Elimatta Aboriginal Support Group - Manly Warringah NEWSLETTER SPRING 2020

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER READERS ARE ADVISED THAT THIS NEWSLETTER CONTAIN NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED asg acknowledges the guringai people, the traditional owners of the lands and the watersTHE ofMAGAZINIA this area | -1- CAMPAIGN TO ‘FREE’ THE ABORIGINAL FLAG GAINS MOMENTUM AS AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SEEKS EXCLUSIVE LICENSING RIGHTS

years-long campaign respects the artist of the to “free” the design flag, respects the legiti- Aof the Aboriginal flag mate commercial interests has gained federal back- and takes into account the ing this week as the Aus- broader public interest.” tralian government begins The #FreeTheFlag move- negotiations with a non-In- ment gained momentum digenous clothing compa- last month after the Aus- ny that owns the licensing tralian Football League rights to its design. (AFL) was fined for its use The exclusive rights to the of the Aboriginal flag on reproduction of the Aborig- uniforms and merchan- inal flag design have been dise sold during this year’s held by WAM Clothing since “Indigenous Rounds”, an 2018, when the Luritja art- annual match honouring ist Harold Thomas—who the late athlete Sir Doug produced the design in Nicholls, the first Aborigi- The Aboriginal flag flies at Parliament House in Canberra .MICK TSIKAS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock 1971—granted them to the nal person to be knighted. Harold. It’s not authentic It’s not the first time the company. WAM is owned by All 18 football clubs in the traditional culture, it’s rights to the Aboriginal the former art dealer Ben AFL have banded together contemporary art.” flag design have come un- Wooster, of the dissolved der debate. In 2003, after to launch a petition cur- Thomas has not spoken gallery Birubi Art, who was selling licensing rights to rently signed by nearly publicly about his deci- separately fined $2.3m in a company called Flags 150,000 people in an effort sion to sell the licensing 2018 by a federal court for 2000, Thomas and the to stand in solidarity with rights to the flag since selling fake Aboriginal art- company won a federal the #FreeTheFlag move- the #FreeTheFlag move- works made in Indonesia. dispute in a Melbourne ment and ensure that the ment took hold in recent court against a company In his first acknowledge- flag should be in the public weeks, but the artist orig- called Flags and Poles, ment of the case, Wooster domain inally licensed the design confirmed to The Guardian which sold Aboriginal Additionally, the #Free- to Birubi Art in 2015, today that WAM’s products flags without permission. TheFlag movement has an agreement that was bearing the Aboriginal flag been widely supported on then transferred to WAM The black, red and yellow were also produced in In- social media, with many Clothing after the gallery flag was first used in 1971 donesia, like the forged individuals and organisa- was liquidated and found at a National Aborigines Aboriginal objects he was tions arguing that a non-In- to have sold more than Day march in Adelaide, previously convicted of digenous company—espe- 18,000 fake Aboriginal and was subsequently selling. Wooster was sum- cially one led by someone paintings, boomerangs, used in rallies, posters, moned to a public federal previously found guilty of didgeridoos and other ob- clothing and in the log- hearing on Monday in Can- producing and selling fake jects. os of Aboriginal organ- berra and negotiations are isations. It became an Aboriginal art—should not Since 2018, WAM Cloth- ongoing. official Australian flag in profit from an Aboriginal ing has issued several 1995, and in 1997 Thomas The federal National Indig- symbol. cease-and-desist and enous Australians Agency was legally recognised as However, some believe infringement notices to (NIAA) has also confirmed the artist behind its de- that the movement is a non-profit Aboriginal or- that talks about acquiring sign. Thomas is the sole “major misunderstanding” ganisations and charities, the copyright and licences copyright holder, and the in misstep with authentic including Spark Health were ongoing. A spokes- copyright will last for Aboriginal culture, and Australia, an Aboriginal man for the organisation seven decades after his that Thomas is partly to health promotion organ- tells The Art Newspa- death, according to Aus- blame for licensing the de- isation that has launched per that the “Australian tralian law. sign. “There’s such a thing a petition to lobby govern- Government, through the as Australian Aboriginal ment bodies to free the NIAA, is seeking to resolve culture and a flag made in flag for free commercial GABRIELLA ANGELETI the issues around the Abo- 1971 is not our culture,” one and non-commercial use. News Australia riginal flag that will enable Twitter user noted. “The Thomas receives royal- the flag to be used more 15th September 2020 flag is a modern piece of ties from the licensing freely and in a way that artwork designed by Uncle agreement.

