| international past events : NOTE some past links may no longer be valid |
| 14-29 October 2009 - The 2009 London Film Festival will feature several Australian films: Samson & Delilah. The debut feature from director Warwick Thornton won the Caméra d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival this year. This love story set in an indigenous community in the Central Australian desert has also won huge critical acclaim in Australia. (Fully Booked) |
| 9 October 2009 - The Long Walk Women’s Luncheon Peninsula at Docklands Melbourne, Victoria, Australia www.thelongwalk.com.au |
| 3 August – 12 September 2009 - Mixed Aboriginal Show: Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London UK |
| 28 August 2009 - UNAA Conference, 'The Future is in Your Hands -Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples', at Parliament House, Brisbane, with speakers from Australia and overseas who have specialised in different aspects of indigenous social justice issues. Delegates will have the opportunity to develop resolutions to be forward to the World Federation of UN Associations, Federal Council of the United Nations Association, the Australian Government and the United Nations. DETAILS: unaabalmain@optusnet.com.au. http://www.unaa.org.au |
| 2 September 2009 - Indigenous Literacy Day Australia - All Australians are invited to participate in the third Indigenous Literacy Day 2009, an opportunity to help raise urgently needed funds for Indigenous literacy |
| 7 – 29 August 2009 - Trevor 'Turbo' Brown - Friends and Family: Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London UK |
2 July – 1 August 2009 - Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery is Celebrating 21 Years of Exhibiting Aboriginal Art in the UK. Stone Country Faith Thompson Nelson Paintings from Utopia. London UK |
26 June- 31 July 2009 - First international exhibition of the renowned Tiwi islander artist, Jean Baptiste Apuatimi, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London UK |
| 5-12 July 2009 - NAIDOC Week celebrations for 2009 The theme for NAIDOC Week in 2009 is Honouring Our Elders, Nurturing Our Youth. |
10-12 July 2009 - Aboriginal elder Djalu Gurruwiwi and custodian for the didgeridoo for the Galpu clan will be in ITALY FOR A series of didgeridoo workshops. Djalu will be accompanied by his artist wife and other Aboriginal performers who will also give a traditional Manikay. Italy |
19 July – Singer/songwirter Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu sings in Aboriginal languages Galpu, Gumatj, Djambarrpuynu and English and sublimely adapts the songs and stories of the Gumatj clan into contemporary song style. Latitude Festival 2009, Southwold, Suffolk UK |
| 21 July – Singer/songwirter Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu sings in Aboriginal languages Galpu, Gumatj, Djambarrpuynu and English and sublimely adapts the songs and stories of the Gumatj clan into contemporary song style.Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, UK |
24-26 July 2009 - The Black Arm Band will be performing at the WOMAD Festival. Archie Roach, Ruby Hunter and Shellie Morris will also be performing individually. Wiltshire, UK |
4- 6 July 2009 - Aboriginal elder Djalu Gurruwiwi and custodian for the didgeridoo for the Galpu clan will be in the UK for the first to do a series of London didgeridoo workshops. Djalu will be accompanied by his artist wife and other Aboriginal performers who will also give a traditional Manikay. London UK |
18 May – 20 June 2009 - The Rebecca Hossack Gallery exibition of Basil Hall - Etched in the Sun celebrates twenty five years of collaboration between master print-maker, Basil Hall, and Aboriginal artists from across the whole range of Australia’s remote communities. London |
| 27 May - 3 June 2009 - National Reconciliation Week - Each year National Reconciliation Week celebrates the rich culture and history of the First Australians. The theme for National Reconciliation Week (NRW) this year is ‘See the person, not the stereotype’ |
| 3-5 June 2009 - 10th Annual National Native Title Conference, Spirit of Country, Land, Water, Life. Melbourne, Australia |
| 22 April - 22 May 2009 - Whitford Fine Art - Wangkartu Dreaming features the the work of Helicopter Tjungurrayi and Lucy Yukenbarri, artists of the Western Desert contemporary art movement. London |
