Mooki & Bassendean Association Inc in Tingha, New South Wales | Community organisation

Mooki & Bassendean Association Inc

Locality: Tingha, New South Wales

Phone: +61 448 114 635

Address: 666 Bassendean Road 2365 Tingha, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 Members be aware that the 1st meeting for 2021 will be held on the: Date: 30/1/2021 Venue: Tingha Health Post Time: 11am Agenda:... Opening of Meeting Treasurers Report Reading of previous minutes Discussion on Family representatives Future of MABAI Open discussion Meeting closed Authorisation: Shane Levy President Contact: e-mail: [email protected] Mobile: 0448114635

25.01.2022 By Marquel Musgrave @thamu_tsan

23.01.2022 Just a reminder for tomorrows Aboriginal Education meeting at Ross Hill Public School. Parents & Carers @10am Morning tea @ 11 Educators, Parents & Community @11:30 ... Please feel free message InverellAECG page on Facebook to RSVP for seating and catering arrangements

21.01.2022 Join us on Saturday for Minecraft, lego, Magic & DND! Saturday schedule - LEGO workshop - 11-1pm. ... Computers - Anytime from 9:30 Magic - Any time from 9:30 DND - 2pm - late! See you there!

19.01.2022 Know an Aboriginal person who should be celebrated for what theyve done for Aboriginal children, their families and communities? Nominate them for Community Member of the Year!

18.01.2022 Dear Members, We would like to inform all current and potential members of the status of the association in order to clear up any confusion that may be circulating. Due to the verbal resignation of Shane Levy and Brian Williams following the meeting held on the 30th January 2021, the subsequent resignation of Sarah Munro and Nola Williams Strong also expressing her desire to resign from the position of secretary an emergency meeting was called by the Vice President, Leroy Con...nors, who took over proceedings as per rule 20-8a, for the 13th February 2021. This meeting was held in order to allow any withdrawals of resignation by those named above and to establish a new interim committee until an Annual General Meeting could be held. A number of members and family representatives were in attendance and a new interim committee was nominated and voted on in accordance with MABAI rules and regulations. A new executive committee was chosen from the attending family members being: Ted Blair Fiona Milson Josh Williams Terry Munro Narelle Munro Small With the executive positions filled as follows: President - Terry Munro Treasurer - Fiona Milson Public Officer - Narelle Munro Small We would like to make it clear that these proceedings were held legally and in accordance with rule 14-2 and any other suggested presidency or executive committee was not made in accordance with the MABAI rules and is thus illegal and invalid. It is noted that all executive positions are filled from members of the committee elected democratically as per MABAI rules.

17.01.2022 Welcome to Moungibi (Burketown) where the horizon meets the sky. Theres nothing for as far you can see. Until it gets dark #backroads

16.01.2022 Hi all I still have 3 people unconfirmed for the HR Truck licence course. If you or anyone you know is of Aboriginal descent and interested in the course, please inbox me ASAP so I can get your details and application in to the trainer. It starts on Monday next week at 9:30am @ Linking Together centre

