Tag: history
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An evening with Wayne Fossey
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Join us for a shared meal to be followed by a talk by Wayne Fossey on local history and other topics of interest. We will provide pizzas. Please feel free […]
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Who are the Stolen Generations?
The Stolen Generations refers to a period in Australia’s history where Aboriginal children were removed from their families through government policies. This happened from the mid-1800s to the 1970s. There […]
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Blood on the Wattle
It draws together, in a single volume, most of the information about the massacres of Aboriginal people that have been recorded in books and journals.
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How they fought
The book considers both traditional indigenous practices and their evolution as the advance of the colonists was contested.
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Recollections of Thomas Davis
A downloadable PDF that recounts some early history of Toowoomba and the Darling Downs, including encounters with indigenous people.
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Decolonizing Society
Blending key theoretical and practical questions, Land argues that the predominant impulses which drive middle-class settler activists to support Indigenous people cannot lead to successful alliances and meaningful social change unless they are significantly transformed through a process of both public political action and critical self-reflection.
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First Nations Resources collection
Not a single resource but list of resources in the UniSQ library
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Nyalar Mirungan-ah
Nyalar Mirungan-ah Nature Refuge is in the western foothills of the Dividing Range near Cunningham’s Gap, Qld. We have identified over 350 species of Australian plants, a large number of which were used by the First Australians for food, medicine, pleasure, art, tools and shelter.
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Bunya Mountains
Aboriginal people of the Bunya Mountains and Blackall Ranges (nearer the coast) invited people from as far south as the Clarence River in northern New South Wales, west to the Maranoa River and east to Wide Bay to join the gatherings. For local and visiting groups, the bunya festivals were times for ceremonies, law-making and resolving…
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Amaroo Environmental Education Centre
Amaroo Environmental Education Centre (EEC) is a day visit centre situated in the Darling Downs and South West Region of the Department of Education. The Centre is located on the site of the old Kleinton State School, approximately 22km north of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.