-2- | THE MAGAZINIA THE ELIMATTA | 2 AUSTRALIA’S OIL INDUSTRY FACES NEW INDIGENOUS HERITAGE TEST

Divers from Deep History of Sea Country search for artifacts off the Dampier Archipelago in Western Australia on Sept. 20, 2019. | DHSC PROJECT & FLINDERS UNIVERSITY MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY PROGRAM / VIA REUTERS

ELBOURNE – A dis- been discovered or is yet The company is talking to Gorge situation,” Jeffries covery of ancient ar- to be discovered,” Peter MAC about developing a said. Mtefacts on the seabed Jeffries, chief executive cultural heritage manage- Australian Petroleum Pro- off Australia’s west coast of MAC, told Reuters in ment plan for Scarborough has opened up a new fron- emailed comments. “We and a dredging and spoil duction and Exploration tier for resource companies believe a thorough investi- disposal management Association Chief Executive to watch out for in conserv- gation of these areas needs plan, Woodside’s spokes- Andrew McConville said the ing indigenous heritage. to be conducted before any woman said. oil and gas industry takes decision can be made.” underwater heritage seri- Archaeologists in July re- Woodside hopes to make ously. ported they had found Woodside has long worked a final investment deci- hundreds of stone tools with the Murujuga to pre- sion in 2021 on the $11 bil- The Rio Tinto case has submerged off the Dampi- serve rock art sites near lion Scarborough project, raised issues around what er Archipelago in Western its North West Shelf and a joint venture with BHP the public deems accept- Australia, showing evidence Pluto LNG plants on the Group. able, sparking a Senate in- of people living in the area Burrup Peninsula. quiry into heritage protec- when it was dry land more Australia’s indigenous her- tion. than 7,000 years ago. The company said it recog- itage laws came under fire nizes there is potential for after global miner Rio Tin- “We don’t need the law to The two sites are about 5 submerged heritage to ex- to legally destroyed two tell us what the right thing kilometers (3 miles) east of ist and has done extensive caves in the Juukan Gorge to do is. We’re already doing where Woodside Petroleum, archaeology and ethno- in Western Australia which it,” Coleman said. Australia’s top independ- graphic cultural heritage showed evidence of 46,000 Jonathan Benjamin, leader ent gas producer, plans to and geotechnical surveys years of human habitation. of the Deep History of Sea build a pipeline connecting onshore and nearshore. Country project, who led the its Scarborough gas field Underwater, Australian finds off Western Australia, to its Pluto gas plant on the The surveys identified one law protects shipwrecks welcomed Woodside engag- Burrup Peninsula. coastal archaeological site and sunken aircraft as within the Pluto LNG foun- cultural heritage, but only ing with archaeologists and The company is speaking dation lease area which protects submerged indig- said he hoped the oil and to archaeologists involved the company said remains enous artefacts and sites if gas industry would be more in the Deep History of Sea intact and protected, a a minister determines that proactive in surveying near- Country, which made the Woodside spokeswoman they are significant. shore areas that were once discoveries, and the Muru- said. dry land. juga Aboriginal Corp (MAC), “At the moment, a 75-year- “There’s a huge amount of the indigenous land own- “This is the first time in old shipwreck is automat- knowledge to be found on ers in that region, about its Australia that submerged ically protected on discov- Australia’s seabed around pipeline route. heritage is being consid- ery, but 8,000-year-old ered — for the Scarbor- evidence of Indigenous cul- the country. It’s not about “We are concerned there ough pipeline near shore,” tural heritage is not. This one spot,” he said. is potential for submerged Woodside Chief Executive could allow a tragic de- heritage to be impacted, re- Peter Coleman told Reu- struction of important her- REUTERS gardless of whether it has ters last month. itage, similar to the Juukan September 7, 2020 THE ELIMATTA | 3 COUNCIL APPROVES MOU WITH YORTA YORTA NATION ABORIGINAL CORPORATION

