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A series of portraits of the crowd at this year's Koori Knockout at Leichhardt Oval, Sydney.
People travel from all around New South Wales for this rugby league carnival which not only showcases elite Aboriginal sporting talent, but also the interconnectedness and solidarity of Aboriginal communities.
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Aunty Jenny Munro, Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy, 2014
In response to the killing of a young Aboriginal boy in Kalgoorlie, the abuses at Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre in the NT and Aboriginal deaths in custody, as well as the continuing forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families, this rally was organised to show solidarity with the concerned families and to demand justice. The rally began at the Village Green in the heart of Blacktown and marched through the local CBD to a nearby park, where more speeches were made.
Around 5000 people rallied in central Sydney to protest against the refugee camps on Manus and Nauru Islands, and against the radical policies from successive Australian governments of off-shore detention and boat turnbacks. The protesters demanded that the refugees and asylum seekers held in the camps be immediately resettled in Australia.
The rally marched from Sydney Town Hall to the PNG consulate, calling on the PNG government to commit to closing Manus Island detention camp, before marching through the city to Circular Quay.
In unanimously passing a motion moved by Greens MLC, David Shoebridge, the NSW Parliament has finally signalled its support for the return of the Gweagle Shield and Spears, which were stolen by Captain Cook and his party after they fired on a Gweagle man, Cooman, in 1770 on the shores of what is now known as Botany Bay. The shield and spears have since been housed by the British Museum and the Cambridge Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, who are refusing to return them to their rightful owners.
Rodney Kelly, a descendant of Cooman, has been fighting for the rightful repatriation of these artefacts and will be travelling to the UK in October to demand their release. He and his family were at the NSW Parliament House to witness today's parliamentary motion, the first of its kind in Australia, historical because it acknowledges (intentionally or not) the first European act of aggression that foreshadowed the invasion of Australia by the British.
With a potentially divisive plebiscite on marriage equality on the horizon, Rainbow Campus campaigners at Sydney University organised a series of non-legal marriages of Rainbow couples as a demonstration of love and to bring attention to the ongoing discrimination against the LGBTQIA community.
The Gweagal Shield is perhaps the most important invasion-era historical artefact in existence. This wooden shield with a bullet hole in it is evidence of literally the first shot fired in what would become known as the Frontier Wars.
A series of gunshots by Captain Cook's party at what is now called Botany Bay in 1770, this incident was proof of the first violent encounter by Europeans with Aboriginal Australia, specifically with a Gweagal man, Cooman, who was defending his country. His shield, along with spears, were seized by Cook's party as bounty and has since been housed by the British Museum.
Rodney Kelly, a descendent of Cooman, is demanding the return of the shield and spears, and with the support of the Greens' David Shoebridge, is asking the NSW Parliament to support a movement in the House calling for the immediate repatriation of the artefacts. Rodney will be travelling to the UK in October to formally call for the shield and spears to be returned by the British Museum to their rightful owners. Rodney Kelly is seeking support for this cause from all levels of government, media, other museums and community to put pressure on the British Museum.
A rally demanding justice for Ms Dhu and Rebecca Maher, two Aboriginal women who died in police custody. Family and organizers of the rally have called for a complete and independent inquiry into these two deaths, as well as more wide-ranging action to prevent Aboriginal deaths in custody. They demand that all information and evidence, including CCTV footage relating to these two deaths be released. The rally began at Belmore Park in central Sydney and marched to T.J. Hickey Park in Waterloo.
A rally expressing outrage as a result of the Four Corners program on ABC TV. From the organizers:
"The video footage on Four Corners of Aboriginal children being tortured in Don Dale correction centre have shocked the country. But this is the tip of the iceberg of the racist ‘child protection’ and prison systems that subject Aboriginal children to institutionalised child abuse across the continent on a daily basis.
Malcolm Turnbull and Adam Giles have announced a Royal Commission into the centre - but their own racist Intervention and “tough on crime” policies systematically breach the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC).
Countless inquiries have already been done. We already know the facts of this case. We demand justice immediately. The prison guards responsible must be sacked and charged. So too should the NT Government who have consistently demonised and criminalised Aboriginal children and bear ultimate responsibility for this abuse. Minister Scullion also must be sacked.
Across Australia, Black children make up 50 per cent of the prison system. More children are being forcibly removed today than at any point in Australian history - taken from their families and put into foster care or prison cells".
A rally protesting against police brutality, deaths in custody and racial profiling, specifically against Aboriginal people and other black and indigenous peoples. Held in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the USA. The rally started at Town Hall and proceeded to march to the U.S. consulate in Martin Place.
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Performing at NAIDOC, Radical Son, one of the best voices in contemporary music today.
Celebrating and commemorating the National Aboriginal and Islander Day of Observance Committee Week - a week with an important history of resistance.
Images of the NAISDA Dancers in Hyde Park, Sydney.
A few photos of some of the members of the Waterloo Aboriginal Tent Embassy, who are protesting against the proposed development of the massive public housing estate in inner Sydney. Residents are fearful they will be displaced by a process of upheaval and gentrification.
Following on from the successes of the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy last year, Aunty Jenny Munro and her supporters have now ventured on a new project - setting up a new tent embassy to protest against the forceable removal of public housing tenants, many of whom are Aboriginal, from the Waterloo flats, scheduled for 2017.
The forces of gentrification in tandem with government and developers are again at work, displacing residents and dislocating communities. These photographs are from the first day of the new Embassy on the 25th of June, 2016.
Following on from the successes of the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy last year, Aunty Jenny Munro and her supporters have now ventured on a new project - setting up a new tent embassy to protest against the forceable removal of public housing tenants, many of whom are Aboriginal, from the Waterloo flats, scheduled for 2017.
The forces of gentrification in tandem with government and developers are again at work, displacing residents and dislocating communities.
A rally protesting against the NSW government legislation that will see jail sentences for up to 7 years for certain forms of protest, including hindering private company business (for example, of mining companies).
Here, a variety of interests voice their concern, including environmental groups, anti-CSG and Lock The Gate groups, the Knitting Nanas, Aboriginal Rights activists and civil liberties organisations. The rally took place outside the NSW Parliament House.
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