Hi Susan,
Thank you for your report. Here is the article. The Australian media,
other than the ABC, hasn't bothered to mention it. Maybe tomorrow ...
BBC NEWS
Sunday, 3 December, 2000, 05:31 GMT
Mass march for
aborigines [sic]
The UN has expressed concern over the
treatment of aborigin
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FYI.
If people would like to acknowledge Charlie and the Good things he did
for the Struggle
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From: Geoff Atkinson
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 9:29 AM
Subject: Passing of Dr. Charles Perkins AO
Mr.
What a strange idea, Laurie! Hold pollies accountable for their actions?
That only applies to the rest of us.
Still, it seems that leaders who commit genocide and other brutalities
are now slowly being prosecuted so there is hope that one day
It is up to us if we let them get away with it.
Tr
Performing for Justice
2nd benefit concert
come and join the journey
7.00 for 7.30 pmTuesday
24 October 2000
at: TILLEYS
Cnr Wattle and Brigalow Sts
Lyneham, Canberra
Michael Anderson
Feedback on Aboriginal concerns in the United Nations
Jennifer Martinello, poet and writer and re
The Australian
Ceremony dream end for Perkins
By Steve Creedy
23oct00
IT was neither the biggest
nor the last ceremony to
honour Charles Perkins, but it
was one the late Aboriginal
activist would have
particularly appreciated.
Aboriginal members of the
tent embassy at Sydney's
Victoria Park yes
The Sydney Morning Herald
What Perkins gave
Charles Perkins was not only a champion for his people but, probably
without even knowing it, a fountain of inspiration for people living
with the gift of a kidney transplant. He provided this for me and I am
grateful to him for it.
Mandy van den Elsho
The Sydney Morning Herald
State funeral honour for Charles Perkins
Date: 21/10/2000
By MARK METHERELL in Canberra
The Prime Minister has broken protocol and directed that Mr Charles
Perkins be given a state funeral.
The Aboriginal activist who broke the rules during his life is to be
given a
Message from the Tent Embassy.
Remembering a leader, R.I.P. Charles Perkins. Died 18 october 2000.
The Perkins family, Isobell Coe, Donna Ruska, Frank Doolan, Thomas
Roberts.
The Tent Embassy.
Please ring bells as a mark of respect on Sunday 22 October, 2000 at
12pm.
honouring Charles.
Big
PLEASE PASS THIS ON THROUGH YOUR NETWORKS
On the 3 August 2000, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Advisory
Board, the Queensland Governmentís peak advisory body on Aboriginal
and
Torres Strait Islander Policy, was given carriage of the final stages
of
the Queensland Indigenous
The family of Dr Perkins advises that a funeral service will be held at
10.00am next Wednesday 25 October at Sydney Town Hall.
The family asks well-wishers not to send flowers but instead make
donations to a charity they will nominate. Further details will be
posted.
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'Your Say'
Friday, 20 October, 2000
Sir Ronald Wilson a hero to
Aborigines
I HADN'T met Sir Ronald Wilson when my family told
our story to the Inquiry into the Stolen Generations
in Ceduna, South Australia, in 1996.
We were all born at Ooldea on the Maralinga lands.
THE AGE
A true Australian hero
By JOHN PILGER
2000-10-20 00:07:41
Charlie Perkins was, in many ways, Australia's Mandela. Indeed, had the
Australian racial
composition been reversed, as in South Africa, he would have surely
fulfilled that role.
Instead, he struggled until his death for justice an
The Sydney Morning Herald
Letters
20/10/2000
Vale Charles Perkins
Charles Perkins was once playing with his grandkids down in kiddies'
corner at North Bondi. Looking at him with the kind of curiosity
that you do when you think you recognise someone famous, he looked back
at me. Without hesitatio
Call for public holiday to commemorate distinguished activist
Nationally and internationally renowned activist Gracelyn Smallwood has
called on the Australian Government and public
to back the idea of a national holiday to commemorate the life and work
of the late Dr Kumantjayi Perkins.
Ms Smal
Statement by family of Dr Charles Perkins
18 October 2000
Dr Charles Nelson Perkins, Arrernte and Kalkadoon man, passed away
today at about 10a.m.
from complications related to renal failure.
He was surrounded by his family and friends in Sydney.
