Australia: Whose Land? – Dr Peter Adam on DVD

17 October 2010 @ 2:30pm
West End Uniting Church
Cnr Sussex and Vulture St, West End
followed by Afternoon Tea

Come and watch the DVD of the lecture Australia: Whose Land?
Listen to Indigenous theologian Grant Paulson respond
Engage in thoughtful discussion around the issues

Dr Peter Adam Principal of Ridley College, Melbourne.

Peter has delivered his lecture Australia: Whose Land? across the country.

Grant Paulson Theologian

Grant works for Reconciliation Australia, assisting organisations develop Reconciliation Action Plans.

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Interview with Pastor Ray Minnecon on 98.9FM

In May Pastor Ray Minnecon was interviewed by Tiga Bayles on 98.9FM. To listen to the interview Click HERE.

 

One of the Great Scandals of Australia’s History: Aboriginal Labour in 20th Century Queensland

The Brisbane Labour History Association presents the Alex Macdonald Memorial Lecture 2010

Dr Ros Kidd

‘One of the Great Scandals of Australia’s History: Aboriginal Labour in 20th Century Queensland’

5.30pm Thurs 20 May

Level 2 TLC Building 16 Peel St South Brisbane

Free admission refreshments available

Ros Kidd was awarded a doctorate by Griffith University in 1994 for her groundbreaking research into government control of Aboriginal people in Queensland between 1840 and 1988. She has published four books: The Way We Civilise; Black Lives, Government Lies; Trustees on Trial; and Hard Labour, Stolen Wages. She has assisted Native Title claimants with historical research reports, and works with Aboriginal people in pursuit of justice from the government for illegally underpaid wages and lost savings.

Event sponsored by the Queensland Council of Unions

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To see the Uniting Church’s submission to the Senate inquiry on this issue Click Here.

 

Aboriginal Sovereignty and the colonisation of South East Queensland – a history of conflict

On 11 April the West End Uniting Church and the Progressive Spirituality Network hosted a lecture by Dr Libby Connors a Senior Lecturer from the University of Southern Queensland.

The lecture was entitled Aboriginal Sovereignty and the colonisation of South East Queensland – a history of conflict.

A podcast of the lecture is available below:

Dr Libby Connors Lecture Hi (15Mb) Low (7Mb) (31mins)

A version of the lecture is also available in print here.

A conversation followed this lecture. Please come back soon for highlights of that conversation.

For information on some of the resources mentioned during the lecture and discussion see below:

The Secret War: A True History of Queensland’s Native Police by Jonathan Richards

Professor Henry Reynolds

• Aborigines and Settlers: the Australian Experience, 1788–1939 (ed) (1972)
• The Other Side of the Frontier : Aboriginal Resistance to the European Invasion of Australia (1981) ISBN 0-14-022475-0
• Frontier; Aborigines, Settlers and Land (1987) ISBN 0-04-994005-8
• Dispossession; Black Australia and White Invaders (1989) ISBN 1-86448-141-2
• With the White People (1990) ISBN 0-14-012834-4
• Race Relations in North Queensland (1993) (ed) ISBN 0-86443-484-7
• Aboriginal Sovereignty: Reflections on Race, State and Nation (1996) ISBN 1-86373-969-6
• This Whispering in Our Hearts (1998) ISBN 1-86448-581-7
• Why Weren’t We Told? (2000) ISBN 0-14-027842-7
• Black Pioneers (2000) ISBN 0-14-029820-7
• An Indelible Stain? The Question of Genocide in Australia’s History (2001) ISBN 0-670-91220-4
• The Law Of The Land (2003) ISBN 0-14-100642-0
• Fate of a Free People (2004) ISBN 0-14-300237-6