Author to speak at Myall Creek
May 20, 2014
The speaker at the annual memorial Myall Creek Massacre commemoration ceremony this year is Dr Timothy David Reis Bottoms. Tim is a professional Historian, researcher, story-teller and humanist who has had the courage and passion to address our Australian history - warts and all. Dr Bottoms is an intrepid...
National Human rights medal nominee to speak at Myall Creek
May 31, 2013
The annual Myall Creek Massacre Memorial commemoration ceremony will be held on Sunday, June 9, following the Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Myall Creek at the Myall Creek Hall. Last year, the event was held on the Sunday of the long weekend as a trial, and it...
Positive message at Myall Creek
June 14, 2012
The Aboriginal Employment Strategy according to its founder, Moree cotton farmer, Dick Estens, is about “walking with purpose.” Mr. Estens was the keynote speaker at the Myall Creek Memorial annual commemoration service held at the memorial at Myall Creek on Sunday. Keynote speaker at Myall Creek Memorial commemoration...
Myall Creek Commemoration
June 7, 2012
The annual memorial commemoration ceremony for those who died in the Myall Creek massacre will be held on June 11. This public commemoration is held at the site of the massacre, west of Inverell on the Bingara-Delungra Road, commencing at 9.30 a.m. This year the meeting will be held...
Myall Creek Memorial site Heritage Listed
November 20, 2011
The Myall Creek Memorial, built in memory of the infamous Myall Creek Massacre of 1838, has been given the State’s highest form of heritage protection and recognition.
Minister for Planning, Tony Kelly, said the site, 23 kilometres north-east of Bingara, has been listed on the State Heritage Register because it...
Campbell Bridge – Technical Details
November 4, 2011
There are two bridges at Bingara, the main bridge over the Gwydir River, (Campbell Bridge) and the smaller over Halls Creek. They are generally known collectively as ‘Campbell Bridge’. The construction is referred to as a Lattice Iron Truss Road Bridge, with some other examples being Manilla (5 spans)...
Myall Creek a reminder of violence and oppression
June 26, 2011
Address by Dr. Anne Pattel-Grey at the Myall Creek Memorial ceremony First I would like to acknowledge that we are on the traditional lands of Lionel and Sue’s people, and I would also like to recognize our ancestors and Elders, both past and present, and the descendants...
Myall Creek ceremony about mutual respect: Minister
June 17, 2011
The NSW Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Mr. Victor Dominello, attended his first Myall Creek Memorial commemoration on Saturday, and was impressed by the activities of the day. Nathan Blacklock, Sue Blacklock, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Victor Dominello, Lyall Munro, Dr. Anne Pattel-Gray with her children. Mr. Dominello also noted...
Myall Creek a priority for new Minister
June 1, 2011
This year Mr Victor Dominello, the newly appointed NSW Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, and Minister for Citizenship and Communities, will attend the annual Myall Creek gathering on Saturday 11 June. Each year upwards of 400 people from across the country gather on the June long weekend to commemorate the...
