Newsletter date: 30 August 2015; last updated 10:50am AEST
Contents:
* Homepage of 'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country': http://walkingforcountry.com/
* Update: Walkatjurra Walkabout.. Week one on the road - 'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country'
* Support: Can You Help Sponsor a Walker - Walkatjurra Walkabout
* About Us - Walkatjurra Walkabout
* Homepages
The Walkatjurra Ranger Program: http://walkatjurra.org/projects/the-walkatjurra-ranger-program/
Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (WANFA): https://nuclearfree.wordpress.com/
Footprints for Peace: http://footprintsforpeace.footprintsforpeace.net/
Anti Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia (ANAWA): http://www.anawa.org.au/
Conservation Council of Western Australia (CCWA): http://ccwa.org.au/
* Information for Participants - Walkatjurra Walkabout
* Background:
WGAR News: 'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country' - Wiluna to Leonora - 16th August - 19th September 2015
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
WGAR News postings on Indymedia Australia: https://indymedia.org.au/newswire
WGAR News Public Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en-GB#!forum/wgar-news
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- Homepage
'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country'
http://walkingforcountry.com/
"WALKATJURRA WALKABOUT is 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 to continue 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. ...
The Walkatjurra Walkabout continues to grow and strengthen the connections between protecting Country and stopping uranium mining.
2015 Walkatjurra Walkabout Dates
16th August -19th September ... "
- Update
Walkatjurra Walkabout.. Week one on the road - 'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country'
An update from the first week walking on the special red-earth country of the Northern Goldfields.
http://walkingforcountry.com/2015/08/29/walkatjurra-walkabout-week-one-o...
29 Aug 15: " ... Early on a fresh Sunday morning people gathered together at East Perth Train Station, identifying fellow walkers by their sturdy boots, smiles and swags. ... In 2015 the Walk is returning to the beginning of the 2011 route, from Wiluna to Lenora. ... Covering 90 km in 5 days the first stretch of walking took us from Wiluna to the gates of Yeelirrie, a proposed uranium mine owned by Cameco. In the first few days we walked past Toro Energy’s Lake Way proposed uranium mine and turned west onto a dirt road toward Yeelirrie. ... On the fifth day we arrived to Yeelirrie and were joined by Federal Senators, State members of Parliament, journalists and a Buddhist Nun from Japan. ... "
- Bio
Marcus Atkinson - Walkatjurra Walkabout: http://walkingforcountry.com/author/footprintsforpeace/
- Support
"CAN YOU HELP SPONSER A WALKER..
[Scroll down page] http://walkingforcountry.com/2015/08/29/walkatjurra-walkabout-week-one-o...
$50 sponsors one walker for 5 days.
$100 for 10 days..
$300 entire walk for one person
All donations are tax deductible.. "
Donate - Walkatjurra Walkabout
http://walkingforcountry.com/donate-to-walkajurra-walkabout-walking-for-...
"Make a TAX DEDUCTIBLE donation to Walkajurra Walkabout – Walking for Country Click Here
OR
Make a Direct Deposit."
Donate - Walkatjurra Walkabout
https://ccwa.nationbuilder.com/walkatjurra
"GOAL: $5,000.00
Walkatjurra Walkabout is an inspiring event to reconnect people with land and culture. The Walkatjurra Walkabout is a pilgrimage across Wangkatja country in the spirit of our ancestors so together, we as present custodians, can protect our land and our culture for future generations. The walks are open to everyone and are a drug and alcohol free event. Please donate or come along. Donations contribute to support local participants and the rangers to come along. You can find out more at www.walkingforcountry.com
Donations are tax deductible."
- About
About Us - Walkatjurra Walkabout
http://walkingforcountry.com/walkatjurra-walkabout-about-us-2/
"Walkajurra Walkabout – Walking for Country will be lead by the Walkatjurra Rangers, in partnership with Footprints for Peace, Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (WANFA), the Anti Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia (ANAWA) and the Conservation Council of Western Australia (CCWA). WALKATJURRA RANGERS: The Ranger group provide opportunities for community members to undertake cultural maintenance activities, for youth to learn and for elders to promote their culture to others and develop opportunities for training and livelihoods based on cultural enterprises. ... "
Scroll down the page for further info on Walkatjurra Rangers, Footprints for Peace, WANFA, ANAWA & CCWA
http://walkingforcountry.com/walkatjurra-walkabout-about-us-2/
- Homepages
The Walkatjurra Ranger Program
http://walkatjurra.org/projects/the-walkatjurra-ranger-program/
Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (WANFA)
https://nuclearfree.wordpress.com/
Footprints for Peace
http://footprintsforpeace.footprintsforpeace.net/
Anti Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia (ANAWA)
http://www.anawa.org.au/
Conservation Council of Western Australia (CCWA)
http://ccwa.org.au/
- Background Info
Information for Participants - Walkatjurra Walkabout
http://walkingforcountry.com/information-participants/
"We welcome your interest in the Walkatjurra Walkabout. Let me start with a few words about the spirit of our adventure. This walk will challenge and invigorate our ability to enact the changes that we wish to see in our world and society. It is about fulfilling the realization that we are all custodians of this earth. It is a chance and a process to step outside our comfort zones and distractions to focus on what we are trying to achieve as custodians in our actions on this walk and after this walk. As such, we will be adhering to Non-violent guidelines that are aligned with principles and campaigns that this walk supports. ... "
- Background
WGAR News: 'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country' - Wiluna to Leonora - 16th August - 19th September 2015
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/08/10/wgar-news-walkatjurra-walkabout-walk...
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-to-the-aboriginal-so...
(last updated: 29 August 2015)
WGAR Background Info Web-Pages
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-info-web-pages
(last updated: 29 August 2015)
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