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Black Jocks 26th- 31st August 2012

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AUGUST 26

On this day 1966:

Two hundred Gurindji stockmen at Wave Hill cattle station in the Northern Territory went on strike, claiming a wage increase from $5 to $10 per week, to $50 per week. There were about 1,500 Aborigines employed as stockmen and domestic staff. Aboriginal stockmen wanted full award wages to be paid on all cattle stations.

On this day 1998:

Following Senator Aden Ridgeway’s maiden speech and the Government’s negotiations with the Democrats, Federal Parliament passed a declaration of “deep and sincere regret” for the past injustices to Aboriginal people.

On this day 2002:

Aboriginal elder Alby Clarke began a 3000 kilometre bicycle trek. The 67 year old had been afflicted by diabetes and had beaten the disease, and embarked on an epic journey to his home with the Gunditjmara community, near Warrnambool in western Victoria.

 

AUGUST 27

On this day 1841:

50 Aboriginal people were killed on the banks of the Rufus River bypolice and volunteers sent to protect overlanders. The party had been sent from Adelaide to this southwest region of NSW after reports that men and cattle had been killed there. They opened fire when a party of about 150 Aborigines advanced ‘with their spears quivering’.

 

On this day 1970:

The Federal Government declared it would not recognise claims of Aboriginal people to traditional land. Aboriginal squatters claimed part of the NT station, Wave Hill, but the Government’s decision meant that even if relinquished by the owners, it would not be reallocated to the Aboriginal people.

 

 

On this day 1992:

The Australian Indigenous Peoples Party was formally launched, at a meeting where every major Aboriginal and Islander community organisation from the Brisbane metropolitan area was represented.

 

On this day 1994:

Aboriginal athlete Cathy Freeman became the first runner to win a 200 and a 400 meters double at the Commonwealth Games.

AUGUST 28

Born on this day in 1988 AFL footballer Wade Thompson Port Adelaide footy club

On this day in 2001:

The opening day of the Kimberley region’s week long Aboriginal Law and Cultural Festival which attracted approximately 2,000 people from across the Kimberley region, representing 30 language groups. It is known to locals as Junba Nyanangarriyu Biya Yuwa or simply Biya Yuwa (pron: Bee Yay You  Way, this is short for, “Corroboree for Big Mob at 12 mile”).

 

Born on this day in 1987 AFL footballer Courtney Dempsey recruited by Essendon

On this day 1997:

The Federal Government would provide $1.5 million for a Queensland Indigenous Higher Education Centre specialising in health,

On this day 1998:

A two day meeting of over 70 members of the full council of the Northern Land Council reiterated its opposition to the establishment of 18 Northern Territory Land Councils, one of the recommendations contained in the then recently tabled Review of the Northern Territory Land Rights Act.

On this day 2002:

Sydney’s first Indigenous Employment Centre (IEC) was launched in Redfern with the aim of providing services to Indigenous job seekers who were ready to move from parttime, unskilled employment to more permanent work.

 

On this day 2003:

The Queensland Government announced Indigenous workers across the Torres Strait would learn valuable new skills and enjoy improved employment opportunities, following a State Government grant to the Island Coordinating Council.

On this day in 2010

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) delivers a damning report on Australia’s failure to meet international commitments on eliminating discrimination.

AUGUST 29

 

On this day 1837:

The Select Committee on Aborigines in the British Settlements tabled its report in the House of Commons. It noted that the invasion of Aboriginal lands by Europeans had intentionally or unintentionally led to the destruction of Aboriginal society, even genocide.

On this day 2000:

The National Native Title Tribunal hailed as an historic breakthrough the first agreement to formally recognise native title in Western Australia and the largest native title settlement in the nation. The decision involved 50,000 square kilometres, and a range of interests including 24 pastoral interests, 28 mining companies, Telstra, the Shire of Meekatharra and the Western Australian government.

On this day 2001:

Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth cricket team held a moving ceremony at the gravesite of King Cole, a player who died on the original 1868 all Aboriginal tour 133 years previously.

 

 

On this day 2002:

The first International Desert Knowledge Symposium was held in Alice Springs to discuss issues surrounding traditional knowledge and culture.

 

On this day 2003:

A new study found the life expectancy of Aboriginal Australians was 20 years less than the general population.

AUGUST 30

 

On this day 1886:

Charlie Samuels from Jimbour Station near Dalby in Queensland outclassed his opponents in the final of the Eighth, Sir Joseph Banks Handicap sprint race at Carington Ground in Sydney.

 

On this day 1981:

Drilling operations started at Noonkanbah when a convoy of trucks under police escort was sent from Perth. The WA government was criticised by the UN following a visit by an Aboriginal delegation. No oil was found at Noonkanbah.

 

On this day 2001:

The release of a report which showed that Indigenous art accounted for $36 million or 17 per cent of total sales through commercial art galleries in Australia.

AUGUST 31

On this day in1834:

Captain Wiseman’s vessel, the ‘Augustus Caesar’ visited Nahgi Island, discovering ship wreckage but unable to find the source, and sighted islanders on a beach nearby. This was one of the last sightings of the Kulkalgal people, who after open conflict with white settlers, slowly declined in numbers.

 On this day in1931:

31,200 square miles of Arnhem Land was set aside for Aboriginal people.

On this day in2001:

The Full Court of the Federal Court handed down its decision in the appeal of Lorna Cubillo and Peter Gunner. The Full Federal Court agreed with the trial judge’s position that the Commonwealth was not liable to pay compensation to Mrs Cubillo or Mr Gunner who said they had been wrongfully and unjustifiably affected by past practices in the Northern Territory.

 On this day in2001:

The World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR) began in Durban on this day. It was attended by ATSIC chair Geoff Clark along with ATSIC Commissioners Brian Butler and Commissioner Patricia Thompson. 


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