WGAR News: Aboriginal Group To Shadow ANZAC Day March And Highlight Frontier Wars: Amy McQuire, New Matilda

Newsletter date: 24 April 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: Aboriginal Group To Shadow ANZAC Day March And Highlight Frontier Wars
* Analysis / Opinion: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: Gallipoli Could Never Define Australia Like This War Did

* Upcoming Event: Indymedia Australia: Anzac Day 2015 - Undeclared Frontier Wars Remembrance March - Canberra - ACT
* Upcoming Event Flyer: Sovereign Union - Gatherings / Events: http://sovereignunion.mobi/content/gatherings-events
* Frontier Wars Homepage: Sovereign Union: The Undeclared Frontier Wars: http://sovereignunion.mobi/content/frontier-wars
* Audio: Melissa Lahoud, The Wire: Lest we Forget: Aboriginal people want their battles acknowledged [Featuring Graeme Dunstan & Dr Timothy Bottoms]

* Analysis / Opinion: Nicholas Clements, NITV News: Comment: Tasmania's Black War: a tragic case of lest we remember?
* Audio Interviews: Cassandra Tim & Warren Barnsley, NIRS Weekly News-in-Review: ANZAC centenary special: Honouring Indigenous service men and women
* Analysis / Opinion: Timothy Bottoms, The Canberra Times: Why we ought to be remembering the frontier wars on Anzac Day

* Background: WGAR News: Evicting Indigenous Australians from their homelands is a declaration of war: John Pilger, The Guardian
* Background: WGAR News: Anzac Day 2015 - Undeclared Frontier Wars Remembrance March - Canberra: Indymedia Australia
* WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
* WGAR Background: Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA

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- Analysis / Opinion

New Matilda: Aboriginal Group To Shadow ANZAC Day March And Highlight Frontier Wars
https://newmatilda.com/2015/04/23/aboriginal-group-shadow-anzac-day-marc...
23 Apr 15: "The annual gesture is intended to remind Australians about a war many don't realise took place. Amy McQuire reports. It’s the war that Australia doesn’t like to remember, but that has never deterred the group of Aboriginal people who have walked behind the official ANZAC Day march in Canberra each year since 2012, calling on the nation to remember the first people who fell in defence of country. This year the group, ... will mobilise at 10:30 am on ANZAC Parade, which bares no trace of the existence of the Aboriginal warriors who died in the Frontier Wars. ... " By Amy McQuire, a Darumbul woman from central Queensland. Amy is a senior reporter with New Matilda. She is the former editor of the National Indigenous Times and Tracker.

- Analysis / Opinion

New Matilda: Gallipoli Could Never Define Australia Like This War Did
https://newmatilda.com//2015/04/22/gallipoli-could-never-define-australi...
22 Apr 15: "They fought for country and died in their thousands. The Australian War Memorial might not want to remember them but the rest of us should. Amy McQuire on the Frontier Wars. ... There is no mention in the Australian War Memorial of the thousands of Aboriginal men, women and children who died defending their land from colonialists. ... " By Amy McQuire

" ... New Matilda is a small, independent Australian media outlet. We rely almost entirely on reader subscriptions for our survival. If you would like to help us keep reporting, you can subscribe here: https://newmatilda.com/be-a-supporter Or you can help us by sharing this story on social media ... "

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https://newmatilda.com/users/amy-mcquire

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- Upcoming Event

Indymedia Australia: Anzac Day 2015 - Undeclared Frontier Wars Remembrance March - Canberra - ACT
https://indymedia.org.au/events/anzac-day-2015-undeclared-frontier-wars-...
"First Nations and Peoples to bring banners identifying the place and time their people were massacred/murdered/poisoned and by whom
Gather 10.30am Saturday Anzac Day 25 April 2015; Corner Anzac Parade and Constitution Avenue, Canberra
We also invite supporters to carry banners for those who are unable to be present. We emphasise that this is a silent parade in empathy with the solemnity of the day, wearing black. ... Our action is highlighting a fact. It is not a protest
Contact: Michael Anderson, Convenor, Sovereign Union of First Nations and Peoples in Australia"

- Upcoming Event Flyer

Sovereign Union - Gatherings / Events: Canberra - Undeclared Frontier Wars Remembrance & March - ANZAC DAY
http://sovereignunion.mobi/content/gatherings-events
http://sovereignunion.mobi/images/2015/features/flyers/jpg/frontier-wars...

- Frontier Wars Homepage

Sovereign Union: The Undeclared Frontier Wars
http://sovereignunion.mobi/content/frontier-wars
"We remember all the First Nations people who died in defence of their lands during the colonial invasion.
We also remember the people who were massacred or died in concentration camps with genocidal intent.
- Why the number of First Nations deaths in the frontier wars matters
- Australian War Memorial should recognise the Frontier Wars: Researcher"

- Audio

The Wire: Lest we Forget: Aboriginal people want their battles acknowledged
http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=12634
http://www.thewire.org.au/audio/The%20Frontier%20Wars%20computer%20versi...
21 Apr 15: "As people across the nation prepare to commemorate Anzac Day, Indigenous Australians want their ancestors’ battles recognised too. A silent march is being planned for Anzac day, after one week of story-sharing about Aboriginal people who died in war. The Frontier Wars describe the massacres that Aboriginal people faced to protect their land from invasion. Activists say this moment has been silenced in history." Produced by Melissa Lahoud
"Featured in story:
* Graeme Dunstan, Peace Bus captain and activist
* Dr Timothy Bottoms, independent historian with NQ Research Associates
* The Wire contacted the ACT RSL, but did not receive a response"

