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Baabayn Aboriginal Corporation

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23.01.2022 Proud of you Jessie

20.01.2022 Today, the NSW Government unveiled a plaque recognising the history of the Stolen Generations in Australia at Sydney’s Central Station. Minister for Aboriginal... Affairs Sarah Mitchell said the memorial would serve as a reminder to help ensure the wrongs of the past are not repeated. But the same Government has just introduced new laws which threaten to sever another generation of Aboriginal children from their families. Sign our petition now to remind them not to repeat their same mistakes again: https://absec.org.au/sign #SorryMeansNotDoingItAgain

18.01.2022 Today marks the anniversary of the terrible Pinjarra massacre, a grim day in Australian history. It took place in 1834 in Western Australia in the Murray region... in the south-west. It had been inhabited for many thousands of years by the Bindjareb Nyungar. That all changed in 1829 when white settlers arrived in Western Australia under the leadership of Captain James Stirling to establish the Swan River Colony. Stirling proclaimed the Nyungar people British subjects and therefore subject to British law. The Nyungar didn’t see it that way and resisted as tribal lands near the river were taken up by the farmers. The unrest led to cattle and settlers being speared. The new settlers saw the Aboriginals as nomads who had no claim to land. They felt that gave them the right to fence off any land they pleased. Denied access to their traditional hunting grounds and sacred sites (especially along the river), the Nyungars were forced to take the settlers crops and spear their cattle for food. Determined to take revenge and stop the Nyungars, Governor Stirling rode in on this day with his men who took up strategic positions on both sides of the river surrounding the local tribes’ camp. They attacked at 8.35am. Women and children ran to the river but were met by soldiers and policemen. Governor Stirling and his men fired their guns at the Aboriginals. It was a planned attack and because it involved soldiers and police and no members of the public, it was deemed perfectly legal. Historians are still discussing how many Aboriginals were slaughtered but it’s estimated that 30-40 women and children were killed. An awful day in the story that created this nation, lest we forget. See more

18.01.2022 Please follow Baabayn Aboriginal Corporation to our new Facebook page. The details are below.

17.01.2022 Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish-Iranian asylum seeker detained on Manus Island, won Australia’s prestigious $100,000 literary prize - and he wrote the book on WhatsApp. Here's a look back at his interivew from 2017.

17.01.2022 This job has helped me find courage and strength to continue to work with Karajarri people and teach younger generations our knowledge. - Jess Bangu, the fi...rst woman ranger employed by the Kimberley Land Council and now a Karajarri Senior Cultural Advisor. Add your voice to see more Indigenous ranger jobs and Indigenous Protected Areas protecting nature and transforming lives in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

16.01.2022 You want to play a white supremacist song, but you’re not going to play something for us. And you condition us to think that it’s our song, our way - that ain’...t our way, that’s your way to separate and say you’re superior. That song was a theme song for the White Australia policy, which was that no one was allowed into the country except white fellas ... Advance Australia Fair refers to ethnic cleansing of the indigenous people. Advance Australia Fair means ‘Advance Australia white’, that’s the fair, but they make it out like it means a fair go, Mundine said.

13.01.2022 I can show the world what Aboriginal people can do with their music. This is Koori violinist Eric Avery, performing at Parliament House.

11.01.2022 This article has some very practical advice for how to keep your home safe from bushfire smoke. Keep reading... the advice for those of us who can't spend money on this stuff is further down the page. Hoping all our mob are safe and well in these terrible times.

09.01.2022 A Northern Territory MP last night launched a blistering attack on the remote work-for-the-dole scheme, calling it "modern-day slavery" and describing life for people in his electorate as "the federal government’s own version of the Hunger Games".

08.01.2022 BIG SHOUT OUT To these two amazing people who do great things for our City of Blacktown LGA. Always on ground and in the thick of it all listening to our comm...unity and making great improvements for the people. Stephen Bali, Mayor of Blacktown City and MR. Deputy Mayor Tony Bleasdale thank you for all the great work you do for our community. It's very much appreciated.

07.01.2022 One of Fraser Anning's biggest lies was that the first act of terrorism to ever occur in Australia was carried out by Muslims in 1915 in the town of Broken Hill.... Research highlighted by Dr Sally Babidge reveals that Annings’ own forefathers were involved in hunting Aboriginal people (Gudjal people) in the 1870’s, with one extract from the Frank Hann diaries noting that John Anning just come back from hunting blacks.

05.01.2022 Wakun's practice is an example and of how Indigenous art continues to adapt and evolve, combining tradition and technology to continue to tell stories of the world's oldest living culture.

05.01.2022 Please sign and share in solidarity with friends and family whose homes are at risk in these devastating fires.

03.01.2022 As we swelter in 44 degree heat today, let's remember those whose lives on country are rapidly becoming unlivable because of climate change.

01.01.2022 Words of deep grief for precious places turned to ash... And also, words of generosity and hope.