers Festival
Bracken Ridge library
"Indigenous Writers' Panels. "Aboriginal Men's Stories"
presented by novelist Sam Watson, poet Sam Wagan Watson,
and historian Joshua Walker. ...
"Aboriginal Women's Stories" presented by Elizabeth Engelbrecht
... novelist Sue McPherson ... and Aunty Ruth Heggerty ... "
Event details: http://www.989fm.com.au/events/sandcliffe-writers-festival/
Event details: http://www.989fm.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Sandcliffe-Writers-Festival_0...

Event: 1 June to 1 September 2013: South Bank, Qld
My Life As I Live It: First Peoples and Black Cinema
Australian Cinémathèque, Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
Presented in conjunction with 'My Country, I Still Call Australia Home'.
"The Gallery’s Australian Cinémathèque presents a survey of
first peoples and black cinema from Australia, New Zealand,
Canada, United States and United Kingdom.
At the centre of this program is a history of Indigenous Australian
cinema shown alongside works that resonate internationally
addressing themes of identity, culture and rights."
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/current/my_country
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.antarqld.org.au/node/237
Event details: [scroll down page] http://antarqld.org.au/node/230

Event: 4 September 2013: ANU, Canberra, ACT
Education is the key, but what door does it open?
The values of education for very remote NT young people
Presented by: John Gunter
CAEPR Seminar
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Australian National University
"This paper examines the nature of educational and employment
outcomes for Aboriginal people in very remote Northern Territory.
In particular, the differences between those who speak a local
language and those who speak English are considered. ... "
Event details: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/13/Seminar-Topics%E2%80%94Series-2/04_9...
Current CAEPR seminars: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/seminars.php

Event: Thu 5 September 2013: Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic
Next Meeting: Indigenous Social Justice Association - Melbourne
"During 2013, ISJA will meet the first Thursday of every month."
Event details: http://www.isja-msg.com/coming_events.htm

Event: Fri 6 September 2013: Adelaide, SA
152nd 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."
Organiser: Roma Mitchell Community Legal Centre
Event details: http://antarsa.auspics.org.au/
Background to the Candle Light Walk: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~rmclc/CandleLightWalkHistory.htm

Event: Ongoing: Cherbourg Aboriginal community, S-E Qld
The Ration Shed Museum
"When our Elders were moved off the land and taken to
Cherbourg they were cut off from their traditional sources
of food and were given weekly rations of mainly flour,
sugar, tea, sago, rice, split peas and meat. The rations
were given from a wooden shed which we have restored
and call The Ration Shed Museum. We use the Ration
Shed as a space to tell our stories."
Event details: http://rationshed.com.au/
Museum Hours and Pricing: http://rationshed.com.au/museum-hours-and-pricing

Event: 7 Sept; 9 Nov 2013: Ettmogah Pub, Qld
Ration Shed Tours
- Aunty Honor and Aunty Fayes’ Most Excellent Adventure
"Visit the Cherbourg Ration Shed and hear first hand
what life was like living under the Act on the government
controlled mission formerly called Barambah."
Departing and returning at Ettmogah Pub
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.antarqld.org.au/node/228

Event: Mon 5 August to Sat 7 September 2013: Canberra City, ACT
Multi media exhibition:
I Do Have a Belief II: Kevin Gilbert, 1933 - 1993
Civic Library, Civic Square, London Circuit, Canberra City
"A rare opportunity to view the broad talent of
20th-century Wiradjuri activist, artist, poet,
playwright and printmaker, Kevin Gilbert."
"View original manuscripts, galleys, photo mural,
website, videos, linocut prints, posters and e-books
- spreading the message about Aboriginal sovereignty,
using every platform available."
"I do have a belief in the future. It’s not hope.
I believe in this country because there is a spirit
in this country that nurtures life, that nurtures the
land, that nurtures the humanity in it..." Kevin Gilbert
A special lunchtime event will be held on Friday 9 August 2013
for International Day for the World’s Indigenous People.
Canberra 100 - Indigenous Focus: http://www.canberra100.com.au/programs/indigenous-focus/
Civic Library hours: http://www.library.act.gov.au/how_to_use_the_library/library_locations_a...
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.eventbrite.com/event/7388895385/SRCH
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/i-do-have-a-belief-ii-kevin-gilbert-1933-1993-ci...
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/i-do-have-a-belief-ii-international-day-for-the-...

