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ANTaR (ACT) Update # 25 (January 21, 1998)
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Hi ANTaR supporters! This update contains:
1. The latest from the Corroboree for Sovereignty
************************************************* "The Gathering for Corroboree for Sovereignty at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy starts next Monday, 26 January. The camp still lacks many resources. We believe a great many people will be coming. Can anyone lend us a fax machine for the period? We would like to ensure our honoured visitors of a comfortable stay in Canberra and/or a comfortable camp in the period between 25 Jan and 3 February. The Tent Embassy is still in urgent need of the donation and loan of a whole range of items. Please search through your garages, your generosity and your sense of true history, and offer your assistance. All donated items can be dropped off at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, King George Terrace, opposite the front steps of the old parliament house. If the demountables are unattended, donated items can be left behind them. A receipt will be given for all items offered on loan and an undertaking of care. Please contact Honey on 6248 5016, Allie & Bird on 6295 0493 in case of questions. Offers of billets would be most welcome. Items still urgently needed- Camping items: Shade cloth, hessian, tarpaulins, old blue tarps in any condition, plastic sheeting, blankets, ropes, tent pegs, tent poles, star pickets, lengths of timber, planks, tools (hammer, nails, pliers, etc). Sleeping: Mats, blankets, unwanted doors, matresses. Children's play equipment: frisbees, footballs, basketballs, etc Sitting and talking: Old chairs, stools, benches, etc. Garden and digging: gardening forks, spades, shovels crowbars, lengths of hose and attachments. Any old or unwanted portable garden sheds would be invaluable. Food provision: trestle and other tables, chairs, knives and cutlery and plates, etc, foodstuffs, loan of gas and other barbecues, buckets, pots, water containers, wash basins, waste bins with lids - for food storage. Fireplaces: 44 gallon or other drums for fire places, lots of firewood. Workshops and activities: boards, paints, poles, canvas, cloth for banners, brushes, poster paper, felt-tipped pens, stands and supports, partitions, anything else you can think of. Aboriginal posters needed to re-line Embassy walls. Fire torches: strong sticks (eg tomato stakes) 1.5 metres, or more, cloth for wrapping, wire. Services: First Aid tent and equipment. Anyone with first aid, nursing or medical skills. Offers of assistance from persons with mechanical skills, eg to keep old cars running. Fund-raising assistance: The Tent Embassy needs to raise money. It will also commemorate the event with caps, badges and T-shirts. Please offer financial assistance or minimal-fee services for making these items. Funding for this event is very urgent. Contributions would be most welcome. These can be made at the Tent Embassy or paid direct into the Aboriginal Tent Embassy account, Commonwealth Bank, Northbourne Avenue, Caberra, Account Number:2919 1003 8107." Once again ANTaR urges you to lend your support in whatever way possible. The Corroberee is a very important event and if you can do anything to aid its success please do.
******************* The last ANTaR ACT meeting decided to employ a paid worker - Cate Buchanan - for 2 days a week for 2 months starting early Feb. Cate will be working on particular tasks that have arisen over the last couple of months as well as helping organise seminars and forums on native title in the South East region in the lead up to the Senate debate. Cate will be working out of the CAA office. Thanks to CAA for hosting an ANTaR worker.
*********************************************** Last week a meeting was held between ANTaR ACT, Australians for Reconciliation and The Resolution Centre to establish a plan of action for community reconciliation initiatives in the ACT region. The three groups will work together on a range of initiatives focused on community education and building links between interested individuals and groups. Plans include the production of an information kit, organising/facilitating talks/seminars/study groups, and providing speakers for interested community and business groups.
**************************** ANNOUNCING... ... the Queers for Reconciliation website http://reconciliation.queer.org.au Our group was formed in response to the need for a presence in the 1998 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade to express our communities support for the Reconciliation process and the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander community. Queers for Reconciliation is an inclusive collaboration. We believe that a Reconciliation float at Mardi Gras can draw local and international attention to the struggle for Native Title. This year marks not just the 20th anniversary of the Mardi Gras parade but also ten years since the first organised Aboriginal presence in the parade. (A 'Black Gays' banner was on the 1980 Parade). A number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organisations have already made statements this year supporting Reconciliation and organisations are involved in practical and ongoing support - we are not the only ones taking action. Our website contains
Using the new Altavista translation service, part of the site has been translated into French, German, Spanish and Italian to encourage gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people from around the world to learn about Australia's indigenous peoples during this year's Mardi Gras. The site aims to be a central point of contact for our communities for information and interactivity on these issues at http://reconciliation.queer.org.au The Queers for reconciliation email address is reconciliation@queer.org.au The group plans a large entry in the parade for which we are seeking funding and other in-kind support. Your support is vital. If you can financially support in any way this would be a great help.Please send donations to PO Box 121, Newtown NSW 2042 Australia, making any cheques to 'Queers for Reconciliation'.
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