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have a look at this magnificent tree
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hunting for the kelly gang Barak bottom right
junction of the goulburn and murray rivers 1896
big red
£200 FOR RACE FOR ABORIGINES BENDIGO,
Included in the feature events of the Commonwealth Athletic Club’s meeting on
March 6 and 8 will be an Australian aboriginals’ gift of 130 yards.
The club has provided £200 for distribution among aboriginal athletes.
Mr W. Onus (president of the- Australian Aboriginals* League) visited
Bendigo today and made final arrangements with the officials of the Commonwealth Athletic Club for the
gift. He said that it was a magnificent gesture to the Australian aboriginals,
and showed that the Bendigo club held the opiinon that the native
was no “back number.’ ‘ He felt that much good would result
to the betterment of the Australain aboriginal.!
Many Australian aboriginals had done well in sport, and they included
such runners as Lynch Cooper, Doug Nichols, and E. C.
Briggs.
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1956), Tuesday 11 March 1902, page 5
National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9631496
NATIVE RELICS AT NUMURKAH
NUMURKAH, Monday.
The Anthropological Society in Svdney have
made application to Mr William Baxter
of waaia for the skeletal remains of two
aborigines discovered by him on his farm
some few weeks ago The society attach much
value to these relics of the native
tribes, which presumably belong to those
ol the Goulburn River, as they were discovered
within a few miles of that stream
The old races are amost extinct in these
parts and at the Cummerijiniga Mission
Station, on the Murray river, near Barmah
althougn there are between 200 und 300
natives and half castes, there is now only
one of the old Barmah tribe left in the
district Mr Baxter has consented to hand over
the skeletons of the Waaia aborigines
to the Sydney association.
paddle steamer murrumbidgee at echuca wharf 1940
rare picture of uncle william cooper
uncle eddie atkinson (pastor)
Heritage Lost by Roger Ross Bush Poet
You carried them off tribal lands with you
Oh won’t you ever understand?
You carried out torn, broken hearts as well
With part of your winning hand
And a mother’s sore breasts, they ache all night – for she can still hear her baby cry.
Although you’ve carried the babies away;
for many a distant mile;
A father cups his shoulders in pain
Yet another tribal baby lost in vain.
You will face a schooling teacher;
but only the white mans way
They will never learn their heritage by listening to what their elders say
Or help their mother find bush tucker as she gleans it every day
The pristine creek and billabong they will never sleep beside
And the stars they knew as babies are not in city reside
And a mother’s sore breast – they ache all night for she can still hear her baby cries.
Roger Ross bush poet
the goulburn river
scar tree 1940’s
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954), Friday 30 April 1954, page 9
National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26606025
New deal for river dwellers
Shepparton, Thursday
A River Bankers “New Deal” Committee has
been formed to improve conditions for aborigines living on the banks of the Goulburn
River between Shepparton and Mooroopna. Thc committee will try to obtain a site for a kindergarten
and ablution block for the natives. At present they live in tin shanties, and the river is
their only source of water, which they have to carry to their camp sites. Pastor Doug Nicholls,
former Fitzroy footballer, is interested in the proposal, and he will attempt to raise funds for the scheme.
Mr. E. N. Downe, headmaster of Shepparton High School, is chairman of the committee, which includes
local city and shire councillors, church ministers and a Public Works Department officer.
the goulburn river at mooroopna in the sixties
same place 50 yrs later
old man goanna checking it out