Event: Mon 9 September 2013: Mona Vale, Sydney, NSW
Next Information night:
What is happening in the Kimberley?
Guest speaker: Glen Klatovsky
"Glen will update us on the current situation and future developments.
Will it retain its unique social and environmental heritage?
Or will it become another industrial zone? And
What it means for Aboriginal people."
Glen will show a short Documentary "Old Country New Country"
Hosted by ASG-MWP: Aboriginal Support Group - Manly Warringah Pittwater
Flyer (with event details): http://www.asgmwp.net/Sep92013InfoNight.pdf
Flyer (with event details): http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/Save-the-Kimberley/Sep...
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.respectandlisten.org/kimberley.html
Event summary: http://www.asgmwp.net/
Event summary: http://www.asgmwp.net/Calendar.htm
WGAR Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/11/22/wgar-news-background-to-the-save-the-...

Event: Mon 9 & Tue 10 September 2013: Nhulunbuy, NT
2 Day Bridging the Gap Seminar:
Working with Yolŋu in Arnhem Land
Why Warriors Pty Ltd
"This seminar bridges the gap by providing in-depth
training for people working at the coal-face with Yolŋu
and other Aboriginal people, support staff or program
developers. They will all find a lift in productivity, greater
retention rates, happier staff and fewer disputes on the ground."
"Hosted by Richard Trudgen, author of acclaimed book
Why Warriors Lie Down and Die in partnership with
Witiyana Marika, a founding member of internationally
renowned Yothu Yindi band, and
Dianne Gondarra, Yolŋu language consultant and
presenter on Yolŋu Radio."
Event details: http://www.cvent.com/events/2-day-bridging-the-gap-seminar-nhulunbuy-sep...
Event details: http://thna.me/pipermail/darc_thna.me/2013-July/000385.html
Bridging the Gap Seminars: http://www.whywarriors.com.au/seminars/index.php

Event: 11 to 19 September 2013: QPAC, Qld
Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts:
ACPA: Spirit of the Lore
"In this dramatic world premiere production,
Spirit of the Lore explores the importance of initiation
within community, the ensuing responsibilities and the
danger of youth left to their own devices without the
guidance of elders."
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.antarqld.org.au/node/237
Event details: [scroll down page] http://antarqld.org.au/node/230

Event: Ongoing until 14 September 2013: Canberra, ACT
Bipotaim: Stories from the Torres Strait
"Bipotaim: Stories from the Torres Strait is an exhibition
of striking photographs, stories and objects about the
lives, culture and identity of Torres Strait Islanders."
"People from islands across Australia's northern frontier
are depicted in David Callow's portraits. They compare
current and traditional ways and practices and reflect on
changes that have occurred in the Torres Strait during
their lives."
National Museum of Australia
Event details: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/bipotaim/home
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=705&si=0&mi=8&yi=2013
Event details: [scroll down page] http://antaract.wordpress.com/events/
Event summary: [scroll down page] http://antaract.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/antar-act-bulletin-june-2013/

Event: 8 July to 15 September 2013: Murdudun, Kimberley Coast, WA
Opportunity: Land-based whale survey volunteers needed!
The Wilderness Society WA
"The Kimberley Community Whale Research Project
is a land based humpback whale survey conducted
from two observation platforms at Murdudun, approximately
50km north of Broome and 8km south of James Price Point,
on the Kimberley Coast, WA."
Event details: http://kimberleycommunitywhaleresearch.wordpress.com/
WGAR Background to Save the Kimberley: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/11/22/wgar-news-background-to-the-save-the-...

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: Wed 25 September 2013: Parliament House, Perth, WA
Stop Aboriginal Deaths in Custody - National Day of Action
"John Pat died 30 years ago - but still no justice!
Remembrance ceremony - Rally and March.
Apology motion. Parilament House."
Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/54542
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.greenleft.org.au/calendar/2013-09/
WGAR Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/12/17/background-to-aboriginal-imprisonment...

Event: 25 September 2013: ANU, Canberra, ACT
Insights for Indigenous policy from the applied behavioural sciences
Presented by: Nick Biddle
CAEPR Seminar
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Australian National University
"Policy related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous)
Australians is one example in Australia of an area where insights
from the applied behavioural sciences has the potential to
improve the quality of policy decisions. ... "
Event details: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/node/5611
Current CAEPR seminars: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/seminars.php

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.greenleft.org.au/node/54006
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/05/02/historic-national-stop-deaths-in-cust...
Event details: http://www.facebook.com/events/232079390250476/
Analysis: http://thestringer.com.au/deaths-in-custody-when-will-something-be-done/
WGAR Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/12/17/background-to-aboriginal-imprisonment...