| 28 May 2009 - eniar's 5th Annual Sorry Day in London will be held on Thursday 28th May 2009 at Australia House, Strand, London WC2B 4LA. (Nearest tubes: Temple, Covent Garden, Holborn). Drinks & light snacks from 6pm, programme begins at 6.30pm. RSVP ESSENTIAL. |
| 9 March - May 29 2009 - An online course on the human right to adequate food will be offered by Professor George Kent of the University of Hawai, USA |
12-17 May 2009 - Riverside Studios - Theatre: Windmill Baby £15, part of Origins Festival of First Nations, London UK |
| 16 May 2009, 2pm - Birkbeck College - Film: Black Chicks Talking part of Origins Festival of First Nations, London UK |
| 13 May 2009 - NT Australian of the Year winner Gurrumul is playing at the Union Chapel in Islington,Gurrumul is perhaps the most important Aboriginal voice of his generation. London UK |
| 4-13 May2009 - The Diplomacy Training Program (DTP) 2009 Asia-Pacific regional training program for Indigenous community advocates, Darwin Australia |
4-5 May 2009 - The 25th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disabilities with Special Focus Area: Indigenous and Native Peoples to be held Honolulu, Hawai‘i |
| now - 5 April 2009 - Exhibition Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya - Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cohttp://windowslivehelp.com/solutions/accounts/archive/2008/10/25/what-to-do-if-you-think-your-accounts-been-stolen.aspxrnell University, USA |
| 2-27 March 2009 - UN Human Rights Council 10th session, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 4 March 2009 - Inaugural Caritas Australia Lecture. Guest speaker Mr. Pat Dodson Topic: Indigenous Rights: Beyond Symbolism, Sydney |
| 21 February 2009 - International Mother Language Day - International Mother Language Day is observed yearly by UNESCO member states to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. See The Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages |
| 13 February 2009 - 8.00pm AESDT - Geoffrey Robertson’s Hypothetical, Closing The Gap - NITV |
| 13 February 2009 - First Anniversary of the Apology to the Stolen Generations |
| venerdì 30 gennaio 2009 - SIMPOSIO E CINEFORUM - La "Riconciliazione" australiana - nella docu-fiction di David Vadiveloo. |
| 14-16 January 2009 - International expert group meeting on the implementation of article 42 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, United Nations Headquarters |
| 6 juin 2008 au 4 janvier 2009. Le Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de la ville de Rochefort et le Musée des Confluences de Lyon présentent une sélection d’oeuvres aborigènes australiennes émanant de leur collection récemment constituée. France |
| till 31 December 2008 - Berlin - Lowanna - photographic exhibition by Wayne Quilliam - Art Centre, Berlin, Germany |
| 10 December 2008 - International Human Rights Day |
| 7-11 December 2008 - World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education, Melbourne, Australia |
| 24 November - 12 December 2008 - 18th Annual Human Rights and People’s Diplomacy Training for Human Rights Defenders from the Asia-Pacific Region and Indigenous Australia, Sydney and Canberra, Australia |
1 October – 22 November 2008 - In the space of elsewhere presents the work of nine international contemporary artists, including Vernon Ah Kee, Sean Cordeiro, Claire Healy and Sandra Selig. Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, KT1, London, UK |
| 19 September – 15 November 2008 - Alick Tipoti is one of the leading exponents of the remarkable Torres Strait Island printmaking movement of the last decade. Rebecca Hossack Gallery, 2a Conway Street, London W1UK |
| 20-23 November 2008 - Australasian World Music Expo, Artists performing this year include Archie Roach, Ruby Hunter and Shane Howard in the Liyarn Ngarn Concert, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. Melbourne Australia |
| 5 November 2008 - Seminar Julie Evans (University of Melbourne) Beyond the pale: sovereignty, legitimacy, and Indigenous peoples. Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, Fourth Floor, Australia Centre, Corner Strand and Melbourne Place, WC2B 4LG London. RSVP Essential. |
