Queensland

Newsletter date: 3 November 2013

Contents:

* Sovereign Union: 2013 Gathering of Nations in Canberra - Agenda [23-24 November 2013]
* Sovereign Union Flyer: Calling all Aboriginal Nations to Canberra 23-24 November 2013: Gathering of Nations

* Natalie Ahmat, NITV News: Mansell rejects Australia Day Award nomination on moral grounds

* SBS News: 150 years on, South Sea Islanders seek apology for Blackbirding

* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

Click on the links for details of the events ...

Event: Ongoing: Cherbourg Aboriginal community, S-E Qld
The Ration Shed Museum
"When our Elders were moved off the land and taken to
Cherbourg they were cut off from their traditional sources
of food and were given weekly rations of mainly flour,
sugar, tea, sago, rice, split peas and meat. The rations

Newsletter date: 8 October 2013

Contents:

* Sovereign Union: Michael Anderson returns from UN Symposium and announced the next Sovereign Union meeting
* Canberra Event: 23-24 November 2013: Next Sovereign Union meeting
* Musgrave Park, South Brisbane Event: 11-13 October 2013: 31st Anniversary Commonwealth Games Protests
* Canberra Event: 17-18 October 2013: First Nations Gathering - Aboriginal Tent Embassy
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

* James Rose, Crikey: Book Review: Forgotten War [By Henry Reynolds]

Newsletter date: 6 October 2013

Contents:

* Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT): First time in 30 years - High Court judgement on Aboriginality in sentencing to be handed down
* Clare Quirk, Warrnambool Standard: South-west elder praises indigenous appeal decision [Featuring Aboriginal Elder Lenny Clarke]
* Louise Taylor, The Guardian: Indigenous imprisonment rates: Australia needs better sentencing [About the High Court finding]
* Jane Lee, SMH: Judges told to consider history when sentencing
* ABC News Video: Indigenous disadvantage does not diminish over time, High Court rules