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Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary
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Event: Sun 14 April 2013: Appin, Sydney, NSW
Appin Massacre Memorial Ceremony
"All are welcome to this annual memorial for the
Dharawal people who perished in the massacre of 1816."
Hosted by:
* the Winga Myamly Reconciliation Group and
Supported by:
* Campbelltown City Council,
* Wollondilly Shire Council,
* Camden Council,
* Sydney Catchment Authority,
* W.I.L.M.A,
* the NSW Reconciliation Council and
* the Aboriginal Communities of the Macarthur Region.
Newsletter date: 14 April 2013
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Event: Thu 28 March to Sun 14 April 2013: Belconnen, Canberra, ACT
I Do Have a Belief:
Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993) Art Retrospective
Location: Belconnen Arts Centre
Producer: Gilbert Family
"I Do Have a Belief is an exhibition and events
celebrating the life of Kevin Gilbert and his contribution
to the local community, advancing human and political
rights and Aboriginal sovereignty at a national and
international level."
"The showcasing of his creative work includes
One of Sydney’s major community radio stations, 2ser, has ordered its volunteer workforce not to speak to any other media outlets about the station.
The ruling is included in a new five page contract which has been leaked to Indymedia. (see pdf below)
About 200 volunteers work at the station which is based at the UTS campus. All volunteers were told to sign the contracts or they would have to leave the station.
The legalistic document states:
The Stringer’s interview with Tony Abbott – his “must-do” list for Aboriginal Australia
by Gerry Georgatos - thestringer.com.au
April 10th, 2013
The Leader of the Coalition, Tony Abbott has drawn up a “must do list” he said he would implement from the first day he became Prime Minister to deliver Aboriginal peoples from abject poverty.
Open letter: whose university is University of Sydney?
Hi.
I am one of the community members arrested at the first day of the 48 hours strike of the University of Sydney workers. I am now indefinitely banned by a university board from the university, after closely filming the assaults against my friends and others in the community who participated in the strike, and being arrested and assaulted myself by police. This is not an allegation, it is a truth.
The questions I want to ask are:
The Stringer weekly newsletter - The Stringer went live February 20
Newsletter date: 7 April 2013
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Event: 7 April until 4 May 2013: Forrest, Canberra, ACT
Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud
Canberra Opening Sun 7 April 2013
Photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara
Curated By Judith Crispin
To be opened by special guest speaker:
Ms Penny Phillips, Manuwangku (Muckaty) Traditional Owner
Venue: Manning Clark House Gallery: http://manningclark.org.au/
Gallery Opening Hours:
Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm
"Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud is a
series of photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara
Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary
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Event: Mon 8 April 2013: Chippendale, Sydney, NSW
Meaningful Movies:
The Secret Country - The First Australians Fight Back
"Amnesty NSW and the Demand Dignity Network
invite you to a free screening of John Pilger’s
seminal documentary, The Secret Country-
The First Australians Fight Back. Examining the
history of the persecution of Indigenous Australians,
this 1985 film explores issues that are still
pertinent to current dialogue surrounding
A review of programming at Radio 2SER is fast turning into a nasty purge of volunteers who have questioned or criticised management in the past, according to several station volunteers.
The UTS based community station is slowly revealing the extent of its current programming overhaul with phone calls and meetings with individual shows and presenters.