Event: 2 October 2013: ANU, Canberra, ACT
The 'real economy' and the 'hybrid economy':
Rival visions of Indigenous economic development and cultural survival
Presented by: Katherine Curchin
CAEPR Seminar
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Australian National University
"In the contemporary debate on how to address the poverty and
disadvantage of Indigenous Australians living in remote regions,
Noel Pearson and Jon Altman are two of the central
intellectual figures. ... This paper compares Pearson and
Altman’s rival visions of Indigenous economic development. ... "
Event details: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/13/Seminar-Topics%E2%80%94Series-2/02_1...
Current CAEPR seminars: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/seminars.php

Event: Fri 4 October 2013: Adelaide, SA
153rd 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."
Organiser: Roma Mitchell Community Legal Centre
Event details: http://antarsa.auspics.org.au/
Background to the Candle Light Walk: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~rmclc/CandleLightWalkHistory.htm

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: 23 May - 6 October 2013: Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW
Special Exhibition: Saltwater Visions
"Bark paintings from the Australian National Maritime Museum's
Saltwater Collection highlight the efforts of Yolŋu people
to share their connections to saltwater country with
non-Indigenous people. ...
Five of the 10 bark paintings on display were presented as
evidence of Yolŋu connections to saltwater country in a
2008 High Court case. The court verdict gave precedence to
Indigenous rights and use of the Arnhem Land coastline and
coastal waters over commercial interests and fishing."
Venue: Australian National Maritime Museum
Event details: http://www.anmm.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=2130
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1105&si=0&mi=8&yi=2013

Event: 1 June to 7 October 2013: South Bank, Qld
My Country, I Still Call Australia Home:
Contemporary Art from Black Australia
Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
"This exhibition will be the Gallery's largest ever exhibition
of contemporary Indigenous Australian art. It will feature
works by Indigenous Australian artists from across the country."
"'My Country. I Still Call Australia Home' examines the
associations and interpretations Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander artists have with country (land) and country (nation).
Indigenous artists have long been an important voice for their
communities and have been instrumental in telling Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander stories - from presenting alternative
views of history, to asserting their presence over country, both
urban and regional, responding to contemporary politics and
highlighting contemporary Indigenous experiences in Australia."
Event details: http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/current/my_country
Event details: http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/coming_soon/my_country
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1005&si=0&mi=8&yi=2013
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1005&si=0&mi=7&yi=2013
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1005&si=0&mi=6&yi=2013
Event summary: [scroll down page] http://www.antarqld.org.au/node/237
Event summary: [scroll down page] http://antarqld.org.au/node/230
Event details: http://www.antarqld.org.au/node/228

Event: Tue 8 & Wed 9 October 2013: Darwin, NT
2 Day Bridging the Gap Seminar
Why Warriors Pty Ltd
"The team from Why Warriors has been running
Bridging the Gap Seminars for over ten years now with
presenters coming from very different backgrounds
creates a very rich and deep human experience."
"Hosted by Richard Trudgen, author of acclaimed book
Why Warriors Lie Down and Die in partnership with
Witiyana Marika, a founding member of internationally
renowned Yothu Yindi band, and
Dianne Gondarra, Yolŋu language consultant and
presenter on Yolŋu Radio."
Event details: http://www.cvent.com/events/2-day-bridging-the-gap-seminar-darwin-octobe...
Event details: http://thna.me/pipermail/darc_thna.me/2013-July/000385.html
Bridging the Gap Seminars: http://www.whywarriors.com.au/seminars/index.php

Event: 9 October 2013: ANU, Canberra, ACT
Recognition and emotional distancing at Indigenous Heritage Sites:
Findings of visitor interviews
Presented by: Laurajane Smith
CAEPR Seminar
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Australian National University
"The presentation will outline the various ways in which
other visitors disengage from Indigenous history and culture
to emotionally distance themselves and close down the
possibilities of recognition and acknowledgement.
Tied into this latter response is a reluctance to engage in
recognition of the visitor’s own identity as an inheritor
of colonial legacies. ... "
Event details: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/13/Seminar-Topics%E2%80%94Series-2/09_1...
Current CAEPR seminars: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/seminars.php

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: Thu 17 October 2013: Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic
Radical Women and Indigenous Social Justice Association invite you to
a special fundraising screening of Every Mother's Son
"This gripping documentary follows three mothers in
New York City who became unintentional activists
against police brutality. ... just like the Aboriginal mothers,
who tenaciously campaign to bring out the truth about
deaths in custody - this does not stop the women’s
courageous fight."
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/radical-women-and-indigenous-social-justice-asso...
Radical Women: http://www.radicalwomen.org/
ISJA - Melbourne: http://www.isja-msg.com/
Every Mother's Son Trailer: http://www.pbs.org/pov/everymothersson/

