A local story of struggle
June 24, 2016
Noelene Briggs-Smith (OAM), an Aboriginal elder, who has provided outstanding service to the whole Moree community (and beyond) was the guest speaker at the Myall Creek Memorial commemoration on June 12. “I was born in my great, great grandmother’s tin hut, situated at the largest Aboriginal camp at the...
Ngiyani winangay gamunga “We remember them”
June 19, 2016
Hundreds gathered for the annual commemorative service at Myall Creek in memory of the Wirrayaraay people who were murdered on the slopes in an unprovoked but premeditated act in 1838.
When Australia was first colonised by white settlers, Aborigines suffered greatly through forced removal of their lands and numerous massacres...
Respected Aboriginal historian guest speaker at Myall Creek
June 8, 2016
“Aboriginal people in the past did not write down their history; it was all told orally. So now we need Aboriginal people to archive their history for the future...”
Aunty Noeline Briggs-Smith OAM, guest speaker at the annual Myall Creek gathering on Sunday 12 June, is passionate about ensuring the...
Myall Creek Memorial Service of Commemoration
June 11, 2015
Acknowledgement, reconciliation and positive steps in moving forward More than 250 people from all over the country gathered for the Myall Creek Memorial near Bingara last Sunday morning. The memorial marked the anniversary of the massacre of 28 women, children, and older Aboriginal men by white stockmen at Myall...
Myall Creek Memorial Service
June 5, 2015
The annual Myall Creek Memorial Service will take place this coming Sunday, June 8 with hundreds of people expected to gather at the memorial at Myall Creek to commemorate the unprovoked massacre of twenty-eight Wirrayaraay women, children and old men by a groud of stockmen on Myall Creek Station...
Professor John Maynard to be guest speaker at Myall Creek Memorial Service
June 3, 2015
Each year upwards of 400 people from across the country gather on the June long weekend to commemorate the unprovoked massacre of twenty-eight Wirrayaraay women, children and old men by a group of stockmen on Myall Creek Station in 1838. The Myall Creek Memorial on the Bingara-Delungra Road near...
Large crowd at Myall Creek Memorial
June 12, 2014
A large crowd took part in the annual ceremony at the Myall Creek Memorial on Sunday to observe the annual commemoration of the massacre of 28 Aboriginal children, women and men on June 10, 1838. As well as descendents of both those who were murdered and those who committed...
Sound walk tour of Myall Creek Memorial
June 12, 2014
Visitors to the Myall Creek Memorial will be able to use an app-based platform to tell the story of the massacre which took place on Myall Creek Station 176 years ago. The Gwydir Region Soundtrails has been developed by the Gwydir Shire Council, and was demonstrated at the entrance...
Regular visitor to Myall Creek
June 12, 2014
New South Wales Shadow Attorney General Paul Lynch made his annual trip to Myall Creek on the weekend to attend the commemoration of the Myall Creek massacre. Mr. Lynch has attended the rememberance ceremony regularly since 2007. Other political figures to attend the function were Federal Member for Parkes,...
“We can’t as a nation walk on an international stage if we don’t clean our backyard.”
May 26, 2014
Dr Timothy Bottoms, guest speaker at the annual Myall Creek gathering on Sunday 8 June, says he debunks ‘the pioneering myth’ that Australia was settled in a peaceful manner and is passionate about truth telling in history. Each year upwards of 400 people from across the country gather on...
