Archive for the ‘Myall Creek Massacre’ Category

The annual Service of Commemoration for those who lost their lives at Myall Creek on 10th June 1838 was held on a very wet weekend in June. On a bleak and cold Saturday, the Friends of Myall Creek Committee organised and held a cultural Sounds of Country concert, which was...

Planting of the Myall Creek bush food garden was undertaken over two days last week with over 30 species added to preserve traditional foods and medicines. Members of the Friends of Myall Creek, volunteers and council workers joined together to put in the plants that are not only native...

The new Cultural Performance space and gardens at the Myall Creek Memorial site is progressing rapidly, thanks to Gwydir Shire Council, the Friends of Myall Creek Memorial and Create NSW. The space will be used by dance groups, schools and artists from the community. The project will include parking, shelters,...

After consultation with elders, the Friends of Myall Creek National Committee made the decision to cancel the Myall Creek Memorial 2020, which was to be held this Sunday 7th June. What was to have been the Myall Creek Memorial 20th Anniversary Weekend has had to be deferred to next year....

The Myall Creek Memorial 20th Anniversary Weekend has been deferred to next year in light of the corona virus pandemic. Organisers are consulting with their elders and working on a possible online program to take place for this year in June. Visit Myall Creek Massacre page >>

MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Don Harwin have announced a $25,000 State Government grant for the Friends of Myall Creek Massacre Memorial to support next year’s 20th anniversary commemorations. Mr Marshall and Minister Harwin joined local Aboriginal Elders and school students from Bingara, Warialda and Bundarra and...

In February of this year the NSW Government announced that it would contribute $1,066,981 through its Regional Cultural Fund program towards a project at the Myall Creek Memorial site. This funding was awarded to The Friends of Myall Creek Committee. The Myall Creek Cultural Precinct project includes a culturally appropriate...

Over 300 people from a wide area gathered at the Myall Creek Memorial site on Sunday morning for the annual Service of Commemoration. Guest speaker at Myall Creek, Professor Lisa Jackson-Pulver AM, paid special attention to the children who were attending the ceremony. As matriarch and committee...

Each year hundreds of people from across the country gather on the Sunday of 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,...

The next stage of the Myall Creek Cultural and Education Precinct Project is in sight, following the promise of just over $1 million in state government funding. “We are thrilled to have this funding and it will allow the committee to undertake and complete the second stage of the...