Memorandum of Un- Aboriginal and Torres Strait to their tribal elders, • Islander cultural her- derstanding (MoU) Islander community. Along- we celebrate their con- itage, traditions, Abetween Greater side this is the wish for tinuing culture and we customs and beliefs Shepparton City Coun- broader understanding and acknowledge the mem- Improvements in Ab- cil and Yorta Yorta Nation recognition amongst our ory of their ancestors. original and Torres Aboriginal Corporation wider Greater Shepparton • Recognition that the Strait Islander work- (YYNAC) was endorsed at community of the region’s arrival of non-Aborig- force participation, Tuesday night’s Ordinary rich Aboriginal heritage inal people brought health and wellbeing Council meeting as a fur- and proud tradition. The massive change to the outcomes are par- ther step to formalise the MoU will provide the im- landscape and way amount in planning commitment to supporting petus to make this happen. of life of Aboriginal and decision-making. increased participation by and Torres Strait Is- and recognition of Aborigi- The MoU is underpinned lander Peoples, and a “It is critical that we con- nal and Torres Strait Island- by a series of agreed strong desire exists in tinue to recognise the er People in Council plan- principles and actions: Greater Shepparton past, present and future ning and decision-making. to address the past contribution of our Abo- Both organisations share • Aboriginal and Torres and embrace the pro- riginal and Torres Strait the desire and goodwill to Strait Islander Peoples cess of reconciliation. Islander People to Great- work jointly to improve the are acknowledged as • A commitment to er Shepparton, and the understanding and integra- the first people of this working with one an- endorsement of this MoU tion of Aboriginal and Tor- land, which is now re- other to support Ab- will ensure that this will res Strait Islander issues in flected in the revised original and Torres happen and is undertak- the planning and services Acknowledgement Strait Islander People’s en in a collaborative and provided by Council with a – We, Greater Shep- self-determination. informed way,” suggests view to support increased Mayor Cr Seema Abdullah. parton City Council, • Ensuring that there is community participation, acknowledge the Yor- respect, understand- “We must continue to improved employment op- ta Yorta Peoples of the ing and strong re- improve and provide op- portunities and improved land which now com- gard held for Aborig- portunities for our Abo- health and wellbeing out- prises Greater Sheppar- inal and Torres Strait. riginal and Torres Strait comes for members of our ton, we pay our respect Islander community to participate in the planning of the future of Greater Shepparton including ser- vices and programs deliv- ered by Council, and this must be undertaken in a culturally relevant and in- clusive way. The MoU is not only a commitment to this but provides the framework and process to make this happen.” “Council is looking forward to continuing to working Yorta Yorta Nation Aborig- inal Corporation and is ex- cited how the MoU will sup- port further steps towards true reconciliation with our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.”

4 | THE ELIMATTA NEW COINS CELEBRATE INDIGENOUS ASTRONOMY, THE STARS, AND THE DARK SPACES BETWEEN THEM

wo new coins have the Milky Way. The galaxy been released by the itself is a called Gular TRoyal Australian Mint (or Gilaa), which is also the to celebrate the astronom- Wiradjuri name of the La- ical knowledge and tradi- chlan River. tions of Aboriginal and Tor- Two new uncirculated sil- res Strait Islander people. ver $1 coins commemorate They feature artworks from Indigenous astronomy. Wiradjuri (NSW) and Yamaji Royal Australian Mint (WA) artists that represent Wiradjuri watch when Gu- two of the most famous fea- gurmin rises in the sky af-

tures in Aboriginal astrono- ter sunset as a signal mark- Two new uncirculated silver $1 coins commemorate Indigenous astronomy. Royal Australian Mint my: the great Emu in the Sky ing the emu’s behaviour and the Seven Sisters. patterns and changing sea- well as public outreach. are ready for harvesting. Both celestial features are sons. When it rises at dusk His art was incorporated Seven Sisters painting by found in the astronomical in April and May, it signals into the Stellarium plane- Christine Jugarnu Col- traditions of many Aborigi- the start of the emu breed- tarium software, enabling lard and the Pleiades star nal cultures across Australia. ing season, when the birds users around the world to cluster. Christine Collard, They are seen in similar ways begin mating and nesting. see the movements of the Yamaji Art and have similar meanings By June and July, the male stars from a Wiradjuri per- The story of the Seven Sis- between cultures on oppo- emus are sitting in the nest, spective. ters tells of them fleeing to site sides of the continent incubating the eggs. In Au- Sauce’s work was incor- the sky to escape the ad- and are observed to note the gust and September, the porated into the Austral- vances of a man who wants changing seasons and the chicks begin hatching. ian National Curriculum to take one of the sisters behaviours of plants and an- The Emu in the Sky coin for the Year 7/8 module as his wife. The man chas- imals and inform Law. features the work of Wir- on digital technology and es the sisters as they move The project has been adjuri artist Scott “Sauce” managing Indigenous as- from east to west each three years in the mak- Towney from Peak Hill, tronomical knowledge. night, which appear to the ing, with the third and fi- NSW. Sauce specialises northeast at dusk in No- nal coin in the series to in drawing and pyrogra- Nyarluwarri – The Seven vember and set by April. be released in mid-2021. phy (wood burning) and Sisters At the same time Nyarlu- was a finalist in the NSW The artwork featured on warri sets after the Sun in Gugurmin – The Emu in the Premier’s Indigenous Art the Seven Sisters coin is the west, the celestial emu Sky Awards. The edge of the from Wajarri-Noongar art- (which is also featured in The Wiradjuri of central New coin shows a male emu sit- ist Christine “Jugarnu” Col- Yamaji traditions) rises in South Wales are the largest ting on the eggs during the lard of Yamaji Art. Chris- the southeast. Both serve Aboriginal language group in months of June and July tine was born and raised as important seasonal the state and one of the larg- when his celestial coun- in Mullewa, Western Aus- markers. est in the country. Wiradjuri terpart is stretched across tralia and paints under the The Seven Sisters and the astronomical knowledge is the sky. It also shows men name Jugarnu meaning Emu in the Sky were ma- rich and complex, linking the dancing in a ceremony, “old woman” in the Wajar- jor themes in the Ilgarijiri land and people to the cos- which takes place in Au- ri language. The name was – Things Belonging to the mos (Wantanggangura). Tra- gust and September. given to Christine by her Sky art exhibition. This ditional star knowledge fea- Artist Scott ‘Sauce’ now deceased Grandfa- project saw radio astron- tures bright constellations Towney. Royal Australian ther. omers and Yamaji artists of stars, as well as constella- Mint, Author provided (No The Yamaji people of the come together to share tions comprising the spaces reuse) Murchison region in West- knowledge under the between the stars. Gugurmin was one of the ern Australia refer to the stars at the site of the new One of the many “dark con- artworks Sauce created for Pleiades star cluster as Square Kilometre Array stellations” is that of the ce- a project entitled Wirad- Nyarluwarri in the Wajar- (SKA) telescope. lestial emu, called Gugurmin. juri Murriyang (“Wiradjuri ri language, representing The emu is a silhouette of the Sky World”). This featured seven sisters. When Nyar- Duane W. Hamacher dark spaces stretching from 13 traditional constella- luwarri sits low on the ho- Associate Professor the Southern Cross to Sag- tions for use in local school rizon at sunset in April, the University of Melbourne ittarius in the backdrop of education programs, as people know that emu eggs September 14, 2020

