Newsletter date: 7 March 2014
Contents:
* Aboriginal Provisional Government: Michael Mansell talks TREATY - Brisbane Blacks interview
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Aunty Lilla Watson and Mary Graham about Treaties and Constitutional Recognition
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Chris Graham about Warren Mundine’s Treaty comments, Utopia by John Pilger and Constitutional Recognition
* Background to Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia
* Background to Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples
* NACCHO Aboriginal health: Hostility to Utopia film a denial of nation’s brutal past -Sol Bellear and Adam Goodes
* Sol Bellear, SMH: Pilger's message to white Australia cannot be dismissed
* Fleta Page, The Canberra Times: John Pilger hopes to open eyes to plight of Aboriginals with Utopia
* Background to 'Utopia', John Pilger's documentary film about Aboriginal people in Australia
* Ian Curr, Workers Bush Telegraph: What is the meaning of 'an aboriginal purpose'? [Featuring Wayne Wharton and Hamish Chitts]
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Pilbara's Yaburara People remember one of Australia's largest massacres
* 12 March 2014: Melbourne Event: Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheenner: Stories & Connections
* 6 to 13 July 2014: 2014 NAIDOC Week to honour Indigenous men and women who have fought in defence of country
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies
* ABORIGINAL PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT: MICHAEL MANSELL TALKS TREATY - BRISBANE BLACKS INTERVIEW
- Audio Interview
Aboriginal Provisional Government: Michael Mansell talks TREATY - Brisbane Blacks interview
APG: http://www.apg.org.au/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/brisbane-blacks/michael-mansell-talks-treaty
"Secretary of the Aboriginal Provisional Government and lawyer Michael Mansell discusses and articulates the issue of TREATY for First Nations people."
* LET'S TALK'S TIGA BAYLES INTERVIEWS AUNTY LILLA WATSON AND MARY GRAHAM ABOUT TREATIES AND CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITION
- Audio Interview
Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane:
Let's Talk - Aunty Lilla Watson and Mary Graham
http://www.989fm.com.au/category/podcasts/lets-talk/
13 Feb 14: "Speaking about Constitutional Recognition and Treaties."
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasts/lets-talk/aunty-lilla-watson-and-mary-g...
* LET'S TALK'S TIGA BAYLES INTERVIEWS CHRIS GRAHAM ABOUT WARREN MUNDINE'S TREATY COMMENTS, UTOPIA BY JOHN PILGER AND CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITION
- Audio Interview
Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane:
Let's Talk - Chris Graham
http://www.989fm.com.au/category/podcasts/lets-talk/
10 Feb 14: "Chris Graham, journalist for Tracker Magazine and Chris At Large. ...
Speaking about Warren Mundine’s Treaty comments, Alison Anderson, Constitutional Recognition and Utopia by John Pilger."
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasts/lets-talk/chris-graham-74/
* BACKGROUND TO TREATIES WITH ABORIGINAL SOVEREIGN NATIONS OF AUSTRALIA
Last updated: 17 February 2014
http://indymedia.org.au/2014/02/16/background-to-treaties-with-aborigina...
* BACKGROUND TO CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITION OF ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES
Last updated: 26 November 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/11/background-to-constitutional-recognit...
* NACCHO ABORIGINAL HEALTH: HOSTILITY TO UTOPIA FILM A DENIAL OF NATION'S BRUTAL PAST -SOL BELLEAR AND ADAM GOODES
- Analysis / Opinion
NACCHO Aboriginal health: Hostility to Utopia film a denial of nation’s brutal past -Sol Bellear and Adam Goodes
[NACCHO: National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation]
http://nacchocommunique.com/2014/03/04/naccho-aboriginal-health-hostilit...
4 Mar 14: ""Put yourself in Aboriginal shoes for a minute.
Imagine watching a film that tells the truth about the terrible injustices committed over 225 years against your people, a film that reveals how Europeans, and the governments that have run our country, have raped, killed and stolen from your people for their own benefit.
Now imagine how it feels when the people who benefited most from those rapes, those killings and that theft - the people in whose name the oppression was done - turn away in disgust when someone seeks to expose it.""
* SOL BELLEAR, SMH: PILGER'S MESSAGE TO WHITE AUSTRALIA CANNOT BE MISSED
- Analysis / Opinion
SMH: Pilger's message to white Australia cannot be dismissed
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/pilgers-message-to-white-australia-cannot-...
2 Mar 14: "Mainstream Australia has long lacked a real education about Aboriginal people, about our shared history, and this nation's brutal past. Fortunately, there's a simple way in – an opportunity to get a "punter's guide" to the truth about the treatment of Aboriginal Australians. John Pilger's latest film, Utopia - a 110-minute feature length documentary more than two years in the making - should be required viewing for all Australians, in particular lawmakers." Sol Bellear, chairman of the Aboriginal Medical Service, Redfern, a long-time Aboriginal activist
* FLETA PAGE, THE CANBERRA TIMES: JOHN PILGER HOPES TO OPEN EYES TO PLIGHT OF ABORIGINALS WITH UTOPIA
- Analysis / Opinion
The Canberra Times: John Pilger hopes to open eyes to plight of Aboriginals with Utopia
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/john-pilger-hopes-to-open-eyes-...
