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FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE
WOODFORD BAY RECONCILIATION MEMORIAL CEREMONY
AN INFORMAL PICNIC IN CAMERAYGAL COUNTRY
LANE COVE RESIDENTS FOR RECONCILIATION invites you, your family and friends
to join with us in the celebration of the first anniversary of the historic Woodford Bay
Reconciliation Memorial Ceremony.
We are celebrating the anniversary with an INFORMAL
picnic on Sunday 6 February.
Date: Sunday, 6 February 2005
Time: 12 noon onwards
Venue: Woodford Bay, Woodford St, Longueville
Details: BYO PICNIC ... food, drinks, picnic rug/chairs etc
The area is grassed, with shady trees and a children's playground,
and overlooks the Lane Cove River where it enters the harbour.
If you play guitar or didge, perhaps you might like to bring it along.
This will be a good opportunity for everyone to gather in an
informal and friendly picnic atmosphere.
We will proceed regardless of wet weather -
Transport: Street parking or Bus 261 'Lane Cove' from QVB, York St, City or from
North Sydney Station (alight cnr Woodford/Arabella Sts, Longueville).
Looking forward to seeing you.
Kerrie McKenzie
for: Lane Cove Residents for Reconciliation Committee
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19 July
2004
MEDIA
RELEASE
Historic agreement with Lane Cove Council
Lane Cove
Council tonight became the first council on Sydney’s north
shore to sign a principles of cooperation agreement with
the Metropolitan Aboriginal Land Council.
The agreement establishes formal communication,
consultation and negotiation processes between Metro and
Lane Cove Council. It also opens the way for possible
future cross cultural training and joint community
development initiatives.
Metro Land Council Chairman, Rob Welsh, said he hoped the
agreement would lead to a greater understanding of
Aboriginal culture and history among the broader
community.
“We would like to work with Council to promote awareness
of the cultural and spiritual ties of Aboriginal people to
the Lane Cove area,” Mr Welsh said.
“In particular, there may be the opportunity for Lane Cove
Council to consider Aboriginal names for new boundaries,
sites or streets,” he said.
Mr Welsh said the agreement formalized already strong ties
between the Lane Cove and inner city Aboriginal
communities.
These have included student exchanges between St Ignatius
College, Riverview and Alexandria Park Community School as
well as the unveiling of a plaque acknowledging the
Cameraygal resistance to British invasion at Woodford Bay.
Mr Welsh paid tribute to the leadership and goodwill of
the Lane Cove Council in signing the agreement.
“Lane Cove’s Councillors and staff have shown that there
is nothing to fear and everything to gain by working
cooperatively with Aboriginal people and their land
council. We hope their example is followed by all other
local governments throughout Sydney,” he said.
Mr Welsh said the agreement would never have taken place
without the work of community groups including the Lane
Cove Residents for Reconciliation and Historical Society.
“In particular, Kerrie McKenzie has been tireless in her
efforts to bring our two communities closer together. We
could never have achieved this without her support,” he
said.
Media contact: Gary Highland on 0418 476 940.
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MANLY NSW 2095
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Email:
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Lane Cove Residents for
Reconciliation
THE
NORTHERN SYDNEY GURINGAI FESTIVAL 2004
1)
What: Lane Cove Residents for Reconciliation
Public Meeting:
Highly acclaimed film 'Beneath Clouds' (M) 15+ by
Indigenous filmmaker Ivan Sen.
Winner AFI
Awards 2002: Best Director - Ivan Sen
Winner
Berlin Film Festival 2002: Best New Talent - Dannielle
Hall
Winner Henry
Mayer Inaugural Media Prize:Cinematographer - Allan
Collins
When: Tuesday 6 July 04 ( 7.00 for 7.30pm start
- 9.30pm )
Where: 'The Community Centre' (lower level)
164 Longueville Rd, Lane Cove (opp. Lane Cove Library)
ALL
WELCOME
Free:
Donations welcome
2) What: Lane Cove Council & Lane Cove
Residents for Reconciliation:
Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2004 ...
Free ...
