South Sydney HeraldFlag mural makes way for Aboriginal housing
Lyn Turnbull · Tuesday, July 2, 2019 · Leave a Comment
On June 13, the flag mural wall on The Block came down to make way for affordable Aboriginal housing, which is sorely needed in Redfern and Waterloo.
Aboriginal Issues
Human rights, not fracking rights
Cathy Gill · Tuesday, July 2, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Garawa and other First Nations elders, who strongly oppose both the NT Intervention and fracking on their land, addressed a rally in Hyde Park on June 29.
Aboriginal affordable housing a crucial priority
Pam Jackson · Tuesday, July 2, 2019 · Leave a Comment
As NAIDOC Week (July 7-14) calls on us to work together for a better future, it is important to remind all community members and policymakers about the crucial need for Aboriginal people to remain physically in place during moments of critical urban change.
Change the heart – a call to action
Julie McCrossin · Monday, February 18, 2019 · Leave a Comment
In the week leading up to Australia Day on January 26, Aboriginal Christian leaders Aunty Jean Phillips and Brooke Prentis hosted 17 prayer meetings in every state and territory across Australia.
Three-day proposal for Australia Day commemorations
Lyn Turnbull · Sunday, February 17, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Wesley Enoch from the Noonuccal Nuugi people of Stradbroke Island believes that the date of Australia Day should not change, but that the way it is marked should be.
Gathering Place on Caroline Street closes
Peter Maher · Friday, February 15, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The Gathering Place in Caroline St built relationships with many Aboriginal people living on The Block as neighbours and friends.
Toward a truthful and hopeful national identity
Andrew Collis · Wednesday, February 6, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Yabun is upbeat, inspiring, empowering and confronting.
Rock The Block
Lyn Turnbull · Friday, December 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment
For many of the couple of thousand people who attended over the day, Archie Roach’s heart-wrenching performance of “Took the Children Away” was a highlight.
Pemulwuy battles critics over student tower
Leon Batchelor · Thursday, November 15, 2018 · 1 Comment
The Block nears a critical juncture as the Pemulwuy Project secures departmental support, but critics are angered that student housing takes pride of place.
New national day?
South Sydney Herald · Wednesday, October 10, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Despite a growing consensus pointing out the painful associations of January 26, endured by First Peoples as a date commemorating invasion, destruction of land and language, appropriation of…
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