- Analysis / Opinion

SBS News: Comment: Tasmania's Black War: a tragic case of lest we remember?
NITV News: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/04/24/comment-tasmanias-black-wa...
The Conversation: http://theconversation.com/tasmanias-black-war-a-tragic-case-of-lest-we-...
24 Apr 15: "Tasmania's Black War was the most intense frontier conflict in Australia's history. Yet nearly two centuries on, most Australians know almost nothing about it. ... Tasmania's Black War (1824-31) was the most intense frontier conflict in Australia's history. It was a clash between the most culturally and technologically dissimilar humans to have ever come into contact. At stake was nothing less than control of the country, and the survival of a people. ... " By Nicholas Clements, University of Tasmania; Source: NITV News

Nicholas Clements - The Conversation
Honorary Research Associate at University of Tasmania
http://theconversation.com/profiles/nicholas-clements-1414
"Nick completed his PhD at the University of Tasmania in 2013, looking at the conflict between Aborigines and settlers on the Van Diemen's Land frontier between 1803-1842. His current research interests include, among other things, Australian contact history and the more recent history of the West Tamar district in northern Tasmania. Nick also tutors and lectures in the School of Humanities at the University of Tasmania. ... "

- Audio Interviews

NIRS Weekly News-in-Review: ANZAC centenary special: Honouring Indigenous service men and women
http://www.nirs.org.au/PROGRAMS/NIRS-Weekly-News-in-Review
http://www.nirs.org.au/_content_data/_files/Weekly%20News%20In%20Review%...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7fz5dv2bdq2prbe/Weekly%20News%20In%20Review%20...
24 Apr 15: "This week's episode is presented by Cassandra Tim.
This week: ANZAC centenary special: Honouring Indigenous service men and women
* Gary Oakley, Australian War Memorial Indigenous Liaison Officer;
* Wesley Enoch, Director of Black Diggers;
* Marj Tripp, Chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander War Memorial Committee;
* Dale Kerwin, Secretary of the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Dedicated Memorial Committee;
* Pastor Ray Minniecon, Founder of Coloured Diggers. ...
Credits: Producers: Cassandra Tim and Warren Barnsley"

- Analysis / Opinion

The Canberra Times: Why we ought to be remembering the frontier wars on Anzac Day
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/why-we-ought-to-be-remembering-t...
23 Apr 15: "The evidence is there. Intrepid Australian historians began opening the whitewashed 'Pandora's Box' of frontier history from the early 1970s. At the start of the 21st century it really is time to acknowledge that Australians fought one another for this land. The fact that it was the original Australians versus the newcomers should not preclude this recognition, even if neither side necessarily perceived themselves as 'Australians'. The war was long-lasting, extremely bloody and in the latter part of the 19th century, particularly one-sided; ... " Dr Timothy Bottoms, a Cairns historian and author of Conspiracy of Silence, Queensland's frontier killing times (Allen and Unwin, 2013)

- Background

WGAR News: Evicting Indigenous Australians from their homelands is a declaration of war: John Pilger, The Guardian
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/04/23/wgar-news-evicting-indigenous-austra...

The Guardian: Evicting Indigenous Australians from their homelands is a declaration of war
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/22/by-evicting-the-hom...
22 Apr 15: "Australia occasionally interrupts its ‘normal’ mistreatment of Aboriginal people to deliver a frontal assault, like the closure of Western Australia’s homelands ... Australia has again declared war on its Indigenous people, reminiscent of the brutality that brought universal condemnation on apartheid South Africa. Aboriginal people are to be driven from homelands where their communities have lived for thousands of years. In Western Australia, where mining companies make billion dollar profits exploiting Aboriginal land, ... " John Pilger

John Pilger - The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/profile/johnpilger
"John Pilger is a war correspondent, film-maker and author. His latest film is Utopia."

JohnPilger.com: The secret country again wages war on its own people
http://johnpilger.com/articles/the-secret-country-again-wages-war-on-its...

The films and journalism of John Pilger
http://johnpilger.com/
"It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and myths that surround it." John Pilger

- Background

WGAR News: Anzac Day 2015 - Undeclared Frontier Wars Remembrance March - Canberra: Indymedia Australia
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/04/20/wgar-news-anzac-day-2015-undeclared-...
20 Apr 15: "Contents:
* Frontier Wars Homepage: Sovereign Union: The Undeclared Frontier Wars: http://sovereignunion.mobi/content/frontier-wars
* Upcoming Event: Indymedia Australia: Anzac Day 2015 - Undeclared Frontier Wars Remembrance March - Canberra - ACT
* Upcoming Event Flyer: Sovereign Union - Gatherings / Events: http://sovereignunion.mobi/content/gatherings-events
* Current Event: Peacebus: Frontier War Storytelling Camp 2015 at Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra
* Media Release: Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union: ANZAC Day - for those who served in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations
* Videos: Sovereign Union: Undeclared Frontier Wars Anzac Day Commemoration Videos [Anzac Day Marches 2011, 2012 & 2013]
* Video: akaWACA, YouTube: Frontier Wars Remembrance, Aboriginal ANZAC day, Canberra 2014
* Event Analysis: Ray Jackson, Sovereign Union: ANZAC day: Black Diggers buck the given history of "white men's business"
[Ed. note: We pay our deep respect to Ray Jackson who has recently passed.]
* Analysis / Opinion: Padraic Gibson, Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Journal, UTS: Imperialism, ANZAC nationalism and the Aboriginal experience of warfare
* Audio & Video: Sovereign Union: 50 Aboriginal trackers left behind after the Boer War
* WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement"

- Background

WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-to-the-aboriginal-so...
(last updated: 20 April 2015)

- Background

WGAR Background: Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/08/background-plans-to-close-aboriginal...
(last updated: 23 April 2015)

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