15.01.2022 Hunters on Mooki

15.01.2022 Behind every strong woman

14.01.2022 Many Aboriginal communities in North West New South Wales, across various parts of the east coast and down as far as South Australia have stories of giant megaf...aunic crocodilian creatures inhabiting the waterways and existing across different parts of the Australian landscape. Some of these stories depict more of a serpent-like creature. Around the world we have come to know them as dragons such as those in ancient medieval stories and across east and south east Asia. In more northern parts of Europe and various parts of the African continent they speak of a huge or monsterous beings and serpent like-beings inhabiting the land... However, the notion of this creature exisiting in these more northerly and southerly quarters today seems unfathomable, although in more recent decades we can see that there was a time when they very well may have. In Arthur Radliffe-Browns study The Rainbow Serpent Myth of Australia he gives accounts of Kanmare in the Boulia district being a huge supernatural water-snake with a mane-like head of hair. The Mitakoodi people have a name for it too, they call him Tulluon. In Arnhem Land among the Yolngu people it is known as Borlung, in around the Flinders Ranges, the place of the Adnyamathanha people, it is called Arkaroo (Creamer,1982) and across many parts of South West Queensland it is called Mundagutta. Further northward, they regard the Rainbow Snake or Serpent as a brightly coloured snake whos name is Andrenjinyi. In the Gippsland area the creature was called Tanutbun and along the lower reaches of the Murray River among the Narrindjeri people, it was referred to as Mulyawonk, (Taplin 1874; Rankine, 1980; Clarke, 2018) but had many names across the region. The Hunter Region had the name Wahwee (Matthews) and along the Murrumbidgee was recorded commonly as Katenpai (Gunn 1874). The most common name that modern-day Australians would be familiar with is Bunyip, or Banib, a term said to be borrowed from the Wemba Wemba people of North West Victoria (Ramson 1988, Dixon 1992 in Clarke, 2018). There are many interpretations of these so-called "mythological" and "supernatural" beings inhabiting waterways all across Australia, and for the most part, many early Europeans in Australia initially believed that thats all they were; pretend, make-believe, folk lore, fairy tales. Western science is now with each passing decade finding evidence to reinforce what Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have always known, that not only were many of these creatures real, but Indigenous people may very well have co-habitated with them for thousands of years. In the Narran Lakes and Lightning Ridge areas of Western New South Wales, archaeological surveys have uncovered the remains of a small number of crocodilian species. The first of which being of Isisfordia molnaris in 1917, then Pallimnarchus later in the 1970s, whose name in latin translates to ruler of the swamps, a 3 meter fresh water crocodile who is believed to have gone extinct in the late Pleistocene era, approximately 40,000 years before present. More recent findings of remains in the same area, point to another type a crocodilian species called Isisfordia duncani in 2006 believed in to be up to 2 meters long. The presence of these particular crocodiles is reflected in their story of how the lakes were created and how the scales of the Gurria sank into the ground to become opal, which the region is highly renowned for. Boobera Lagoon, 10 kilometers west of Goondiwindi also features the presence of a large crocodile species also named Gurrea or Garriya in its Dreaming story, (Matthews, 1898) and the Gamilaraay/Kamilaroi/Gamilaroi people have also maintained that if such a waterhole and the hydromorphic integrity of the Great Artesian Basin is disturbed, then the Garriya will one day return. He is the one to watch out for. Right now, Gurrea has been trapped by Waraba the Saw Shelled Turtle, or Bells Turtle, who created our aquifers and our law. Gurrea was greedy and caused trouble. He was stopped and banished into an underground lagoon that has no tributaries so he cannot escape. But if they keep digging up the earth and the underground waterways, they risk releasing this dangerous energy which will cause indiscriminate harm to all. (Uncle Paul Spearim, told to Iris Ray Nunn, 2013).

13.01.2022 If there are any Aboriginal people in Tingha and Inverell area who has a full licence willing to get their HR truck licence please inbox me ASAP. We have 10 spots available for an 18 week course in Inverell.

12.01.2022 Young people who do the wrong things must face the consequences. Our new $8.35 million Back on Track - Cutting Youth Crime Program is the most extensive suite o...f measures ever put in place to steer young offenders away from a life of crime. It gives police and courts the power to get kids into programs like boot camps, which have been proven to reduce repeat offending. See more

12.01.2022 Reminder about meeting with RFS regarding Flora & Fauna calendar tomorrow. If you need a lift please go to the land council at 9:30am for a big day on country. Please share to members

11.01.2022 The first Yilaadhu Guwaa-li workshop will be at held at the Youthie on Friday from 11.30am. For further information contact Cathy Trindall on 0436 481 629

11.01.2022 Due to the CoronaVirus situation and reported cases in the region, members please be advised that the meeting which was to be held tomorrow Saturday 28/3/20, has been CANCELLED. Sorry for any inconvenience. Stay safe everyone.