| 30 October 2008 12:00pm Stolen Wages Rally - Cairns - outside Regional Parliament at Cairns Convention Centre. Cairns Australia |
| 19-22 October 2008 - Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance, The theme of the congress is “Gender in Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction.” Manila, Philippines. |
| 13-17 October 2008 - 13th session of WIPO's Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property Concerning Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore. Geneva. |
| 11 September - 18 October 2008 - Samantha Hobson - solo debut art exhibition - October Gallery-24 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AL UK |
| 7-11 October 2008 - The Australian Ballet joins forces with Bangarra Dance Theatre to present the UK premiere of two works at Sadler’s Wells. Rites features dancers from both companies in an arousing piece of dance theatre set to Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. Sadler's Wells, Sadler's Wells Theatre, Rosebery Avenue, EC1R 4TN London UK |
| 11 October 2008 - 7pm Shades of Black In partnership with The Bringing Them Home Committee (WA), Presents The "Kambarang" Party. Kambarang is the Noongar season of Spring. Venue: Belmont Sports & Recreation Centre, Abernethy Rd (Cnr Keane St), Belmont, Western Australia |
| 9 Octobre 2008 à 20h00. L’AFA a le plaisir de vous inviter à une, Soirée Littéraire précises, Café de la Mairie, 8 Place Saint-Sulpice, 75006 PARIS. Salle du 1er étage. Vous pourrez rencontrer des auteurs franco- australiens.qui vous présenteront leurs derniers ouvrages tout récemment parus. |
| 29 September – 4 October 2008 - The Australian Ballet & Bangarra Dance Theatre in Paris Théâtre du Châtelet. Rites features dancers from both companies in an arousing piece of dance theatre set to Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. The Australian Ballet will tour three works to Paris, marking the company’s 30th international tour in its 46 year history. Paris France |
| 29-30 September 2008 - Indigenous Caucus Meeting in Geneva, United Nations prior to the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a new United Nations mechanism on the rights of indigenous peoples. |
| 1-3 October 2008 - The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a new United Nations mechanism on the rights of indigenous peoples. This mechanism has been created by the Human Rights Council following an informal meeting on the most appropriate mechanisms to continue the work of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations. |
| 2 October 2008 - Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King’s College London, in association with the Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University will present artist talks by Vernon Ah Kee and Sandra Selig 6.00 for 6.30, Downer Room Australian High Commission, Australia House, Strand, London, WC2B RSVP essential by 1 October 2008. |
| 12-13 September 2008 - National Indigenous Legal Conference, RACV Club, Melbourne, Australia TBC |
| 13 September 2008 - 3.30pm - London Mayor's Thames Festival - Aboriginal cultural performance, with Aboriginal rights campaigner Sinem Saban. London UK |
| 2-5 September 2008 - British Australian Studies Association Biennial Conference: Changing Australia. Royal Holloway, University of London, London UK |
| 8-12 August 2008 - GARMA FESTIVAL – Key Forum theme: Indigenous Knowledge - one of Australia's most significant Indigenous festivals, held in Arnhem Land, the Northern Territory, Australia. International visitors welcome |
| 6 - 13 July 2008 - NAIDOC week - Advance Australia Fair? celebration of Indigenous culture and a time to reflect on the Australian principle of 'a fair go'. For events outside Australia contact the Australian Embassy in your country. |
| 29 June - 4 July - Dublin - 6th World Archaelogical Congress |
| 26 June 2008 7.30pm- London - The black arm band (Australia) MURUNDAK - A 28-piece ensemble featuring Archie Roach, Shane Howard, Ruby Hunter, Mark Atkins and many more |
| 26 June 2008 - Berlin - Lowanna - photographic exhibition by Wayne Quilliam - Art Centre, Berlin, Germany |
| 27 June 2008 - 8pm - London - Liyarn Ngarn- compelling film tells of the devastation and inhumanity brought upon Indigenous Australians -as told to British actor Pete Postlethwaite, Southbank Centre |
