Opera, Identity and the Weight of the Stolen Generations

#StolenGenerations #FirstNations #AusArts #IndigenousCulture #Reconciliation #AusNews

https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-01-opera-identity-and-the-weight-of-the-stolen-generations-44279059

On 13 FEB 2008, the Australian Parliament issued a formal apology to Indigenous Australians for forced removals of Australian Indigenous children (Stolen Generations) from their families by Australian federal & state government agencies.

“To the stolen generations, I say the following: as PM of Australia, I am sorry...
I offer you this apology without qualification.
We apologise for the hurt, pain & suffering that we, the parliament, have caused you…
We apologise for the indignity, the degradation & the humiliation these laws embodied.”

~ Delivered by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

#NationalApologyDay #Sorry #StolenGenerations #Australia

Celebrating #NAIDOCWeek with posts and stories from Tall And True: Alice Nannup and My Nan (2020). "When The Pelican Laughed was the first book I read with a personal account of the #StolenGenerations." 🖤💛❤️

#NAIDOC #Indigenous #Aboriginal #Australia

Link to post on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/alice-nannup-and-my-nan

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-27/nt-stolen-generations-retta-dixon-survivor-sue-roman-justice/105336314

#domesticworkers #exploitation
#firstnations #Larrakia #stolengenerations

YOKAI HAS BROKEN INTO BKI WITH AN ANGLE GRINDER

If you are able to make it to BKI come down IMMEDIATELY.
We need as many people as we can to defend it.

There are first nations yorgas on site right now.
Yokai has forced their way in with an angle grinder.

The address is 174 Treasure Road, Queens Park.
Come down right now if you can.

#australia #landBack #firstNations #BKI #stolenGenerations #indigenous #aboriginal

Land Back 4 Stolen Generations
A Noongar-led campaign to get Sister Kate's land returned to Noongar people
https://linktr.ee/landbackforstolengenerations

Sister Kate’s eviction (March 2025) https://nit.com.au/21-03-2025/16942/church-backed-groups-arrange-police-removal-of-noongar-women-from-historic-sister-kates-site

Stolen Generations Healing Centre
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/sister-kates-perth-to-become-stolen-generations-healing-centre/105032756

BKI - BPU - RAHU (Dec 2024)
https://rahu.org.au/2024-december-bpu-rahu-lt-beananging-kwuurt-institute/

#Boorloo #directaction #landBack
#firstNations #Noongar #SisterKates #stolengenerations #evictions
#housingcrisis #landlords #rent

The recent decision by Uniting Church to transform the former Sister Kate's into a "healing centre" was done without consulting the local yorgas (women) of Sister Kate's.

We encourage everyone to come down at 9:00am tomorrow, March 8th, to stand with the yorgas against potential church escalation.

#Australia #Boorloo #Perth #LandBack #SisterKates #StolenGenerations