1788 AD Magazine of the Fellowship of First Fleeters ACN 003 223 425 PATRON: Professor The Honourable Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO To live on in the hearts and minds Volume 49, Issue 5 50th Year of Publication October-November 2018 of descendants is never to die EORA NATION HONOURED AT ST JAMES St James is the oldest church building in the city of Syd- along with the ney and its second parish. At the end of 2019 it will com- builders and pio- mence the celebrations of its bicentenary, being the neers of the 200th anniversary of the laying of its foundation stone by church, and the Governor Macquarie. In preparation for this the church current community has commemorated people of significance in the history that gathers there. of the land on which the church is built. This year’s ser- Three of our nation builders, Arthur Phillip, Lachlan vice, therefore, Macquarie and James Cook are already honoured by was a fitting confir- plaques adorning the northern wall of the nave, each mation that St memorial having been unveiled by the NSW State Gover- James continues to nor of the day. Past issues of Founders have highlighted uphold its inclusive these events along with the associated St James Day Fes- tradition. Within a tal Evensong celebrating each occasion. feast of wonderful music presented by the regular choir On Sunday 29th July 2018, the fourth and final dedica- and chosen to suit the occasion were the now familiar tion took place. The Rector, Reverend Andrew Sempell, indigenous inclusions such as a Smoking Ceremony, by in his introduction, referred to this year’s focus as ‘the Brendan Kerin, and the Welcome to Country, by Uncle most important memorial of them all’. The plaque, which Ray Davison. Those of us in the congregation, Founders was unveiled by the State Governor, His Excellency Gen- included, chuckled at the contrasting pungency of smoul- eral the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Ret’d), com- dering gum leaves and and waving censers, both repre- memorates the Eora Nation, the custodians of the land senting age-old traditions. on which the church is built. The entire service,- its prayers, its hymns, its psalm, its For many years, readings and its sermon,- was infused with a sense of St James has taken hope, healing and togetherness, a shared love now out- a progressive view living past dispossession and racial divides. Lenore of the church and Parker’s prayer of reconciliation, meaningfully led by its responsibilities Pastor Ray Minniecon, corroborated the theme: in the wider com- God of holy Dreaming, Great Creator Spirit, munity. As part of from the dawn of creation you have given your children the good things of Mother Earth. this, a reconcilia- You spoke and the gum tree grew. tion plaque was In the vast desert and dense forest, and in the cities at the placed at the en- water’s edge, trance in 2001 as a creation sings your praise. reminder to those Your presence endures as the rock at the heart of our Land. When Jesus hung on the tree you heard the cry of all your entering and leav- people and became one with the wounded ones: ing the building to the convicts, the hunted and the dispossessed. acknowledge and The sunrise of your Son coloured the earth anew, pray for the abo- and bathed it in glorious hope. In Jesus we have been reconciled to you, to each other and riginal people, to your whole creation. (to page 2) Registered by Australia Post Publication No. 100002063 PRICE $2.50 Phone 02 9360 3788 JohnFounders Oxley available Fellowship of First Fleeters, 105 Cathedral Street, Woolloomooloo, NSW 2011 Email:[email protected] Bicentenarynow on e-mail. First Fleeters on Facebook: www.facebook.com/FirstFleeters Details on page 12 Membership Enquiries:[email protected] WEBSITE: www.fellowshipfirstfleeters.org.au Page 7 Founders October-November 2018 PRESIDENT’S PEN FOUNDERS The magazine of the Jon Fearon Fellowship of First Fleeters Editor , Layout and Artwork It is always good to be reminded about Jon & Karys Fearon our nation’s beginnings and as this issue goes to press Ph. 02 4311 6254 our Prime Minister has started a conversation about a E-mail: [email protected] possible annual day to celebrate our indigenous citizens and their long custodianship of this land. DIRECTORS 2017-2018 James Cook and HMB Endeavour are also hot topics with President/Chapter Development events in Rhode Island USA capturing the media’s attention. Jon FEARON, BA. Dip Ed. Stud (TESOL), This focus has come too late for this issue but will no doubt gain more signifi- Vice-President/Events/ cance as we move towards the 250th Cook commemorations in 2020. That year Maintenance coincides with the 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower at which some of our Denis SMITH