| 28 June 2008 - 4pm Dublin - Liyarn Ngarn screening - The Button Factory, Curved St. Followed by Liyarn Ngarn (The Black arm band) concert 7.30pm |
| 19 June 2008 -7pm London - world premiere - This is Our Country Too - Australia, 2008. A powerful exposé of Australia's hidden apartheid. Tricycle Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, NW6 7JR, 020 7328 1000. 22 June -4.30pm - The Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, Paddington, W2 1QJ, 020 7479 8950 24 June -7.15pm - Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, Hammersmith, W6 9RL, 020 8237 1111 |
| 28 May - 13 June - Shibuya Japan - Coo-ee Aboriginal Art presents Emily Kngwarreye and her legacy |
| 27 May - 2 June 2008 - Moscow. Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, works from leading Aboriginal artists, presents at the Moscow World Fine Art Fair, Stand 5, The Manège Moscow Russia |
| 8 - 31 May 2008 - Milan, Arte Agli Antipodi: pittura aborigena contemporanea - Country and Rockholes near the Olga's - by artist Bill Whiskey. corso Garibaldi 2 Milan 20121, Italy |
| 9 - 16 May 2008 - London, Masterpieces from the Western Desert by Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri & Wentja Napaltjarri. 19 – 23 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, London E1 6JU |
| 13 May 2008 - 6.30pm - London, Talk by John Bond - Australia's Journey of Healing - 24 Greencoat Place, London SW1- more details |
| 22 May 2008 - 6 - 9pm - UK Sorry Day - Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1 (nearest tube: Holborn) - ENIAR celebrates with Indigenous Australia |
| 26 May 2008 -Australian and Canadian Sorry Day - Anniversary of National Sorry Day, 26th May, 2008. This is symbolic of the Sorry Business for Indigenous Australia as a result of the removal policies. |
| 19-30 May 2008 - Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-9) Bonn, Germany |
| 6 May 2008 - 6.30pm - London, Talk by Tom Calma, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, HREOC, October Gallery, Club Room, 24 Old Gloucester Street, Bloomsbury, LONDON WC1N 3AL - Nearest tube: Russell Square or Holborn. Free - drinks and nibblies. event organised by eniar |
| 21 April - 2 May 2008 - United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (Seventh Session) - Special theme: Climate change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods: the stewardship role of indigenous peoples and new challenges, New York, USA |
22 April 2008 - National Close the Gap Day gives Australians the opportunity to come together and show their support for closing the 17-year life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians. |
| 10 April 2008 - 6.00 for 6.30pm - Alexis Wright - Reading and launch of 'Carpentaria (Constable), Winner, 2007 Miles Franklin Award Venue: Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 28 Russell Square, WC1B 5DS. London Cost: Free. RSVP necessary! Seminar hosted by the Menzies Centre, London UK |
| 7 – 11 April 2008 - Fourth Global Conference on Oceans: “Advancing Ecosystem Management and Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management in the Context of Climate Change” - Hanoi, Vietnam |
| 7 April 2008 - 6.00 for 6.30pm - John Kinsella - Reading and launch of 'Shades of the Sublime and Beautiful' (Picador)- Venue: Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 28 Russell Square, WC1B 5DS. London RSVP necessary! Seminar hosted by the Menzies Centre, London UK |
| 19 March to 5 April 2008 - Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, 2a Conway Street, PRIME, a retrospective survey show of gallery artists from the last two decades. |
| 2-5 April 2008 - Researching Applied Drama, Theatre and Performance conference: Performance, Cross-Cultural Dialogue and Coexistence, Exeter University - "Ngarrama-la", a performance by Ray Kelly and Brian Joyce - Ray Kelly “’Ngarrama-la’: An Australian Aboriginal Playwright explores language reclamation and revival in and through performed dialogues across 200 years” |
| 2 - 4 April 2008 - International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change, Darwin, Australia. |