5 | THE ELIMATTA THE MAGAZINIA | -5- BRISBANE ABORIGINAL WOMAN HAS HIGH HOPES FOR NEW CLOSING THE GAP AGREEMENT

IRRA Gubba woman big issues that have never Cynthia Rowan, has been tackled before”. Bhigh hopes for a re- But the VACCA would vamped Closing the Gap have liked further targets agreement aimed at sub- included. stantially improving life out- “We couldn’t address drug comes for Aboriginal and and alcohol, mental health Torres Strait Islander peo- and a lot of those other ple. big issues that really con- “I think it’s a great docu- tribute to Aboriginal chil- ment, but it’s the implemen- dren coming into care,” Ms tation of it is going to be the Bamblett said. challenge for service deliv- Ms Rowan said for the ery to indigenous people,” new targets to succeed Ms Rowan, a Bracken Ridge governments would need parishioner and long-time to empower and support Church worker, said. community organisations The agreement completely to deliver services to indig- resets targets set in 2008 enous people, where they Cynthia Rowan: “I liked the wording ‘treated as equal around the table’ and that’s a challenge for government to share that authority with other people.” – which have largely failed lived. to be met – and promises “A place-based approach place it was important to the new agreement has greater Indigenous involve- does work,” she said. eliminate racism and pro- been driven by Indigenous ment in leading target im- “I liked the wording ‘treat- mote cultural safety if in- organisations, represented plementation and measur- ed as equal around the ta- digenous workers were to by the Coalition of Peaks. ing progress. ble’ and that’s a challenge be retained. More than 4,000 Indige- The new Closing the Gap for government to share “Because that will deter- nous people were heard agreement sets 16 new tar- that authority with other mine whether someone during consultation. gets to be achieved in the people.” stays in an organisation or “The Prime Minister proba- next 10 years – the result of She also endorses the new not, and whether service bly didn’t fully realise what government and indigenous Closing the Gap emphasis delivery is effective,” she he was committing to, and organisations spending two on prioritising Aboriginal said. possibly no government years in consultation and a and Torres Strait Islander “All the studies show that did — but maybe that was a further year in negotiations. cultures, including increas- when you have an inclusive good thing at the time,” Co- For the first time, Austral- ing the number of indige- and respectful workplace, alition of Peaks convenor ia will commit to reducing nous languages spoken. and where people are Pat Turner said. Indigenous imprisonment “Strong cultures… are fun- treated as equal, the pro- “Today we now have a com- rates, suicides and child re- damental to improving life ductivity increases.” prehensive set of commit- movals. outcomes,” the agreement In announcing the new ments from governments There are also targets for said. Closing the Gap agreement that places Aboriginal and out-of-home care, land and A new Closing the Gap tar- on July 30, Prime Minister Torres Strait Islander com- sea rights, language and get also demands a signifi- Scott Morrison said the munity-controlled organ- housing. The ambitious goal cant boost in tertiary edu- earlier 2008 targets failed isations at the centre of to reduce the number of cation and higher levels of in part because of a failure Closing the Gap. Indigenous children in care training and employment. to partner with indigenous “The national agreement by 45 per cent is a target The youth training and em- people. may not include everything that many in the Indigenous ployment target is 67 per “We told Indigenous Aus- our people want or need to community have fought to cent. tralians what the gap was make lasting change to our include for decades. For adults (25-64) the em- that we were going to close lives, but this is a huge step The chief executive officer ployment target is 62 per — and somehow thought forward.” of the Victorian Aboriginal cent. they should be thankful for Child Care Agency, Yorta Ms Rowan, who is work- that,” Mr Morrison said. Mark Bowling Yorta and Dja Dja Wurrung ing on a project to roll out “That was wrong-headed. August 11, 2020 woman Muriel Bamblett, a reconciliation action plan That wasn’t the way to do said the agreement would across the Archdiocese of it.” “tackle some of the really Brisbane, said in any work- In a fundamental change

