by Wallace McKitrick This is the second instalment of a three-part series that examines the literature of First People’s writers assertions of unceded sovereignty. The fabric of self-determination In Part One of this article, posted previously, various authors’ presentations of the continuous self-determination struggles and frequent victories of the last 100 years remind us that it would be a mistake …
by Wallace McKitrick This is the first instalment of a three-part series that examines the literature of First People’s writers assertions of unceded sovereignty. Introduction This article arises from re-reading several important books published in the last 50 years along with recent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers’ pro-sovereignty critiques of the recent constitutional referendum proposition. Collectively they demonstrate that …
by Keiran Stewart-Assheton Wallawaani to all my people and everyone else here today. Nyarga Keiran njindin Wani-Wandian Dhurga. I’m Keiran Stewart-Assheton from the Wani-Wandian mob of the Yuin nation and would like to acknowledge the Gadigal people on whose stolen land we stand today. Today, on Invasion Day, we gather to remember the atrocities committed against our people. To honour …
by Kim Sattler A well respected teacher all her career Jane Connor left us suddenly after walking her dog in the Blue Mountains, NSW on 27 October last. Jane was a passionate feminist, educator, mentor, union member, refugee tutor and friend. She had been a Federation representative for the NSW Teachers Federation at St Mary’s Senior High School for over …
