"There is no greater sorrow on earth than the loss of one's native land." - Euripides 431 B.C.
indigenous history archive and education resource siteinformation on Black Australia's 200 year struggle for justice
This website consists of more than 3500 pages and contains a comprehensive collection of
images from koori history, a regularly updated 'news & views' page
, a collection of essay's by Gary Foley, and special features on the
1965 Freedom Ride, the 1982 Brisbane Games demos,
the 1972 "Aboriginal Embassy", the 1976 Phillip Noyce film
Backroads, the art of Richard Bell, a section on the assimilationist propaganda magazine
Dawn, an extensive student resource section (updated 9th July 2006), and works in progress - Cartoonists and Race in Australia, a Petrol Sniffing Fact File. Also a new index of newspaper reports on the Palm Island situation 2004 - 2006
and Koori political history timeline, an index of a range of material on the current controversy of the Australian History Wars, and much more................seek and ye shall find!
Warning! This site contains images of indigenous people now deceased!
This site was created in 1998 and is a work in progress, designed and maintained by Gary Foley
site updated 30th December 2006
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