Athrong of Native American and Aboriginal runners arrived at Toolern Creek on the outskirts of Melbourne. Murrumbrunch, dressed in traditional Wurundjeri dress, asked them to stand together and turn their backs to him. This sign of trust undertaken, Murrumbrunch approached Dennis Banks (one of the runners and co-founder of the American Indian Movement), with a strip of gumleaves and welcomed him and his people in Wurundjeri language onto Wurundjeri land. The visitors, the 1993 Sacred…
Four years ago the traditional landowners of Panguna in Central Bougainville pulled the plug on the CRA copper mine which had torn at the mineral-rich heart of their island for three decades. In response to the forced closure of the lucrative mine, and the growing cries for Bougainvillean self-determination, Papua New Guinea sent in the troops. And Australia sent aid - to the PNG Defence Force (PNGDF) in the form of helicopters, spotter planes, patrol…