27 Feb 14: "John Pilger first got a taste of indigenous Australia in 1969 in a tour to Jay Creek in central Australia with Aboriginal activist Charles Perkins. The journalist and filmmaker likened what he saw to apartheid South Africa; "they were like prisoners of war," he said. ... The film Utopia is named after the indigenous homeland in the Northern Territory, which is anything but utopian, chronicles what he describes as a denial of justice to the first Australians." Fleta Page, a reporter at The Canberra Times
* BACKGROUND TO 'UTOPIA', JOHN PILGER'S DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT ABORIGINAL PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA
Last updated: 11 February 2014
http://indymedia.org.au/2014/01/15/background-to-utopia-john-pilgers-doc...
* IAN CURR, WORKERS BUSH TELEGRAPH: WHAT IS THE MEANING OF 'AN ABORIGINAL PURPOSE'? [FEATURING WAYNE WHARTON AND HAMISH CHITTS]
- News
R v Wharton & Chitts: defence of the sacred fire - Brisbane Central Magistrates Court, 26 February 2014.
WBT: http://workersbushtelegraph.com.au/2014/02/26/what-is-the-meaning-of-an-...
Sovereign Union: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/node/822
27 Feb 14: "On 30 April 2012 two men, Wayne Wharton and Hamish Chitts, were arrested by armed police for 'obstruction' while attending an aboriginal ceremony in Musgrave Park. The two men were arrested while attempting to prevent council officers from putting out the sacred fire that had been lit by the traditional owner Kevin Vieritz, a Jagera man of the Carter - Bonner families. One of Kevin Vieritz’s uncles, Neville Bonner, was the first aboriginal man elected to represent Queensland in the Australian Senate. The embers of the fire had been transported to Musgrave Park from the original tent embassy outside the old parliament house in Canberra. The Aboriginal Tent embassy was set up in 1972." Ian Curr
* GERRY GEORGATOS, THE STRINGER: PILBARA'S YABURARA PEOPLE REMEMBER ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST MASSACRES
- Analysis / Opinion
The Stringer: Pilbara's Yaburara People remember one of Australia's largest massacres
http://thestringer.com.au/pilbaras-yaburara-people-remember-one-of-austr...
1 Mar 14: "In Perth, people remember the massacre of Yaburara People. In the west Pilbara, and across the nation, people gathered on Sunday at the site of the world famous Burrup peninsula, in the midst of the world’s largest collection of rock art, to remember one of Australia’s worst massacres - more than 150 Yaburara women, children and men were slaughtered along the sea. The massacre is now known as the Flying Foam Massacre. Of all the Pilbara’s First Nations peoples, the Yaburara are now the smallest in population size - such was the impact of the slaughters." By Gerry Georgatos, a life-long human rights and social justice campaigner, a multi-award winning investigative journalist
* 12 MARCH 2014: MELBOURNE EVENT: TUNNERMINNERWAIT & MAULBOYHEENNER: STORIES & CONNECTIONS
- Upcoming Event
New Event: 12 March 2014: Melbourne, Vic
Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheenner: Stories & Connections
"Aboriginal Tasmanian men Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner
were tried, found guilty and hanged in public for the murder of
two white whale-hunters. In January 1842, they were the first
people to be executed in Melbourne.
Their stories and those of family connections between
Tasmanian and mainland Aboriginal peoples are a less
well-known part of Melbourne’s early history. Hear the
stories and discussions about memorialisation and
contribute to the conversation."
Panel includes:
* MC Genevieve Grieves - Worimi Nation, curator and film maker;
* Aunty Patsy Cameron - Tasmanian Aboriginal Elder, cultural consultant;
* Dr Clare Land - historian and writer;
* Dr James Boyce - writer on early Van Dieman's Land and early settlement of Melbourne; and
* Norbert Loeffler - lecturer Art History and Theory
Event details: http://www.thatsmelbourne.com.au/Whatson/LearnandSee/LecturesandForums/P...
Background: http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/AboutMelbourne/indigenousculture/Pages/T...
* 6 TO 13 JULY 2014: 2014 NAIDOC WEEK TO HONOUR INDIGENOUS MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE FOUGHT IN DEFENCE OF COUNTRY
- Upcoming Event
Updated Event: 6 to 13 July 2014: various locations in Australia
National NAIDOC Week
2014 NAIDOC Week to honour Indigenous men and
women who have fought in defence of country
"The National NAIDOC Committee said:
"From our warriors in the Frontier Wars to our warriors
who have served with honour and pride in Australia’s
military conflicts and engagements across the globe.
"We proudly highlight and recognise the role they have
played in shaping our identity and pause to reflect on their
sacrifice. We celebrate and honour their priceless
contribution to our nation.""
Event details: http://www.naidoc.org.au/
Event details: http://www.naidoc.org.au/celebrating-naidoc-week/
Event details: http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/fx-view-article.cfm?loadref=32&id=1345
* BACKGROUND TO THE ABORIGINAL SOVEREIGNTY MOVEMENT AND THE ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSIES:
Last updated: 1 March 2014
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-aboriginal-sovereig...
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