The last 30 years of his life
The Canberra Times
Letters
Wednesday, 18 October, 2000
Court case proved report's truth
CONTRARY to Bill Hayden's assertion (CT, October 12, p.3) that the
Cubillo-Gunner court case showed that the stolen generations report
was seriously flawed, I would say that the case confirmed the finding
Charles Perkins dies
Source: AAP|Published: Wednesday October 18, 10:26 AM
Prominent Aboriginal activist Charles Perkins died this morning in
Sydney.
Mr Perkins died about 10am in a Sydney hospital, New South Wales
government sources said.
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ABC INDIGENOUS NEWS
Monday Oct 16, 2000
Education and affluence impacts on
racism: academic
New research has found the occurrence of racism in New South
Wales depends more on education and affluence than whether a
person lives in the city or country.
The study, conducted by the University of New
The Sydney Morning Herald
Letters: Too religious to go to jail
Date: 17/10/2000
It was with a sense of shock and outrage that I read the article "Dirty
Laundry" by Paul Barry (Herald, October 14).
Since when does belonging to a religion stop a guilty person from
serving a prison sentence?
On t
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FORMING A FEDERAL RECONCILIATION PARTY *
Following discussions on the songlines list, an online meeting is to
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Saturday, October 14, 2000
Never forget a face
Tim Bonyhady on early memorials to black Australia
Australia's history has never been a matter of just white and black,
let
alone just white against black. The massacre of 28 Aboriginal men,
women and children
In reality, Herron is not planning anything except the announcement they
will ask him to make. The blueprint for further dispossession is being
prepared in John Howard's office.
Trudy
ABC INDIGENOUS NEWS
16/10/00
Herron plans land rights act revamp
The Federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister, John
Hi Ben,
You can get the original article of the interview with Ruddock at the
Washington Post. Just click on
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-adv/archives/
and plug in 'ruddock'. It's the fourth article in the list but they want
US$2.95 for articles older than 2 weeks.
Alternatively, I can forward al
I have just phone to register my 'yes' vote and it appears legit.
Trudy
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I just received this email, I rang and voted yes of course, please pass
it on,
I don't know who else to send it to
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Have Your Say.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Racists at home in the city
Date: 16/10/2000
By ADELE HORIN
Racist attitudes are more pronounced in some Sydney suburbs than in
rural areas, according to new research which runs contrary to
conventional wisdom.
Some regions which are strongly anti-Aborigine are not
The ENIAR Monitor Issue 2 November 2000 (text only version)
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SEA OF HANDS COMES TO LONDON
6000 hands in the colours of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
flags made a stunning display in Lincolns
The Sydney Morning Herald
Reith's card is nothing to get hung up about
Date: 14/10/2000
By MIKE CARLTON
Just for fun, imagine for one moment that it was a high official of the
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission who had flicked
the office phone card to his son, eventually to run
ABC TV
Friday 13, 2000 - 10:50 pm
Stompem Ground 2000
Stompem Ground is the biggest and best indigenous festival in
Australia. It is held in Broome bi-annually and features the cream
of indigenous music as well as traditional Kimberley culture, plus
a weeklong festival of arts and even
The ABC has the most consistent coverage of Aboriginal issues.
I guess its like appointing Ruddock to be 'Reconciliation Minister'.
When you want to destroy something you have to appoint an expert.
Trudy
Entertainment
8:37 am AEST October 13 2000
ABC news budget to be slashed: report
AAP --
The Canberra Times
Letters
13/10/2000
Another poet we shouldn't ignore
A POETS' memorial in Glebe Park what a great idea! (Robert
Macklin's column, October 6, p.3). However, I am saddened by the
omission of one name from the list nominated by Geoff Page, although
the five he nominated are i
The last one says it all
The Sydney Morning Herald
Letters
13/10/2000
Hayden targets myths on Aborigines
I have a deep sense of gratitude to Bill Hayden for his University of
Tasmania speech and its clarity about the dilemma that so many
non-indigenous Aussies have about the "Aboriginal" qu
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Dear Friends,
Helen Moran and Johnny Huckle, with their 4-month-old daughter, Dindima,
have started their six-week Journey of Healing music tour of Western
Australia. They have a busy programme ahead. They have just arrived in
Broome, where they started
;
> Are you saying that Pearson shouldn't have expressed these ideas?
>
> Graham
>
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> From: "Trudy & Rod Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 3:00 PM
> Subject: R
I watched Hayden being interviewed on the ABC World at Noon and he seems
enamoured of the 'historian' Windschuttle 'who proved that Henry
Reynolds was wrong'.