-6- | THE MAGAZINIA THE ELIMATTA | 6 NATIONAL AGREEMENT ON CLOSING THE GAP

he Morrison government peoples’ needs, including has finally unveiled the a commitment to “elimi- Tlong-awaited new National nate racism” Agreement on Closing the Gap. 4. improve and share After more than two years of access to data and infor- consultation, and a year of ne- mation to enable Indig- gotiations, Prime Minister Scott enous communities to Morrison was full of praise for make informed decisions the new agreement, saying it was The agreement also sets 16 “realistic” and would have “very targets, with an emphasis on meaningful impact”. Coalition of socio-economic outcomes Peaks lead negotiator Aunty Pat for Indigenous peoples. Turner similarly described it as a “huge step forward”. More targets, but the The new agreement is an impor- devil’s in the detail Prime Minister the Hon Scott Morrison MP, Minister for , the Hon Ken tant achievement by the Coalition Wyatt AM, MP and Pat Turner AM announce the new National Agreement on Closing the Gap. of Peaks. This is yet another ex- nical reasons (the strength Will this agreement work? ample of Indigenous people ex- The original Closing the Gap just focused on health, ed- of Indigenous languag- ercising their agency and should es is difficult to measure). be applauded. ucation and employment. The new agreement is pre- The scope of what was an- However, the vagueness of cariously placed. A great Notwithstanding this, close ex- nounced is much broader, such targets can’t help but deal hangs on the implemen- amination of the new targets re- taking in child development, reduce accountability. tation plans governments veals both important gains and youth education and employ- Other important targets — must now produce to meet unanswered questions about ment, housing, the incarcer- such as the headline prom- these commitments. These power sharing. ation of adults and children, ise to “close the gap in life plans — and the willingness While some of the targets are as- child removal, family vio- expectancy within a gener- and ability of organisations sociated with clear, quantifiable lence, suicide, land and sea ation, by 2031” — remains to implement them — may measures for annual reporting, rights and language use. unlikely to be met in full. This ultimately be more important this is lacking for others. Mean- Further targets are also was included in the original than the targets themselves. while, the level of transparen- promised on access to in- Closing the Gap agree- The unwillingness of gov- cy around governments, when formation, community infra- ment, yet Indigenous mor- ernments so far to raise the it comes to the critical work of structure, and inland water tality rates have seen rate of criminal responsibili- transforming their own agen- rights. little improvement over ty, which is something firmly cies, is much more limited. In this sense, the new targets the last decade. Unfortu- within their control, does not are a significant improve- nately, this is unlikely to auger well for their commit- A revamped Closing the Gap ment, as the range of policy change dramatically by 2031, ment. given the current burden areas is better aligned with There is also a lack of spe- The new agreement represents Indigenous demands of gov- of chronic diseases among Indigenous peoples. cific and identified funding. extensive community consulta- ernments. While there is a recognition tions and negotiations between But there is also a great deal It must also be noted that that “significant and effective Indigenous organisations and all of devil in the detail. This can with the exception of the tar- use of resources” are need- levels of government. be seen in the target on In- gets around language use ed, there are few promises to In a fundamental change from digenous rights and interests and land and sea rights, the provide them. the original Closing the Gap in land. new targets remain focused on reducing Indigenous so- Further, the newly found framework in 2008, the new The promised increase in the enthusiasm for “partnership” agreement has been driven by cio-economic difference. proportion of Australia sub- They do little to enable In- with Indigenous people car- Indigenous organisations, repre- ject to Indigenous legal rights ries significant risks. What sented by the Coalition of Peaks. digenous peoples to exercise or interests sounds positive self-determination in polit- is unclear in the new agree- At its heart, it involves four (15% by 2030), but it will be ical and economic domains. ment is who is responsible “priority reforms” to change limited in practice. It is likely Or give Indigenous people for what and at what point. the way governments do busi- to be met by weak “non-ex- real control over activities The lack of clear and agreed ness with Indigenous peoples. clusive” native title rights, happening on their Country. ownership risks misunder- which give traditional own- The paradox at the heart standing. Exactly what are These include: ers little control over their the mechanisms to hold peo- Country. This target is also of the new agreement is 1. establish further part- that it recognises targets ple and governments to ac- nerships between govern- likely to be met anyway, with- count? out any government action. can only be met through ments and Indigenous peo- power-sharing. But funda- Ultimately and importantly, ples which respond to local however, this new agreement A focus on socio-economic mental power imbalances priorities are not addressed. Politi- has created an adjustment change, not self-determi- of attitudes. It sets a stand- 2. build the Indigenous nation cal self-determination and community-controlled sector economic autonomy are the ard against which govern- to deliver services to support very things governments ment actions can be meas- closing the gap Other key outcomes, such as have refused to commit to in ured, and provides a genuine increasing the number of In- the targets themselves. chance to end the tyranny 3. transform mainstream digenous languages spoken, government agencies to bet- of low expectations when it have no quantified target comes to Indigenous affairs. ter respond to Indigenous set. This may be for tech- THE ELIMATTA | 7 FIRST NATIONS HABITATS BEFORE INVASION