ALL WELCOME
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Aboriginal &
Torres Strait Islander performances:
Taren Laleen & Ryka Ali - dance, didgeridoo music &
participation
activities
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Bush Tucker
Stall: Deborah Lennis from the Dharawal nation
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Families
First Stall: Department of Community Services
When:
Saturday 10 July 04 ( 10am - 12noon )
Where: Lane Cove Plaza (between Longueville
Rd & Burns Bay Rd)
Regards,
Kerrie McKenzie,
Convenor, Lane Cove Residents for Reconciliation
RECONCILIATION WEEK 2004 : INVITATION TO LANE COVE:
'CHILDREN'S VOICES FOR RECONCILIATION' ... FREE
What: The (Eighth) Annual 'Children's Voices for
Reconciliation'
Where: Lane Cove Village Plaza, Longueville Rd,
Lane Cove
When: Thursday 3 June .... 'Mabo Day' (10.30am -
Noon )
Lane Cove Council and Lane Cove Residents for
Reconciliation (LCRR) invite you, your family and friends
to a free Reconciliation Week Schools' Performance in Lane
Cove Plaza this Thursday 3 June, (as publicised in the
Guringai Festival 2004 brochure).
This annual event (which commenced in 1997) features a
coming- together of government and non-government schools
(Pre-school to Year 12) within the Lane Cove Municipality
and joined by students from (initially) Redfern Public
School (and with its closure), now Alexandria Park
Community School, Alexandria.
This event is a showcase of children's poetry, story,
song, dance, music and thoughts on Reconciliation from the
students of Birralee Pre-school, Lane Cove Day Care, the
public schools of Lane Cove, Lane Cove West, and Greenwich
plus St Michael's Primary, Currumbena Primary and the
students of Alexandria Park Senior School and St Ignatius
College.
The event will commence at 10.30am with an Acknowledgement
of Cameraygal Country by Veronica Davison, a Biripi woman
& LCRR member.
This will be followed with an Opening Address by Lane Cove
Mayor, Cr Ian Longbottom.
At the end of the event, the Student Reconciliation Group
from St Ignatius College, Riverview, will host a luncheon
for the Alex Park students and teachers at their college.
LCRR RECONCILIATION WEEK PHOTOGRAPHIC DISPLAY:
Lane Cove Library, Longueville Rd (near Plaza)
Elaine Mayer, LCRR member has created a wonderful
pictorial display of the Woodford Bay Reconciliation
Memorial Ceremony which was held 7 Feb 2004. (Photos
courtesy of George Murray Photography)
Prior to the (above) luncheon, the students from Alex Park
& Riverview will view this Library Display and a 12 minute
video (courtesy of Channel 31) of the Memorial Ceremony,
before a history excursion to nearby Woodford Bay to see
the Memorial Plaque which recognises Cameraygal Resistance
to the British Invasion of their country.
This important plaque which for the first time, publicly
acknowledges Aboriginal resistance to British invasion was
jointly unveiled, in front of 500 people by Her
Excellency, Prof Marie Bashir AO, Governor of NSW & Robert
Welsh, Chairperson, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land
Council.
PUBLICATION: 'CHILDREN'S VOICES FOR RECONCILIATION'
In 2001, Lane Cove Residents for Reconciliation with
assistance from the NSWAECG, NSWDET and Lgov NSW published
a book 'Children's Voices for Reconciliation' which was
distributed to schools, libraries and to every Local
Council in NSW and also to Councils of other capital
cities nationally.
This book is a compilation of the students' thoughts and
drawings on Reconciliation as presented at our 2000
Schools' Performance in Lane Cove Plaza.
WE DO HOPE YOU CAN JOIN WITH US THIS THURSDAY,
COMMENCING AT 10.30AM
Reconciliation Week 2004 / Guringai Festival 2004
Lane Cove Residents for Reconciliation events in the Lane
Cove area:
Details:
Kerrie McKenzie : LCRR - Ph 02 9428 1197
22 May - 3 June
Photographic Display: 'Woodford Bay Reconciliation
Memorial Ceremony' Photographic display of the 'Woodford
Bay Reconciliation Memorial Ceremony' 7 Feb 2004: during
which Her Excellency, Prof Marie Bashir AC, Governor of
NSW & Robert Welsh, Chairperson, Metropolitan Local
Aboriginal Land Council, jointly unveiled a plaque
recognising Aboriginal resistance to British invasion.
Lane
Cove Library - Free
Details:
LCRR & Lane Cove Library
Friday 28 May
'Twilight
Bushwalk' at Blackman Park Indigenous Guide & Council
Staff - Explore the bush by night with an Indigenous
perspective.
Blackman
Park - 6.45pm Lloyd Rees Drive, Lane Cove
Cost: $5
/adult, $3/child, $10/family .....
Bookings:
Ph 9911 3579
Thursday 3 June
'Children's Voices for Reconciliation'
Outdoor
performances on the theme of Reconciliation - from local
Lane Cove Government & Non-government schools + Alexandria
Park Community School, Redfern.