Hayden's platform is exactly the misinterpretation that Pearson left
himself wide open to. Pearson's ideas are giving aid and comfort to
ev
SBS Television
Tuesday, Oct 10, 2000
7.30 DOCUMENTARY: A SEA
OF HANDS - One of the most
significant and visually
arresting symbols of
reconciliation has been the
construction of the Sea of
Hands. In this magical and
moving documentary, 70
white Australians, facing the
difficu
Tuesday, 10 October, 2000
PAUL KELLY, JIMMY LITTLE, KUTCHA EDWARDS PERFORM A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR
YOUTH DRUG PROGRAM
Singer and songwriter, Paul Kelly, will join with Jimmy Little on one of
his rare visits to Melbourne, to perform a benefit concert for the drug
treatment programs run by Jesui
THE AGE
A long way from Kew
By THEA CHESTERRFIELD, SARA DEHM, SACHA McDOUGLA & RACHEL TOSOLINI
2000-10-10 00:32:20
DAY 1: As we stepped from the plane, several things hit us the heat, the
quiet absence of
airport hustle and bustle and the outback country. The four of us had
been looking
forward
INSIGHT
National Current Affairs
http://www.sbs.com.au/insight/insight_set.html
Forum: did the Olympics advance reconciliation? -
October 05, 2000
The golden glow most of us got from the Olympic Games continues
as our athletes are celebrated in parades around the country. The
goodwill and the har
The Sydney Morning Herald
Letters: No wheel, but also no smallpox, guns or world wars
Date: 07/10/2000
Nathan Zamprogno (Letters, October 5) is correct. There is a place to
evaluate the merits of differing societies without fear of causing
offence.
True, Western society does not have a monopol
THIS WEEK ON INSIGHT: Woomera, one
of our most secret institutions
Australia`s newest detention centre has been
dogged by trouble all year- violent protests and
allegations of harsh treatment and inhumane
conditions.
More than 500 men, women and children have been held at
Woomera in South
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Closing ceremony of the "Corroboree for Sovereignty"
Wed Oct 4 '00
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Notification of the Closing ceremony of the "Corroboree for
Sovereignty" at
the Aboriginal Tent Embassy this weekend.
Join in the closing ceremony for the "Corroboree for Sovereignty" at the
Aboringinal
Paralympic torch lit in Canberra
Source: AAP|Published: Thursday October 5, 1:09 PM
The Paralympic flame came to life in a bed of smouldering eucalyptus
leaves this morning and began its 14-day journey across
Australia.
More than 100 people braved a cold Canberra dawn to gather outside
Parliame
I guess the rest of them feel safe now to crawl out from under their
rocks
Aborigines prefer hunting, says Causley
Source: AAP|Published: Thursday October 5, 10:42 AM
Aborigines were disadvantaged partly because they preferred hunting to
school, National Party MP Ian Causley said today.
M
Nothing surprising here. When was the last time Howard didn't defend a
racist?
Trudy
Howard backs Ruddock
Source: AAP|Published: Thursday October 5, 10:48 AM
Prime Minister John Howard today gave Immigration Minister Philip
Ruddock his full support and said he would not ask him to resign
over
THE AGE
New pressure on Ruddock
By KERRY TAYLOR
2000-10-05 00:24:24
Reconciliation Minister Philip Ruddock came under new pressure to resign
last night after
fresh revelations that he told an American newspaper that Aborigines did
not invent the
wheel or have chariots and had had little contact w
A variety of viewpoints
The Sydney Morning Herald
Letters: Sport and politics, and the whole sorry mess
Date: 05/10/2000
Surely all those complaining about Midnight Oil wearing "Sorry" suits at
the Olympics closing ceremony are being disingenuous?
The whole history of modern sport demons
Why is it that racists never seem to understand that it is their
'innocent' comments that give them away. The words betray the mindset.
Trudy
Comments not meant to offend: Ruddock
>From AAP
04oct00
10:00 (AEDT)
RECONCILIATION Minister
Philip Ruddock said today his
comments on Aboriginal
develop
The Sydney Morning Herald
Letters:
Date: 04/10/2000
Philistine at the wheel
Mr Ruddock, the Minister for Reconciliation, believes that not having
the wheel held back Aboriginal society. Let's just see what the
wheel has done for us.