OAM members will be taking part. Treasurer/Secretary It is ‘business as usual’ for me again after successful cancer treatment, and Kevin THOMAS, FCA,FCPA,FCIS also for the Fellowship with our AGM this month at Gymea and our Australia Office Manager/Membership Day luncheon on 19 January next. Your booking form comes with this issue. Val COUNTER Research/Web Site Co-ordinator John BOYD JP. from page 1 ) Chapter Liaison /Membership Lead us on, Great Spirit, as we gather from the four corners of the earth; Karys FEARON, BN Enable us to walk together in trust from the hurt of the past into the full day which has dawned in Jesus Christ. Amen. Archives Robert LAMB. Mech Eng. Cert. The music of the service, as mentioned already, reflected the significance of & Machinist Cert. the occasion and the stirring anthem, Look up my People by Joe Twist, featured Archivist/Events the juxtaposition of the Jewish lament, How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a Sharon LAMB. Assoc. Dip Land & Eng strange land? (Psalm 137) with text taken from A Song of Hope by Oodgerie of Survey Drafting the tribe Noonuccal. In part were her words: Minute Secretary/Library Look up, my people, the dawn is breaking, Karen LOVETT, BA. Dip Ed The world is waking to a bright new day. Plaques/Membership To our fathers’ fathers the pain the sorrow, Chris COUNTER JP To our children’s children the glad tomorrow. The address was given by Nyunggai Warren Mundine AO, who has given per- Note: Many other tasks are looked mission for its publication in a future issue of Founders. Mr Mundine spoke of after by our team of faithful volun- his own family background, both indigenous and Irish, describing how the rich- teers who are at First Fleet House on ness of the two cultures entitles him to call for reconciliation and forgiveness Mondays, Wednesdays and Thurs- for all Australians. He maintains that there has been too much emphasis on days. ‘sorry’ and not enough ‘I forgive’. The plaque ceremony was led by The Right Reverend Richard Hurford, OAM, CONTENTS KSt with a prayer of dedication: ‘To the greater glory of God, and with thanks- 1. Eora Nation Honoured at St James giving for Australia’s First Peoples, the Eora Nation and the Gadigal people on 2. Directors; President’s Pen; Eora Na- whose land this church is built’. tion at St James 3. New Fellowship Facebook Group; The memorial names several Eora people Apology; Donations who were significant in the engagement 4-5. William Whiting of Gloucestershire between the aboriginal people and the new- 6. Congratulations Isabella; Bonnets on comers, namely: Bungaree, Warreeweer, the Road Nanbarry, Patyegarang, Arabanoo, Ben- 7. John Oxley Bicentenary nelong, Barangaroo, Boorong, Colebee, 8-9 Encounters between Europeans and Daringa and Pemulwuy. Aborigines in NSW, Part 7 (Archives) The Gadigal country names refer to places 10. First Fleet Coins; Message Board; within the Parish of St James - Warrane Chapter Office Bearers 2018-9 (Sydney Cove), Dubbagullee (Bennelong 11. Chapters in Action Point) and Wogganmagule (Farm Cove). 12. New Members; Deaths; Two Signifi- cant Meetings; Vale Moreton Members Nyunggai Warren Mundine AO 2 October-November 2018 Founders THE FELLOWSHIP HAS A NEW FACEBOOK GROUP The Fellowship of First Fleeters has proactively com- you might ask ? Well with a Facebook Page, there is a lot menced using social media to promote the organisation as more required of the Administrator. many of you may have already noticed. This is being driv- Why is this so ? Well, only the Administrator’s posts are en by Kerrie Anne Christian, South Coast Chapter and seen on the main area of a Facebook Page. Of course it is Julie Webb, Moreton Chapter. This renewed approach of actually possible to find posts by others. However the user using Facebook was conceived at the joint Chapter morn- needs to click through several more links on various ing tea following the 50th Anniversary Luncheon. screens of the FFF Facebook page. However, most users Our FFF group on Face- of Facebook merely scroll book offers the opportuni- down their “newsfeed” of ty for Chapters to include posts and will not neces- contact details and infor- sarily click through a few mation about their more links just in case meetings and events. one of their feeds might From the activity gener- possibly have a post by ated by this move on Face- someone else. Those less book, (front page depict- familiar with Facebook ed) it would seem there might shake their heads are many First Fleeters out at all of this. Now with a there who may not have Facebook Group, all posts been FFF members, but by group members are whose interest has been seen by members when aroused and hopefully they scroll down their Fa- may give consideration to cebook newsfeed.