the Mish story via The Age (not everyone thought the destruction of the church was a tragedy) and Deadly Stories
The Fighting Gunditjmara refused attempts to move them from their country to a mission at Framlingham, near Warrnambool, bc it was someone else's country, and so the Mish came to be.
#Gunditjmara #always-was #always-will-be #Christianity #invasion
The Federal Court, which assesses native title claims, only recognises those which can display an unbroken continuation of culture reaching back to pre-colonisation.
It's an incredibly high bar which Eastern Maar representatives are proud to have cleared.
"What is occurring today is not a grant of native title, but a recognition of native title. That is, a recognition that this beautiful country has always been the country of the Eastern Maar Peoples and always will be."
The Twelve Apostles are back in Aboriginal hands after Vic's first native title determination in 10 years - SBS
(there are only seven apostles, originally eight but one fell down)
National Sorry Day (today)
https://nationaltoday.com/national-sorry-day/
Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
#oz #first-nations #first-people #always-was #always-will-be #decency #respect #reconciliation #reparation
We Bleed the Same (currently on display in the ANU's Research School of Social Sciences building) write-up via ABC
"People say we were stolen. I don't like that word, I'm not an object. I'm a human being who was kidnapped from my family, thanks to a racist government policy" i like that. euphemism dropped.
and featuring the Hills Hoist salute
#art #stories #racism #oz #immigration #asylum #always-was #always-will-be #science #sense #morality
