Showing posts with label Indigenous Australians. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indigenous Australians. Show all posts
10 January 2013

Comparisons...

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This is a brief introduction to what might be a much longer post after I sit down and think about it in a little more detail. It might even ...
28 January 2012

The Colly Crew on ABC TV's 7.30 Program...

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The Colly Crew are moving onwards and upwards. The things that we do are being recognised as making a difference. They are being recognised ...
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13 April 2011

Australian Aboriginal Proverb...

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"We are all visitors to this time, this place.  We are just passing through.  Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to lov...
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18 February 2011

Collarenebri Central School -- Generation One -- Closing the Gap...

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If you watch one thing today, then watch this. This is why I came back to teaching. This is a rap that Collarenebri school students pu...
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14 February 2011

The 1965 Freedom Ride...

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It is hard to believe that it is 46 years this month that the Freedom Ride of a group of young activists brought the cold, hard reality of...
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08 November 2010

A Referendum To Recognise Indigenous Australians...

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In a lot of ways it is pretty sad that Australia is about to embark on a process that might culminate in the long overdue recognition of our...
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17 January 2010

"Negro", "Black", or "African-American"?

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This blog of mine generally focuses on issues relating to Australia and Indonesia. However, the whole point was that the blog was to be a pl...
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05 April 2008

Sorry for What?

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It was not so long ago that the Australian Prime Minister stood before an expectant and silent crowd and uttered a word that many had longed...
13 February 2008

Australia Says "Sorry" to the Stolen Generations

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Today hopefully marks a turning point in Indigenous relations in Australia with the Government finally recognizing the wrongs of the past an...
31 January 2008

An Apology At Last

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The road to reconciliation has been long and it has been tortuous but with the imminent apology to be offered by the current Australian gove...
18 November 2007

Revisiting the Past - Making it Right

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Australia has a rich and proud history and just like any other country we have issues in our history that must never make us proud. But hist...