The wheel gave us transport.
Transport gave us trade.
Trade
The Sydney Morning Herald
Sometimes all that glistens isn't Olympic gold
Date: 04/10/2000
by Alan Ramsey
EVEN the Queen sent a herogram. Juan Antonio Samaranch had us hanging
for days on his verdict of how terrific we were. Our
newspapers continue to run slabs of letters congratulating ourselve
C I N C I N N A T IP O S TS P O R T S
A Down-under
Olympics
Column by The Post's Bill Koch
SYDNEY, Australia - For the past 16 days, this
country has immersed itself in a sometimes
embarrassing display of self-congratulation over its
beautiful city, its magnificent staging of the
Olympi
le's
> had used eucalypts as anti-septics, invented a spear throwing device, or
> discovered how to find water in a desert. "The fact that there were no
> deserts where they lived is simply excuse-making," the Minister said
> dismissively. "I'm not offering
ABC News
Mon, 2 Oct 2000 16:07 AEDT
Tent embassy raises
international awareness of
Indigenous issues
Organisers of the temporary Aboriginal tent
embassy in inner Sydney say their protest has
raised international awareness of the problems
faced by Australia's Indigenous people.
The embassy has
This man is beneath contempt! And still he hides behind the Amnesty
International pin and membership
Trudy
ABC News
02/10/00
Ruddock attacked over indigenous
comments
The Federal Reconciliation Minister, Philip Ruddock, has been
criticised for linking Aboriginal disadvantage with relatively
Pressure for access to Aboriginal waters
Source: AAP|Published: Monday October 2, 12:47 PM
Prime Minister John Howard will be urged to guarantee the fishing
industry access to waters which cover Aboriginal land when he
meets Northern Territory Chief Minister Denis Burke tomorrow.
Mr Howard wil
Hi Chris,
There is a letter in the SMH this morning addressing thisTrudy
The Sydney Morning Herald
02/10/2000
Letters
Neel's genetic theories
Rather than concluding that an entire academic discipline stands to be
condemned on the strength of a book that hasn't yet been
published, readers of
The Sydney Morning Herald
Pearson says bureaucracies perpetuate welfare dependency
Date: 02/10/2000
By DEBRA JOPSON
The indigenous leader Mr Noel Pearson has accused bureaucracies of
failing to cooperate in his efforts to shift Aborigines out of welfare
dependency "because they want to perpet
Dear all,
I have a request from Theodor Rathgeber of the Society for Threatened
Peoples for some input.
The famous German musician, Peter Maffay, who two years ago recorded
with Yothu Yindi on Tribal Voice, wants some proposals or ideas which is
hoped will have a major impact in Australia rega
The Sydney Morning Herald
Letters
Date: 02/10/2000
Hint for outback kids
As there will be no prosecutions related to the great MRI scandal which
has cost this country millions of dollars, I can safely assume that
none of the perpetrators of the scam were Aboriginal teenagers living in
Western Au
THE AGE
The awful truth is out there
By ANDREW MARKUS
2000-09-30 23:43:44
The past few months have witnessed a radical attempt to rewrite
Australian history. No
less an authority than Prime Minister John Howard has sought to explain
that there was no
"stolen generation". Historian Keith Windschut
http://sydney.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=847
Bruce Reyburn's call for a new party!
Trudy
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IOC backs away from Legal Action
Sydney 28th September 2000
Unolympics.com, a non profit organisation responsible for the Shame 2000
web site (www.unolympics.com), has scored a tactical legal victory over
the
all powerful International Olympic Committee.
Shame 2000 is the "offi
Sounds like the American ABC Network did an in-depth presentation of
Indigenous issues in Australia...