irst Nations people elled around their lands from the hundreds seasonally, and through Fof different nations other tribes lands for managed their lands, regional gatherings. food, water and habi- In reference to the bottom tats to meet their needs image represented here - working with their we provide some observa- environment to main- tions made by a land party tain health, comfort and from the Vlamingh Expedi- sustainability. tion in Western Australia Researchers in recent before it was settled by Eu- years, including Bruce ropeans, he reported to see Pascoe, have described five huts close together at how many First Nations Wittecarra Creek, near nations/tribes lived in to the mouth of the Mur- villages or towns, while chison River. One of these many others lived in huts was described as be- villages seasonally. ing “made of clay with a Once the surviving peo- roof sloping down on two ples from the massacres sides.” were displaced from In 1803 another report ‘country’ by European of Aboriginal people liv- colonists, many were ing in a larger permanent forced into exclusive- settlement derived from ly hunting and gather- the Baudin expedition, ing, therefore building where they encountered a were much bigger and grass covered by a large shelters that served the settlement on the tip of were built with consider- quantity of soil.” purpose of this tran- Peron Peninsula, Shark Bay, ably more symmetry.” sient lifestyle. This was Western Australia on 18 The bottom drawing in not completely for- March 1803. Peron’s description was, the collage of abodes was “these huts of the Land of made by the junior artist eign to them because Three members of the Eendracht [central west Petit, which first ap- most tribes often trav- Expedition mention this coast of WA] ... are in the peared in 1807 in Peron, assemblage of huts, Bau- form of a hemisphere Lesueur and Petit’s Atlas. din, Peron and Freycinet, slightly depressed at the and the ship’s artist Pet- top ...... Their height is it was ordered to make PLEASE NOTE: This in- from 12 to 16 decime- a drawing. According to formation does not intend tres [1.2 – 1.6 m], by a Baudin, “Twelve or fifteen to undermine the tribes diameter of 20 to 25 huts, much better made, who permanently or semi decimetres [2.0 – 2.5 m]. than those we have found permanently used very They are composed of hitherto, composed the vil- simple dwellings to meet small trees implanted in lage where this small tribe their particular purpose. the soil ... On the outside lived ... ones that belong are attached layers of to the heads of families ... foliage and clumps of Facebook.com/SovereignUnion