10.01.2022 Hi everyone we have had a couple people drop off the course to get HR truck licence in Inverell. If you are interested please inbox me ASAP so that I can get your details as the course starts on Monday 19th August

10.01.2022 They will always & we will always, Rise!

10.01.2022 do you know your ancestors in this photo

10.01.2022 Indigenous Australians know the Truth of their History, because their families and Elders have passed down the Truth to them through generations. But until Dar...k Emu was published a few years ago,non-indigenous Australians had mostly been fed the Colonial view of early settlers. Non- Indigenous children, including the children of migrants, have never been taught First Nation history in schools. Author of Dark Emu, Bruce Pascoe has changed that . Listening to him being interviewed by Kerry OBrien, another Truth Seeker, at the recent Byron Writers Festival was like watching a veil being lifted from years of bullshit. Hes funny,fearless,cynical, and skeptical ,with a dry sense of humour and a steely determination to expose the truth of how First Nations people lived in this country,before colonization. Hundreds of people packed out the tent to listen to him. But Bruce Pascoe also presents a threat , as there are still people who have a vested interest in keeping First Nations skills and knowledge of Agriculture, Medicine and Science, suppressed. He continues to be a target of racism,ridicule, doubt, suspicion ,and even litigation. Hundreds of mostly non-indigenous people in the audience at the festival, formed long ,long lines to buy Dark Emu . At the conclusion, Kerry OBrien quoted Paul Keating - " Never a good idea for politicians to get ahead of the Mob !" When Kerry observed," On this, the Mob are ahead of the politicians!!" he got a standing ovation. I was told of Dark Emu two years ago, by an English friend I had been with on a hunting and camping trip with Indigenous people in Outback NSW. He said " Read it, and learn how we have been lied to !" First Australians who survived for thousands and thousands of year in a country that suffered drought and flooding, knew how to manage it. If people and politicians continue on the present path of not acknowledging global warming, and caring for our food source, the future looks grim Look forward to your comments.

09.01.2022 Baby emus on the way its nesting season

06.01.2022 In 1923, efforts were made to establish an Aboriginal provisional school at Bassendean near Tingha. In September 2016 I visited NSW State Records in Sydney to c...ollect records from the Aboriginal Schools in the New England. I had a fantastic day. Mr W Brown of Bassendeen Station with the help of the Aboriginal people living on Bassendean, applied for a provisional school in early 1923. Mr Brown had previously built cottages for the Aboriginal people on the station. The lists of the names of the parents and students that were hoping to attend the school are listed in these records. The school was opened by November 1923 with a Scottish man Mr Wood being the teacher. He appeared by his references well qualified compared to some teachers appointed to Aboriginal schools. Mr J Howard then transferred in May 1925 from Terry Hie Hie with his wife and 5 children to teach at the school. His wife taught sewing at the school as well. The school was quoted as being 12 miles from Tingha. Names listed are: Munro, Cross, Edwards, Blair, Williams, Livermore, McDougall, Brown, Roberts, Buck. I have also found baptism records at the UNE Heritage Centre for some of these names from Bassendean as well if anyone needs them. See more

05.01.2022 After a week away, I am back and ready for a great 2018. Today I am including two photographs of a Religious Convention at Long Gully (Tingha) in 1931. There ar...e many names, it is great that the people have been identified and names recorded. Surnames included: Baker, Barber, Binge, Blair, Collins, Connors, Cross, Harris, Livermore, Lowe, Munro, Murray, Ross, Strong. I have more historical records that feature these surnames on my website and index of records. An example of one is Nellie Cross - with a scan of the Church of England Baptism record of their son Hugh included here as well which lists Nellie and Arthur as parents. Again, hope many of you find a relative here. :-) See more

03.01.2022 How true. Its up to us to bring the calm and lead by example.

03.01.2022 Dog baits laid on Mooki Bassendean - 10th October. avoid taking pets on properties after that date.

02.01.2022 INVERELL MOB: Have you got your traffic control tickets & looking for work? Give Real Futures a Call 1800 732 538

01.01.2022 Reminder to all of our members, we have a special general meeting on tomorrow at 10am. If you can not make it, please get a proxy vote in as soon as possible to [email protected].

01.01.2022 Anyone that can assist our sisters inside would be much appreciated Feel free to share.

01.01.2022 members be advised that the next meeting of the MABAI committee to elect office bearers will be held on the: Date: Saturday 28/3/20 Venue : Tingha Health Outpost Time: 10.30 am... Shane Levy President