The Salt Lake Tribune
http://www.sltrib.com/09282000/thursday/thursday.htm
NBC's Positive Spin
Covers Everything
Olympian In a Fairy Tale
Haze
BY MARTIN
RENZHOFER
NBC sports czar
The Sydney Morning Herald
The motherland sails for brighter legal shores
Date: 29/09/2000
A significant constitutional change is about to take place in the
motherland. On Monday, the Human Rights Act takes effect and for the
first time Englanders will be able to go to their own courts to claim
National
1:55 pm AEST September 28 2000
Freeman's run won't bring a sorry, says Ruddock
AAP --
Cathy Freeman's 400 metre gold-medal run did not put added pressure on
the federal government to
apologise to the Aboriginal stolen generation, Reconciliation Minister
Philip Ruddock said today
http://www.tbwt.com/news/2000/09/24/eng-kentuckyconnect/eng-kentuckyconnect_054722_42_366083865054.asp
Aborigines Deserve Australian Apology
September 24, 2000
Lexington Herald-Leader
Watching the opening ceremonies for the Summer Olympics in Sydney,
Australia, I was struck by the
number of
Published Monday, September 25, 2000, in the
San Jose Mercury News
One Australia,
Many Faces
RACIAL MILESTONE
: ABORIGINAL INVOLVEMENT
IN OLYMPICS UNITING A
DIVIDED PEOPLE
BY MARK MCDONALD
Mercury News
ALICE SPRINGS, Australia -- This is the sunburned
country, scorched to a fare-
C-NEWS
Monday, Sep. 25, 2000
Ottawa spending more than $2 million for national talks on racism
OTTAWA (CP) -- Aboriginals and minority groups have long said racism
in Canada is real, and Ottawa is spending more than $2 million to draft
a national response.
Hedy Fry, secretary of state f
The Secret of Our Success
by Anglo Abo 11:33am Mon Sep 25 '00
Finding a way for indigenous people to live honorable lives while
Europeans
forcibly impose *broken* structures will take a LOT of relaxation.
http://www.sydney.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=693
Trudy
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The West Australian
September 25, 2000
Knowledge quest preserves
tradition
By Peta Rasdien
TAKEN from her family at seven,
Sandra Evans never forgot the
important lessons her mother and
elders had taught her on an
Aboriginal reserve on the outskirts
of Leonora.
When she ret
(Eugene Kane is an African-American)
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/sep00/kanecol24092300a.asp
Cheering for Australia's underdogs
There's no question where my sympathies lie during these Olympic games.
Here in the good old U S of A, we're conditioned to ro
Star Tribune (Minneapolis - St.Paul)
http://www2.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisStory=82600870
Published Sunday, September 24, 2000
Natives' ' Needs Overlooked at Games
By MORT ROSENBLUM / AP Special Correspondent
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Olympian flames lit by a popular Abor
The Sydney Morning Herald
Letters (extract)
Monday, September 25, 2000
Protests go against the genuine Aborigines
The Aboriginal protests during the Olympic Games are being staged and
supported by people such as the activist Murrandoo Yanner, who is
co-ordinator of the Carpentaria Land C
The Sydney Morning Herald
Monday, September 25, 2000
The perils of political reinterpretation
Henry Reynolds explains his estimate of 20,000 Aboriginal killings is
based on a mountain of research supporting a violent frontier.
IN A brief passage in his recent sustained attack on the
Read the article at:
http://sydney.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=670
Trudy
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Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 14:20:10 EST
From: "Gurmeet Sekhon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This article was published in the NZ newspaper, the "Evening Post" on
16/9/00.
MELBOURNE AND S11
Nandor Tanczos
Townsville Bulletin, Saturday September 23, 2000
page 5
Breaking Palm's blight
by Clayton Smales
Palm Islanders had to learn how to "walk the talk" if they were to
escape
the blight of the drug dependence and alcoholism.
This was local Councillor Delena Foster's message to those gathered
yeste
The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/09/22/text/p19s1.html
Saturday, September 23, 2000
Aborigines on tour celebrate their
culture
'Upstart Aussies' travel to US to tell their story and spotlight
historic injustices
By Karen Campbell Special to The Christian S
The full Peter Sartorius horror show
By overwhelming popular demand (four people asked for this) here is the
full can of garbage, the Sartorius Horror Show, that aired
on TV here in Germany the other day. Appreciate it by hammering him I
spent hours putting it together. See my Recoznet posti
For German speakers only
For Recoznet:
For those of you who can read German, an empathetic, pro-Aboriginal
report in Der Spiegel, Germany's premier news magazine, on
"The Block" in Sydney. As far as I can tell - and I've never been there,
only heard and read about it - it's pretty accurate.