-8- | THE MAGAZINIA THE ELIMATTA | 8 SENATE INQUIRY RECOMMENDS PASSING NUCLEAR WASTE SITE AT NAPANDEE SOUTH AUSTRALIA

he Senate Econom- Dissent in the ranks ics Committee has While the committee as a recommended that T whole recommended the Parliament pass legisla- amendments be passed, tion that would make Na- there were three MPs pandee, a farm on South who opposed the deci- Australia’s Eyre Peninsu- sion — the Greens’ Sarah la, the site for a low and Hanson-Young, independ- medium-level nuclear ent senator Rex Patrick waste facility. and Labor senator Jenny Key points: McAllister. • The Federal Govern- “The proposed facility has ment wants to make an SA not received the support farm the site of a nuclear of the relevant traditional Under the proposed changes nuclear waste would move from NSW to a new facility near Kimba in regional SA.(ABC News: Marty McCarthy) waste storage facility owners, or of many other First Nations representa- • Three members of the said the Kimba site is as Aboriginal Corporation tives in South Australia,” Senate Economics Com- good as it’s probably going chairman Jason Bilney Ms McAllister wrote in the mittee oppose passing the to get.(AAP: Alan Porritt) said the Senate should report. vote the bill down. legislation, including one Mr Patrick said the Labor MP “In particular, the pro- Woomera Prohibited Area “If the Government would cess undertaken to assess • Traditional owners say (WPA), a large defence only include traditional community attitudes to the they have not been prop- testing arena in outback owners as a whole from facility has been criticised erly consulted, and were SA, should still be consid- the start and let Barngarla as inadequate by the Barn- not given enough oppor- ered as a potential site. be a part of the process,” garla Determination Abo- tunity to voice their con- he said. riginal Corporation on the “Defence creates an argu- cerns grounds that its members ment that says there is no- “We were excluded from The waste, which comes were excluded from par- where within the Woomera the vote.” Prohibited Area you can from medicine, such as ticipating in the communi- Mr Bilney said he was con- put a National Radioactive X-rays, is currently stored ty ballot commissioned to cerned the proposed legis- Waste Management Facili- at more than 100 loca- assess sentiment.” lation effectively removed tions across the country, ty,” he said. But South Australian La- citizens’ ability to chal- including at the Austral- bor senator Alex Gal- “My report goes to all the lenge the Government’s ian Nuclear Science and lacher, who is also on the areas within the WPA that selection of the site in the Technology Organisation committee, said Ms McAl- have never been subject to courts. in . any testing.” lister’s views did not rep- “They’ve announced the “The Government request- resent the entire party. site, why can’t they just ed the bill be referred to “There’s a variety of views Traditional owners ‘ex- give a reason why they the committee, to give the in the Labor party,” he cluded from vote’ picked the site, and we all Parliament and other in- have the right to question said. A community ballot was terested stakeholders fur- why they picked it?” he held at Kimba in 2019, ther opportunity to engage “My view was that this is said. on this important issue,” as good as it gets — we’ve which showed more than Resources Minister Keith had a community that’s 60 per cent of the Kimba “What have they got to Pitt said. worked some years to community supported the hide, now they want to go come to this position. facility. and take away the judicial “This report puts us one review?” step closer to siting a fa- “It is not a unanimous po- But the traditional owners cility to safely dispose of sition, but we’ve been at of the region, the Barngar- our low-level radioactive this since 1975 and sooner la, were not included in the Gary-Jon Lysaght waste and temporari- or later we have to resolve vote, because it was limit- Gabriella Marchant ly store our intermedi- the issue.” ed to those living in the ABC North and West SA ate-level waste, a process Kimba Council area. South Australian Labor 15 September 2020 which has been ongoing Senator Alex Gallacher Barngarla Determination for four decades.”

THE ELIMATTA | 9 SOME BOOKS TO CURL UP WITH PATHFINDERS BY MICHAEL BENNETT

From the explorer to the pioneer, the swag- man to the drover’s wife, with a few bushrang- ers for good measure, Europeans play all the leading roles. A rare exception is the redoubt- able tracker. With skills passed down over mil- lennia, trackers could trace the movements of people across vast swathes of country. Cele- brated as saviours of lost children and disori- ented adults, and finders of missing livestock, they were also cursed by robbers on the run.

BERLIN MUSEUM TO RETURN PEOPLE OF THE RIVER BY GRACE KARSKENS

ABORIGINAL REMAINS Dyarubbin, the Hawkesbury-Nepean River, is where the two early - ancient ERLIN: A German week of the mummified and modern - first collided. People of the museum said on Fri- heads of two face-tattooed River journeys into the lost worlds of the Ab- Bday it would return Maori men to New Zealand original people and the settlers of Dyarub- the ancestral remains of from the same museum. bin, both complex worlds with ancient roots. indigenous Aboriginals The Aboriginal artifacts to Australia, as European BENEVOLENCE BY JULIE JANSON had been in the muse- institutions face growing um’s holdings since 1880, For perhaps the first time in novel form, calls for a critical re-eval- around the time when Benevolence presents an important era uation of their collections. remains of Australia’s in Australia’s history from an Aborigi- The Ethnological Muse- indigenous population nal perspective. Benevolence is told from um in Berlin said it would were sometimes removed the perspective of woman, Mur- hand back the mummified and taken to universities aging (Mary James), born around 1813. bodies of two children as and collections in Austral- WHAT THE COLONISTS NEVER well as human bones in a ia and around the world. KNEW BY DENNIS FOLEY wooden coffin as part of commitments over the AFP What the Colonists Never Knew paints a vivid handling of human remains. September 12, 2020 picture of what it was like to grow up Aborig- It follows the return last inal in Sydney, alongside the colonists, from 1788 to the present.