| 2 April 2008 - Steve Hemming (Flinders) - Researching with Indigenious Australian nations: partnerships, ethics and transformations. Seminar hosted by the Menzies Centre, London UK |
| 3 – 28 March 2008 - 7th session of the Human Rights Council, Office of High Commissioner on Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 19 March 2008 - Vanessa Castejon, (Université Paris 13) - A French representation of Aboriginality: the Musée du Quai Branly. Seminar hosted by the Menzies Centre, London UK |
| 6-16 March 2008 - London Australian Film Festival at the Barbican Centre. London UK |
| 12 March 2008 - David Ritter (Western Australia) - Ideologies of Native Title. Seminar hosted by the Menzies Centre, London UK |
| 9 January 2008 - 3 February 2008 - Paris France - The Revenge of Genres' Cité Internationale des Arts |
| 1 January 2008 - 31 December 2008. Global. UN International Year of Planet Earth. see Earth Sciences for Society - an International Year of Planet Earth. |
| international events 2007:NOTE past some links may no longer be valid |
| 11 December 2007 - The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, will launch the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission’s (HREOC) ‘Us Taken-Away Kids’ magazine in Sydney. |
| 6 - 7 December 2007 - United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations - Informal meeting to exchange views on the most appropriate mechanisms to continue the work of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations. Geneva, Switzerland |
| 19 November - 7 December 2007 - 17th Annual Regional Human Rights & Peoples Diplomacy Course to be held in New Zealand. Applications are now open. |
| 10 December 2007 - International Human Rights Day - Human Rights Awards 2007 Australia (HREOC) |
| 1 Decemeber 2007 - Stand up for the Burrup in London and Netherlands London - 3.30pm outside Shell HQ - SE1 7NA for map just turn up wearing a black top Amsterdam - outside Shell HQ - Meet at Amsterdam central station at 13.00 or at The Hague central station at 14.30 |
| 1 - 24 November - River Seine Paris. World Visual Arts Biennale, Photoquai - Tasmania's Ricky Maynard is one of 75 photographers and 25 video-makers from 35 countries taking part in a new two-yearly world photo show |
| 5-23 November 2007 - 39th Session United Nations Committee Against Torture, (The committee will consider Australia's Third periodic report) Geneva, Switzerland |
| 13 October -10 November 2007 - Cité Les Brasseurs in Liege, Belgium. 'The Revenge of Genres' showing the work of 24 Indigenous artists including Tracey Moffatt, Dacchi Dang, Jenny Fraser, Archie Moore, Rosella Namok |
| 14 November 2007 - 7pm - 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N - something terrible is happening in Australia - no-one want to talk about it |
| 5-23 November 2007 - 39th Session United Nations Committee Against Torture, (The committee will consider Australia's Third periodic report) Geneva, Switzerland |
| 14 November 2007 - Vanessa Castejon - A French representation of Aboriginality: the Musée du Quai Branly - public seminar held as part of the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies Seminar Series, London UK |
| 7 November 2007 - Ray Nichol - On Reconciling Indigenous and Western Forms of Education - public seminar as part of the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies Seminar Series, London UK |
| 1-2 November 2007 - Identity, Citizenship, Social Cohesion and Integration: Britain and Australia. The 2007 Monash-Menzies conference aims to provide a forum for debate on comparable research and policy initiatives in contemporary Britain and Australia. London, UK |
| 15-19 October 2007 - UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J-5) of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Montreal, Canada also see: http://www.cbd.int/meetings/default.shtml |
| 19 October 2007 - international women's day of action to protest against the Australian Government's action in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. see women for wik website |
| 17 October 2007 - Angus Nicholls - Evolution versus Primal Monotheism: British and German Interpretations of the Arrernte Tribe Around 1900 - public seminar as part of the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies Seminar Series, London UK |