Event: 30 October 2013: ANU, Canberra, ACT
Policy change in remote Indigenous housing and employment:
Census evidence from the Northern Territory and elsewhere
Presented by: William Sanders
CAEPR Seminar
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Australian National University
"Since 2007, the Commonwealth government has initiated major policy
and program change in remote Indigenous housing and employment,
primarily and directly in the Northern Territory but also, more indirectly,
elsewhere. In conjunction with a major housing construction and
refurbishment program, Indigenous community rental housing built in
the previous three decades has been pushed to change to a
public rental model. A similarly long running Commonwealth
Indigenous ‘workfare’ program, the Community Development Employment
Projects (CDEP) Scheme, has also been pushed to change,
from a wages-for-part-time-employment model to an
activity-for-income-support model. ... "
Event details: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/13/Seminar-Topics%E2%80%94Series-2/30_1...
Current CAEPR seminars: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/seminars.php

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

Event: 25 - 27 November 2013: Cairns, Qld
2013 National Indigenous Health Conference:
Many Pathways, One Outcome
"The 2013 National Indigenous Health Conference is
designed to bring together both government and
non-government agencies who are working in the
field of Indigenous health with the belief that working
together can close the gap between the state of
Indigenous Health as compared to the health of
mainstream Australians."
"The conference philosophy is based upon the principles
of sharing knowledge and information that can be adapted
and implemented in other communities within Australia. ...
this event is also based on the principle that Aboriginal
health needs to be seen and catered for in a holistic way."
"Indigenous Health Conference is convened as a private
joint venture made up of Indigenous members from
several countries."
Event details: http://www.indigenoushealth.net/
Agenda: http://www.indigenoushealth.net/proposedagenda.htm
Guest Speakers: http://www.indigenoushealth.net/guestspeakers.htm
Latest News: http://www.indigenoushealth.net/latestnews.htm

Event: 28 - 30 July 2014: Cairns, Qld
Calling for Papers for the 2014 Indigenous Women Conference:
"This conference is scheduled to be held at the
Pullman Cairns International Hotel in Cairns,
Queensland on July 28 - 30, 2014 as back-to-back
event with the Indigenous Men Conference which
presents a unique opportunity for women to participate
in an event which is devoted to the sharing of
information and the empowering of women."
Event details: http://www.indigenoushealth.net/2014indigenouswomen.htm

Event: 28 - 30 July 2014: Cairns, Qld
Calling for Papers for the 2014 Indigenous Men Conference:
"This conference is scheduled to be held at the
Pullman Cairns International Hotel in Cairns,
Queensland on July 28 - 30, 2014 as back-to-back
event with the Indigenous Women Conference which
presents a unique opportunity for men to participate
in an event which is devoted to the sharing of
information and the empowering of men."
Event details: http://www.indigenoushealth.net/2014indigenousmen.htm

Event: 2 May to 1 December 2013: South Bank, Brisbane, Qld
Voice and Reason
Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
"Since the colonial era, Indigenous artists have been
actively examining the conversations and conflicts
involving their ancestors and settlers in Australia.
Their works affirm the place of their peoples' cultures
in these interactions with different histories and beliefs."
Event details: http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/current/voice_and_reason
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1003&si=0&mi=8&yi=2013
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1003&si=0&mi=7&yi=2013
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1003&si=0&mi=6&yi=2013
Event details: http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1003&si=0&mi=5&yi=2013

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

Event: 29/30 April 2014: Darwin, NT
Why Warriors Presents Bridging the Gap
Bridging the Gap Seminars: http://www.whywarriors.com.au/seminars/index.php

Event: 26 May 2014: various locations in Australia
National Sorry Day
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 2014: 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
WGAR Background to Mabo and Native Title: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/07/02/background-to-mabo-and-native-title

Event: 3 June 2014: 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: 28 - 30 July 2014: Cairns, Qld
2014 Indigenous Women Conference:
"This conference is scheduled to be held at the
Pullman Cairns International Hotel in Cairns,
Queensland on July 28 - 30, 2014 as back-to-back
event with the Indigenous Men Conference which
presents a unique opportunity for women to participate
in an event which is devoted to the sharing of
information and the empowering of women."
Event details: http://www.indigenoushealth.net/2014indigenouswomen.htm

Event: 28 - 30 July 2014: Cairns, Qld
2014 Indigenous Men Conference:
"This conference is scheduled to be held at the
Pullman Cairns International Hotel in Cairns,
Queensland on July 28 - 30, 2014 as back-to-back
event with the Indigenous Women Conference which
presents a unique opportunity for men to participate
in an event which is devoted to the sharing of
information and the empowering of men."
Event details: http://www.indigenoushealth.net/2014indigenousmen.htm

Event: 9 August 2014: various locations internationally
International Day of the World's Indigenous People
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: 14/15 October 2014: Darwin, NT
Why Warriors Presents Bridging the Gap
Bridging the Gap Seminars: http://www.whywarriors.com.au/seminars/index.php