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Aboriginal = kooree Elbow = noona (noo-nar) Old Woman = nurrungyan, narronyan The Blacks = koori Eyebrow = indry Penis = kodjee-goddering, Two Aborigines = boolla koori Eye = kungiri, migay (mi-gay) kodjee-goodjarri-ng Three Aborigines = burrong koori Eyes = nickering Poor Fellow = yapparian Aboriginal Woman = nukal Faeces = goonering (goon-err-ing) Pregnant = bindhiwurra Ankle = weerankung bullajarra (bull- A-jarraR) Red Hair = warangaril Anus = bororing ( bO-ro-ring) Fancy Fellow = yeargii Sister = hurreen, nurene Arm = waddi (wo-dy) Fat = gippy (gippy), birramar (birr-A- Sister (Elder) = nurreen (nu-reen) Aunt = murriki (mooril-gee) mAr), kural Sister (Younger) = wiangmuddi Baby = kootchikon Father = beung (bee-yung), beeyong, Shadow = gorngul Bald = gangat bea Shin = killi, nurre Bald Headed = turaboron, Female = nugon Short = moorolong (moo-r0-long) ngurranbulba Fingernail = jerry Shoulder = merong (mer-rong), Beard = yarring, yari Flash Fellow = kityou moming Black Fellow = goori, koori Foot = jena (iena), mundoway Sick = budjil Black man = coorey Forehead = koomdill, gunbilan Skin = bukka (baka) Black woman = nukal, bunghi Ghosts = buttong Son = enale (boonj-hee) Good fellow = maron Splinter = cheelberytura Blood = koomurra (ku-marr) Grey Headed = warunggat Stomach = jumbul Bone (No-eye) = gerrall Hair = oorun Stupid Fellow = worreeworrung Bowels = guanog Hair Of The Head = kewurra Sulky Fellow = bukka Breast = nopping Hand = mudjerra, bugeele, matara Tall or Long = kurare Brother = yalingen,bunghi, numine Head = wallering (woola-ring) Teeth = yerra (yiRa) Brother (Elder) = parping Heart = bouddi Testicles = borolong (bor-O-long) Brother (Younger) = bobbina Heel = moonoon Thigh = curra, karkooy muddi Husband = burribi Thin = jerri Cheeks = midarring yundariy Knee = beeyang (bee-yang) Tongue = tulling Chest = berraring (ber-rar-ing) Leg = gerrar Toothache = munda Children = turrongankal Lip = willingba Track Of A Foot = moori (ta-rang-(g)ankal) Lips Moving = willingba Uncle = cowan (go-wahn), kowan Chin = gerri (ge-rree) Little One = cuchicun Urine = galee (gal-leE), galarine Clumsey Fellow = boonga Long Legs = terra-brua (ga-laR-ine) Corpse = tattee Louse = bundyu Vagina = utarlong-mundjulong Cousin = nurria (nur-ria) Man = guri Whiskers = yerring Daughter = enalgun Mother = niae, nye, wyung White Man = girrum bullong, Dead = thirty, baletti Mouth = kuraka, coolla (coo-lla) kurrumbela Deaf = wongul, kumbarobalong Messmate = windigi Wife = nugung Deamon = kooyar Muscle = juggung Woman = nugon, nuguy Devil = booron, goen, jebug-gali, Naked = tukoo (tuk-oo) Wrist = mulmul goemjebug Nit of Louse = jagara Young Fellow = bougigali, bougigal Devil Woman = geebuck-allaine Nose = nuko, neugro, nukurra Young Man = woongara, Ear = binna (bi-nna), moraine, Old Fellow = kooroogal, yapparian mierakoorumbung muranj Old Man = narraki

THE ELIMATTA | 11 September 8th CORONAVIRUS AT THE END OF HISTORY

6:30pm - 7:30pm In 2020, the History Council of was honoured that Professor Stan Grant delivered the Annual History Lecture with a paper entitled Coronavirus at the end of history. https://historycouncilnsw.org.au/whats-on/events/annual-history-lecture-2020

Octotber 1 - 17 DARYUNG: AN EXHIBITION BY NORTH SIDE ABORIGINAL ARTISTS (NSAA) 11am - 4pm Creative Space 105 Abbott Road, North Curl Curl NSW 2099 Opening Hours: Wednesday - Sunday 11am - 4pm

October 12th DEEP LISTENING IN THE NATURAL WORLD (FREE ZOOM EVENT) 4:30pm - 6:30pm Andrew Skeoch addresses the fundamental question of our human relationship with the living biosphere, by sharing his reflections on a lifetime collection of spectacular recordings and visual of all creatures, great and small. https://facebook.com/events/1036016593505037

Sunrise to Sunset PERFECT FOR A CITY BREATHER

The historic Zig-Zag railway. Bellamy fire trail is a northern Sydney secret. This short walk through Berowra Valley Regional Park connects Pennant Hills and Thornleigh along a dog-friendly bushland trail. https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/walking-tracks/bellamy-fire-trail WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE OUR NORMAL MEETINGS AGAIN WE IN TEND START WITH A BBQ, MUSIC, THINGS FOR THE KIDS TO DO HAND PAINTING, WEAVING

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