Media Release
21st September 2000
Aboriginal Elder embarking on a Speaking Tour in Japan
Aboriginal Elder, Wadjularbinna, will be leaving for Japan on Saturday
23rd
September for a 14-day speaking tour to highlight the struggle of her
people. The tour is organised by Professor Goichi Terachi of
The Sydney Morning Herald
Friday, September 22, 2000
LETTERS
Too much evidence to deny Aboriginal
massacres
In writing about the foundation of the nation, Keith Windschuttle
(Herald,
September 19) claims the Forrest River massacre is "pure mythology"
with no evidence that any Abori
>From Diet Simon:
MPs coming to Oz next year
Since posting German MPs pushing for Aboriginal rights session I have
received the following from the Social
Democrat Bundestag MP, Klaus Hasenfratz, chairman of the
Australian-German Group of Parliamentarians:
In connection with the opening of
German MPs pushing for human
rights session on Aborigines
By Diet Simon
Cologne, Germany, 20 September - - Moves are afoot in the German
parliament to try to bring discrimination of Australian Aborigines
onto its agenda.
Its been agreed with Claudia Roth (Greens), chairperson of the
Bundest
Tony,
I just did a search of The Australian site and the only thing that comes
up under "Henry Reynold" is Keith Windschuttle...
I don't believe that the article was online or I would have found it
when it first came out. The online sites often are poor cousins of the
print editions.
Trudy
TONY
Read Bruce Reyburn's thought provoking article at:
http://sydney.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=642
Trudy
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Actors urge government to say sorry
Source: AAP|Published: Wednesday September 20, 5:25 PM
MELBOURNE, Sept 20 AAP Halfnaked Australian actors at Expo 2000 in
Germany have been urged to cut out part of a Sorry Show
calling on the Australian government to say sorry to Australian
Aborigines.
Ten
I hope he doesn't expect his claim of independence to be believed.
--- Trudy
National
11:07 am AEST September 20 2000
New delegate backs push to overhaul UN committees
AAP --
Australia's new delegate on the United Nations Human Rights Commit
THE AGE
Adelaide alcohol-free plan draws angry claims of racism
By RANDALL ASHBOURNE
2000-09-19 23:24:07
Angry residents stopped an Adelaide City Council meeting on Monday in a
bid to block a
dry zone proposal that they see as a direct affront to Aborigines who
use the city's main
square as a ga
Rocky Mountain News - Denver Co.
Mike Littwin
Lost at Games:
Aborigines' mettle
stand
SYDNEY, Australia Before we get to the Block, before we get to the
shooting gallery, before we see the worst, we're met at the station by
Ralph Townsend.
He wasn't exactly expecting us. He was just
USA TODAY
John Saraceno
09/18/00- Updated 09:36 PM ET
For Aborigines, it's all about race
SYDNEY It is undeniable that Cathy Freeman is one of
the fastest women on the planet. Her enthusiastic Aussie
countrymen expect quite a performance from their popular
two-time world champion in next week
Ive just heard the worst bunkum ever about the Aborigines and
Australian history on Germanys major commercial TV channel, RTL.
It was excruciatingly embarassing. Samples: the First Fleet with
convicts arrived 1772. Aborigines are like Neger, they thought their
ancestors were coming when they
Amnesty International Australia
Media Diary Alert 18 September 2000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Defend the Tortured - Candle Day 2000
Thousands of volunteer human rights defenders will take to the streets
around the country next month for Amnesty International Australia
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Subject: LL:PR: ***Taking Our Land Back on Wednesday***
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 15:29:36 +0930
From: "Keepers of Lake Eyre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Walking the Land- for Our Ancient Right
For Peace and Healing
Camped with the Sacred Fire for
Sydney Independent Media Centre
"Aborigines didn't want mining jobs"
by Diet Simon in Cologne 1:19am Mon Sep 18 '00
Many Aborigines had the opportunity to find work with mining companies,
but followed their
leaders, who oppose such industries on their land.
The words of John Howard to
Half Maori is new Miss Switzerland
Source: AP|Published: Monday September 18, 8:14 AM
GENEVA, Sept 17 - A 19-year-old Swiss woman born in New Zealand was
crowned Miss Switzerland this weekend, and has used the
opportunity to express pride in her indigenous Maori roots and urge her
adopted countr
[For those who dont' know: PP McGuinness is the editor of Quadrant]
The Sydney Morning Herald
When historical truths come in dreams
Date: 18/09/2000
The Prime Minister's favourite magazine is drifting towards a historical
denialism about the stolen generations, writes Robert
Manne.
Visitors t
That's OK, not all the cops will be caught either.
Kasey Taylor wrote:
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> But that only gets those caught on celluloid - there will be others who
> escape. That is a pity.
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> >From: Trudy & Rod Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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