| 19 - 21 September 2007 - Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) National Conference 2007 - Ngadluko Ngartunnaitya - For Our Children, Adelaide, Australia |
| 18 September 2007 - National Close the Gap Day (Australia) - The national day of action will give Australians across the nation the opportunity to come together and show their support for closing the 17-year life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians. |
| 13 September 2007 - 61st session of UN General Assembly will consider the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples New York, USA |
| 27-29 August 2007 - International Expert Group Meeting in Indigenous Peoples and Protection of the Environment - Government of Khabarovsk, RAIPON and the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues |
| 20-24 August 2007 - Jakarta - Indonesia - 2nd Annual program on Human Rights Advocacy and Business |
| 9 August 2007 -International Day of the World's Indigenous People |
| 8 - 14 July NAIDOC Week ( ‘National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee’) The national theme for 2007 is 50 years: Looking Forward, Looking Blak. For events around Australia visit: http://www.naidoc.org.au/ |
3-12 July 2007 - World Intellectual Property Organisation WIPO Geneva, Switzerland. Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore : Eleventh Session. There is a voluntary Fund for accredited NGO observers. |
| 13 July 2007 - National NAIDOC Ball in Darwin, Australia. Winners of National NAIDOC Awards announced. |
| 13 July 2007 - 2.00pm - Save the Burrup Rally, Perth Australia Speakers include: Dr Carmen Lawrence MHR, former WA Premier, Steven Walker, Greens WA , Rachel Mason, Friends of Australian Rock Art |
| 6 July 2007 - HREOC is calling for contributions to a publication marking the 10th anniversary of the Bringing them home report. For more information visit HREOC |
| til 2 July 2007 - UNESCO 31st session of the World Heritage Committee, Christchurch, New Zealand. The 31st Session Chair of the World Heritage Committee is Tumu Te Heuheu. |
| 27 - 30 June 2007 - 10am - 5pm daily - Mamma: The Untouchable Ones - Aboriginal art exhibition - Australian High Commission, Strand, London WC2B, entrance via Melbourne Place. |
| 30 May 2007 6.30pm - Film Kanyini at the Australian High Commission, The Strand, London, UK. TBC.The film will be followed by a discussion, and Q&A with Joanna Lathan |
| 25 May 2007 6-8pm - Sorry Day UK, Join us on a journey of healing through past, present and future as we celebrate Indigenous Australian culture and remember the Stolen Generations. This year's event will give an Indigenous perspective of Australian history through story, dance, song, poetry, art and music. Bandstand, Victoria Embankment Gardens, London W2CN 6PB. Contact: info@eniar.org for information and flyer click here |
| 14-25 May 2007 - United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues New York USA. UNPFII Sixth Session. The UN Permanent Forum is an advisory body to Economic and Social Council, with a mandate to discuss Indigenous issues. |
| 24 May 2007 7.30pm - BBC 2 series THE MUSEUM - features the repatriation of Tasmanian Aboriginal Cremation bundles from the British Museum. Filmed last year it shows just actually what happens when a hand over under the Human Tissue Act actually happens. |
| 24 May 2007 6.30 - 8.30pm - Invitation to a public meeting to the launch of the book Rocks and Hard Places by Roger Moody and to discuss issues of concern to the London Mining Network. Students Union, School of Oriental and African Studies,University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1. |
| 24 May 2007 6pm - Australian novelist GAIL JONES, author of Sixty Lights (Booker longlisted) and Dreams of Speaking (Orange Prize longlisted) will be speaking about her new novel, SORRY, with SUSAN ELDERKIN at 6pm Thursday 24 May at the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King's College, Fourth Floor, Australia Centre, Corner Strand and Melbourne Place, London WC2B 4LG. |
| Save the Burrup peninsular rock art campaign protests in Europe, click on links below for more details 2 May 2007 - 6pm, Belguim, Brussels - Grande place de Bruxelle 8 May 2007 - 6.30pm, Netherlands - Amsterdam - War Monument on the Dam square in front of the Palais |
