On 22 Mar 2000, at 8:43, Ian Henderson wrote:
> Laurie,
>
> During the demonstrations at the old Swan Brewery site I can well remember
> the arrival of these counter demonstrations organised by Campbell et al.
> During one of these an old Aboriginal man was marooned on the other side of
> the road, there was a large steel traffic barricade he could not cross. A
> couple of us, because of his obvious distress, went out to assist him. As we
> were getting him over the barricade he was saying, 'I've got to get over
> there (the site) or I wont get my money' (a corned beef sandwich!!!!) As a
> consequence we were confirmed in what we had suspected all along that these
> were paid demonstrators. We already knew they were from Kalgoorlie and they
> had been bussed down.
Yluritja (Clarry Isaacs) and a small band of supporters have been at
Goonininyup (the brewery) site evey tuesday, for nearly a decade, showing the
flag and maintaining a Nyoongar and supporters presence.
Power to the people...
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