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Background to the Protect Arnhem Land Campaign, Northern Territory (NT), Australia

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Last updated: 16 May 2014

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WGAR News: The Wire - West Arnhem Regional Council: Our environmental achiever [Featuring Alice Eather] (16 May 14)
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* Sovereign Union: Arnhem Land traditional owners flag High Court action to prevent mining industry fracking

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 48 events from 30 September 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 29/09/2013 - 1:22pm

Newsletter date: 30 September 2013

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

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Event: 29th September 2013: Fremantle, Perth, WA
Murru: In Memory of John Pat Album Launch
"Big hART and the community of Ieramugadu (Roebourne)
proudly present the Album Launch of Murru
- a music collaboration between John Bennett, Shellie Morris,
Emma Donovan, Archie Roach, Lucky Oceans, Harry Hookey,
Bill Chambers, the Last Kinection, Trevor Jamieson,

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NSW Events: STICS planning meeting + Boomerang Festival: Larissa Behrendt + Exhib: Saltwater Visions

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Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Mon 30 September 2013: Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
STICS (Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney) planning meeting
"Please Note: As the first Monday in October, i.e. 7 October
is a public holiday we will instead be meeting on
Monday 30 September at 6 pm, Federation Conference Centre"
"Discussion about an upcoming protest on 12 October 2013
12 October 2013 - 3pm:
No Basics Card No Work-for-Dole No Intervention Rally
at Sydney Martin Place.

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Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Darwin events: Groggy: Art exhibition examining NT booze double-standard + Bridging the Gap Seminar

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Northern Territory Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Until 12 October 2013: Darwin, NT
Groggy
Art exhibition by Todd Williams & Therese Ritchie
Northern Centre for Contemporary Art
"Darwin gets groggy with it -- exhibition examines NT booze double-standard"
""My name is Chips Mackinolty and I am an alcoholic …
"Everyone assumes that grog is an exclusively Aboriginal problem.
That is simply not true. Around 50% of Aboriginal people don’t drink at all.
"If the Northern Territory were a nation, we would have the

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Melbourne events: ISJA Meeting + Film Real: Backroads + Henry Reynolds on the 'Forgotten War'

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Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Thu 3 October 2013: Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic
Next Meeting: Indigenous Social Justice Association - Melbourne
"During 2013, ISJA will meet the first Thursday of every month."
Event details: http://www.isja-msg.com/coming_events.htm

Event: Tuesday 8 October 2013: Footscray, Vic
Film Real: Black Screen October
Backroads
"Four men, one woman … a stolen Pontiac.
Joined by desperation and anger, bound for tragedy.
Speeding recklessly across the … Backroads"

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Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Queensland events: My Country, I Still Call Australia Home + 31st Anniv Commonwealth Games Protests

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 29/09/2013 - 10:42am

Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 1 June to 7 October 2013: South Bank, Qld
My Country, I Still Call Australia Home:
Contemporary Art from Black Australia
Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
"This exhibition will be the Gallery's largest ever exhibition
of contemporary Indigenous Australian art. It will feature
works by Indigenous Australian artists from across the country."
"'My Country. I Still Call Australia Home' examines the
associations and interpretations Aboriginal and Torres Strait

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Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Canberra events: Murra Bidgee Mullangari River Ceremony + First Nations Gathering: Tent Embassy

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Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 30 September 2013: Murrumbidgee River, Stromlo, ACT
Murra Bidgee Mullangari River Ceremony
Uriarra East picnic area, Murrumbidgee River
"For the first time in more than 200 years, Traditional Custodians
from the mouth of the Murray River in South Australia
will perform ceremony with Traditional Custodians in Canberra
on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River, to reawaken an
ancient pathway that connected their nations for more than
25,000 years."

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Fremantle event: Murru: In Memory of John Pat Album Launch

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 28/09/2013 - 1:54pm

Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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WGAR News: Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos about Aboriginal youth suicides

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 27/09/2013 - 2:59pm

Newsletter date: 28 September 2013

Contents:

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos about the high number of Aboriginal youth suicides in Australia
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: How many more suicides will it take?
* The Wire: Let's ask R U OK? to our Indigenous youth [Featuring Will Austin]
* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

* Emma Murphy, Green Left: Darwin gets groggy with it -- exhibition examines NT booze double-standard
* Background to the NT Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Bill

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WGAR News: "National Day of Action Stop Aboriginal Deaths in Custody John Pat Died 30 Years Ago"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 27/09/2013 - 10:10am

Newsletter date: 27 September 2013

Contents:

* Upcoming Events - National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
* Deaths in Custody Watch Committee WA: National Day of Action Stop Aboriginal Deaths in Custody John Pat Died 30 Years Ago - Still No Justice!
* Deaths in Custody Watch Committee WA: National Day of Action - your support can make a difference
* The Wire: Aboriginal deaths in custody, remembering John Pat [Featuring Marc Newhouse and Rodney Dillon]
* SBS Radio News: Anniversary of deaths in custody Royal Commission

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