10.30am - 12 noon
Lane
Cove Plaza - Free
Details: LCRR & Lane Cove Council
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'A summary of the
activities of
Lane Cove Residents for
Reconciliation
for the past twelve
months'
Against the background of continuous and
complex work which culminated in the
Governor Marie Bashir and Robert Welsh
unveiling a plaque at the landmark Woodford
Bay Reconciliation Memorial Ceremony on
7.02.04 we:
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held bi-monthly public meetings with
Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal guest speakers
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networked with Aboriginal organisations and
other reconciliation groups
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sent a letter of support to Director Dawn
Casey to the NMA Review Secretariat
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participated in Reconciliation Week together
with Lane Cove Council by assisting with
organising 'Children's Voices for
Reconciliation' (schools performances in
Lane Cove plaza and Library displays of
their work)
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celebrated Guringai Festival with a major
film night showing of 'The Tracker’
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joined in the 'Welcome Home' for the 'Tribal
Warrior' and produced a photographic display
of the event which was exhibited in the
local library as part of NAIDOC week
-
sent two representatives to the 'Marking Out
Ceremony' at Richmond Hill (near Windsor)
for an Aboriginal Memorial project
-
celebrated the Lane Cove Cammeraygal
Festival with a special event of cultural
diversity featuring a panel of speakers from
different ethnic backgrounds
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organised 'Koncert Koori' which showcased
contemporary Aboriginal entertainment, song
and dance, comic mime and stand up comedy.
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involved with NSRRN, our Convenor Kerrie
McKenzie being their Co-Convenor.
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Kerrie has spoken on request to several
organisations as g lest speaker
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sent two representatives to the 2003 AGM of
NSW Reconciliation Council
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Initiated an involvement with two local
community groups – art and music – resulting
in a presentation of black/white history at
the Shell Gore Bay Concert & Exhibition in
Lane cove on 02.03.04
Currently we are organising two public
speakers for our May and September meetings
and organising a film night showing 'Beneath
Clouds' for our July meeting.
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EXTRA
!!!
THE
METROPOLITAN LOCAL ABORIGINAL LAND COUNCIL, LANE COVE
COUNCIL,
LANE COVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND LANE COVE RESIDENTS FOR
RECONCILIATION:
INVITE YOU, YOUR FAMILY & FRIENDS TO A MAJOR HISTORIC
PUBLIC EVENT
THE WOODFORD BAY RECONCILIATION MEMORIAL CEREMONY:
'JOURNEY OF THE SPIRIT'
Saturday, 7 February 2004: 1.30pm for Ceremony commencing
at 2pm.
Click HERE to read
more...
*** Important
Announcements ***
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WHAT:
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Lane Cove Residents
for Reconciliation -
Public Meeting: ALL WELCOME
'Aboriginal People in the Landscape
- influence of the Arts on the representation
of Aboriginal Australians'
Speaker: Dr Pat Cavanagh, BA, Dip Ed, PhD
Lecturer in Aboriginal History, Australian Catholic University,
Sydney.
Dr Cavanagh has worked in Aboriginal Education since 1981, including
- Lecturer in Contact History: Macquarie University, Sydney
- Manager, Walgett Community of Schools Project: NSW DET
- 1st Research Officer NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group
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WHERE: |
Community Centre
164 Longueville Rd, (near Central Ave)
Lane Cove, Sydney |
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WHEN: |
Tuesday 6 May 03 ( 7.00 for 7.30pm - 9.30pm ) |
New Announcement - (October 2002)
Click HERE to read
"The Lane Cove Municipality lies within the
traditional country of the Cameraygal people who first belonged to this
land celebrating kinship and the spirit of the land..."
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Public Meeting 1st Tuesday each
month (7:00pm for 7:30 - 9:30pm) Lane Cove Community Centre, 164 Longueville
Road, Lane Cove Indigenous and non-Indigenous speakers...
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Reconciliation Workshops and
Social Events...
Networking with Indigenous Organisations and Reconciliation Groups...
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Networking with the Local
Community and Schools...
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Networking with Lane Cove
Council and other local Councils...
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Supporting major Reconciliation
events...
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Information Street Stalls...
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Member of Northern Sydney Region
Reconciliation Network...
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Consultation with Aboriginal
organisations and community members...
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Member of and supporting the NSW
Reconciliation Council...
For more details, please
contact:
Kerrie McKenzie
P.O. Box 41
Berowra NSW 2081
Phone / Fax: 02 9428
1197
E-mail:
kerriemckenzie@bigpond.com
or -
Nigel Parbury
phone: (02) 9290 8722 (office hours)
email:
parburyn@hotmail.com
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