Myall Creek Memorial site Heritage Listed
November 20, 2010
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...
Myall Creek Education and Cultural Centre plans on display
October 31, 2010
Architectural plans for construction of an Education and Cultural Centre in close proximity to the Myall Creek Memorial will be on display at a public meeting to be held at Myall Creek on Saturday 30 October. In June 2000 a group of Aboriginal and non-aboriginal people, working together in...
Myall Creek Massacre Memorial proposed to be placed on State Heritage Register
July 30, 2010
Public comment is being sought by the NSW Heritage Council on a proposal to place the massacre memorial commemorating the brutal Aboriginal massacre at Myall Creek on the State Heritage Register. About 30 Aboriginal men, women and children were murdered at Myall Creek Station in June 1838, with seven...
Speaker announced for Myall Creek Commemoration
June 7, 2010
A young Ngemba/Gamilaroi woman, Ms Karen Barker will be the guest speaker at this year’s Myall Creek Memorial commemoration. The annual memorial commemoration ceremony for those who died in the Myall Creek massacre will be held at Myall Creek, on Saturday, 12 June. This public commemoration is held at...
Lead up to Myall Creek massacre compared with global economic crisis
June 18, 2009
The events leading up to and including the Myall Creek Massacre in 1838 were compared to “that same greed and expansionism that has produced, the global economic crisis,” according to acclaimed Aboriginal singer, Kev Carmody. An observation in the booklet states"It could also be said that those who...
Schools respond well to Myall Creek Writing and Art Comp
June 18, 2009
Local schools have provided an overwhelming response to the annual Myall Creek, writing and art competition. The competition which was open to all students from Kindergarten to Year 12 in the New England area is held each year to coincide with the anniversary of the infamous 1838 massacre at...
Myall Creek massacre site on National Heritage List
June 14, 2008
Heritage Minister Peter Garrett, has announced the inclusion of the Myall Creek massacre site on the National Heritage List. Minister Garrett made the announcement while attending a memorial service for the 170th anniversary of the massacre. ...
Myall Creek book under the spotlight
June 2, 2008
A book about the Myall Creek massacre and events leading up to and following the crime will be discussed on "The First Tuesday Book Club" on ABC television tomorrow night (Tuesday, June 3). Demons at Dusk by Peter Stewart, is set in the Myall Creek area around the...
