Archive for: First Fleet

Remembering Indigenous Australians on Australia Day

Remembering Indigenous Australians on Australia Day

Tweet Progressive Christian leader Rev’d Dr Ray Barraclough calls for a minute’s silence on Australia Day to recall the consequences for Indigenous Australian from the arrival of the First Fleet. Oil painting of Indigenous Australians...

 

Understanding Indigenous sovereignty

Understanding Indigenous sovereignty

Tweet Ruth Forsythe examines the Tent Embassy’s 40 year anniversary celebration “Corroboree for Sovereignty” and the political and media understanding of the surrrounding issues — as well as asking Bunjulung Wahla-Bal Custodian, the...

 

The story Of A First Fleet Australian

The story Of A First Fleet Australian

Tweet A convict sent out over a 10-shilling theft left a proud legacy, writes descendant and senior correspondent Barry Everingham. Matthew James Everingham On January 26, 1788, a young London-born solicitor’s clerk, all of 18 years of...

 
 
 
 

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