WGAR News: Vale Michele Harris OAM: Respect and Listen compilation of tributes

Newsletter date: 8 June 2015

Contents:

* Compilation: Respect and Listen: Vale Michele Harris OAM: http://www.respectandlisten.org/vale-michele-harris.html

* Funeral Notice: Yolngu Nations Assembly: Michele Harris OAM 5/12/39 - 1/6/15

* Obituary: Michael Brull, New Matilda: Vale Michele Harris: A Tireless Campaigner Against The NT Intervention
* Obituary: Lionel Biopage, Colombo Telegraph: A Tribute To Michele Harris OAM

* Tributes: Respect and Listen: Vale Michele Harris OAM: [scroll down page] http://www.respectandlisten.org/vale-michele-harris.html

* Homepage: 'concerned Australians' - Without Justice there can be no Reconciliation: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/
* Download: Books and Publications by Michele Harris and 'concerned Australians': http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/publications.html
* Messages: 'concerned Australians': Treaty Messages: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/Treaty_Messages.html

* Compilations:
Respect and Listen: 'concerned Australians': http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/concerned-australians.html
Respect and Listen: Treaty: http://www.respectandlisten.org/treaty.html
Respect and Listen: NT Intervention: http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention.html
Respect and Listen: The Intervention: an Anthology: http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/intervention-anthology.html

* Background
WGAR Background to Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia (Last updated: 12 April 2015)
WGAR Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention (Last updated: 27 May 2014)
WGAR Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws (Last updated: 30 May 2014)

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- Compilation

Respect and Listen: Vale Michele Harris OAM
http://www.respectandlisten.org/vale-michele-harris.html

- Funeral Notice

Yolngu Nations Assembly: Michele Harris OAM 5/12/39 - 1/6/15
Yolngu Nations Assembly, facebook: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1594552207485586&id=15...
Respect and Listen: http://www.respectandlisten.org/vale-michele-harris.html
"Yolngu Nations Assembly acknowledges Michele Harris' immeasurable advocacy support and encouragement from our founding assembly in 2011 to the day she passed away on Monday the 1st of June. Her funeral service will be held in Sydney at 11.30am on Tuesday the 9th of June, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church Mosman.
Address:
Sacred Heart Catholic Church Mosman
23 Cardinal Street
Mosman NSW 2088"

- Obituaries

Michael Brull, New Matilda: Vale Michele Harris: A Tireless Campaigner Against The NT Intervention
https://newmatilda.com/2015/06/03/vale-michele-harris-tireless-campaigne...
3 Jun 15: "Michael Brull pays tribute to a woman who took the fight up to successive governments on black rights. On Monday this week, Michele Harris passed away. Michele Harris was one of the leading figures of concerned Australians (cA). CA has a terrific website, full of useful information, reports, books and speeches on the Northern Territory Intervention and Stronger Futures legislation. Looking through the website, one can see the major role played by Michele in many of its projects. ... "

Lionel Biopage, Colombo Telegraph: A Tribute To Michele Harris OAM
https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/a-tribute-to-michele-harris-oam/
4 Jun 15: "I met Michele in January 1991 for the first time, when I came to assume duties at the Patents Office in Canberra. At the time, The Torture Rehabilitation and Network Services ACT, which was renamed Companion House in Year 2000, was located at the Griffin Centre in Civic. A mutual friend, Marina Prasad, introduced me to Michele as a Sri Lankan in exile, who sought political asylum while working in Japan. Michele and I had a little chat about the work they do and I had an instant attachment to the cause. Since then, I had a very close association with TRANSACT until I left Canberra in 2004 and Michele had become a very close family friend of ours. ... "

- Tributes

Respect and Listen: Vale Michele Harris OAM:

[scroll down page] http://www.respectandlisten.org/vale-michele-harris.html

[Ed. Note: This listing of tributes is being up-dated regularly. Please click on the above link to read current and past tributes. The listing below is not complete due to a back-log.]

"7 June 2015:

Brian Butler, Co-Founder & Director @ Lateral Love Australia
Joan Hamilton, The Peace Justice and Social Issues group of the Sisters of St Joseph Victoria /Tasmania

6 June 2015:

Janet Hunt, ANU, Canberra

5 June 2015:

Ian Viner, AO QC
The Hon Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC
Dr Helen Szoke, CEO Oxfam, previous AHRC & VEOHRC
Emily Mitchell, Legal and Policy Officer, Australian Lawyers Alliance
Dr Gabrielle Russell-Mundine, Lecturer, National Centre for Cultural Competence, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services), The University of Sydney
Joan Kennedy, Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Michelle Purdy, Aboriginal VET Officer, TasTAFE

4 June 2015:

Marion Caris, Berlin, Germany
Stancea Vichie mss
Sharon Partridge, WFFR
John Baxter, WFFR & Rec Vic Council
Anthea Burns, Brimbank Council, Community Planning and Engagement Officer, Community Planning & Development
Janet Bachsinar, Maroondah Reconcilation
Auntie Ellie Gilbert, WGAR
Monica Morgan
John Ferguson, Australian Catholic Social Justice Council (ACSJC)
Bruce Duncan, YTU & SPC
Claude Mostowik Msc
Heather Weedon FMM
Dean Whittaker
Theo Mackaay
Alistair Macrae
Peter Lewis
Tess Keam
Jill Cooper-Ruzbacky
Megan Graham, UCA previous writer

3 June 2015:

Emily Chauvel, Reconciliation Victoria
Deb Chapman, acting Statewide Reconcilaiton Victoria Coordinator
Rosemary Rule, Co-Chair, Port Phillip Citizens for Reconciliation
John Burke, One Fire Rec Group Geelong
Diana Warrell, Nillumbik Reconciliation, Victoria
Barbara Oehring, Towards Reconciliation at Knox (TR@K)

2 June 2015:

Anita Heiss, Tara, Rosie Scott
Georgina Gartland, on behalf of 'concerned Australians' "

- Homepage

'concerned Australians' - Without Justice there can be no Reconciliation
http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/

- Download

Books and Publications by Michele Harris and 'concerned Australians'
http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/publications.html

- Messages

'concerned Australians': Treaty Messages
http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/Treaty_Messages.html

- Compilations

Respect and Listen: 'concerned Australians'
http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/concerned-australians.html

Respect and Listen: Treaty
http://www.respectandlisten.org/treaty.html

Respect and Listen: NT Intervention
http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention.html

Respect and Listen: The Intervention: an Anthology
http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/intervention-anthology.html

- Background

WGAR Background to Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/03/26/wgar-background-to-treaties-with-abo...
(Last updated: 12 April 2015)

WGAR Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
https://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-northern-territory...
(Last updated: 27 May 2014)

WGAR Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
https://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-stronger-futures-new-n...
(Last updated: 30 May 2014)

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