| 2 May 2007 - Lecture - 5.30pm - 6.30pm - Palace or Power Station? Museums today, Mr Duncan Robinson, FSA Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum and Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, will be speaking at the The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH. |
| till end of April - Aboriginal Art & Photography Exhibition: Art Center Berlin, Friedrichstraße 134 (vis-à-vis Friedrichstadtpalast) GERMANY |
| until 20 April 2007 - Funding - IFAD Indigenous Peoples Assistance Facility - Call for grant applications from indigenous peoples’ organizations and their communities. |
| 18 Avril 2007, Paris - 10h00 - Pour la protection du Patrimoine Aborigine, Esplanada du Trocdero, france@standupfortheburrup.com or didjaba@yahoo.fr Stand Up For The Burrup, campaign to stop destruction of Aboriginal rock art. March through significant Parisian places, Starts 10am at the Esplanada du Trocdero, contact france@standupfortheburrup.com or didjaba@yahoo.fr |
| 18 April 2007 - World Heritage Day - Make Indigenous Poverty History Campaign - What do we do to protect and nuture our heritage, particularly the significant heritage of Indigenous peoples? - check out the Save the Burrup Rock Art Campaign. |
| 15 April 2007 - United Nations - Human Rights and Access to Water - Call for submissions for the study on human rights obligations related to equitable access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Information should be sent to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office at Geneva , CH 1211 Geneva 10, by 15 April 2007 |
| 3 to 4 March 2007 - Value of Human Remains in Museum collections symposium - A two day international conference organised by the Museum of London, to be held at the Museum in Docklands. London UK |
| 3 March 2007 - 3pm - Save the Burrup peninsular rock art campaign, Lascaux Cave, Dordogne, FRANCE |
| 28 February - March 2 2007 - Improving Indigenous Health, Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA. The conference is designed to promote the building of relationships between Indigenous communities and government departments. |
| 25 February 2007 - 2pm - Save the Burrup peninsular rock art campaign, front of Musée du Quai Branly (on the bridge), Paris, France |
| Friday 23 February 2007 - 11.30am - Protest at the Natural History Museum in London UK. |
| 9 February 2007 - Corroboree Indigenous Tourism Expo, Sydney Opera House |
| 26 January 2007 Celebrate Aboriginal Sovereignty Day, Aboriginal Tent Embassy – Canberra |
| international events 2006: past |
| Dust Echoes is Tom E Lewis's and the ABC' New Media and Digital Service's latest project, an Indigenous animated website of 5 Dreamtime stories launched this week at Katherine in the Northern Territory. Here you'll find games, desktops, screensavers and ecards. http://www.dustechoes.com.au |
| Werde! Welcome to Us Mob A Broadband Adventure in Hidden Valley Hidden Valley is one of the Town Camps of Alice Springs. With Us Mob, you can follow central Australian Aboriginal teenagers Charlie, Della, Harry and Jacquita as they head off on journeys full of fun, excitement and crisis. You need broadband to interact and can choose the story endings, playing games, activating video and text diaries, forums and uploading your own stories. So come on, get a permit and get the first episode now! |
| 27-29 November 2006 - 4th National Indigenous Education Conference in Newcastle. The conference is about empowerment of Indigenous Australians to facilitate education through Indigenous-led engagement. |
| 31 August 2006 - Kanyini hits the following cinemas. |
| 9 August 2006 -International Day of the World's Indigenous People |
| Sabato 1° luglio alle 20:30 nella sala del camino di Palazzo Ducale, Genova ITALY |
| NETHERLANDS/AUSTRALIA 2006: 400 years of bilateral contact between Australia and The Netherlands. new!!! Aboriginal Identiteit en Cultuur & Le "Generazioni rubate" - August 27 2006 - Aboriginal Art: Opening Doors. . The exhibition shows major work of artists of the desert community Yuendumu. It will be the first time that the Yuendumu doors are shown in Europe. - 28 May 2006, Stadsmuseum Zoetermeer, Dorpsstraat 7 Zoetermeer. Exhibition: Zoetermeer Down Under:: Central theme is ‘living in two worlds’. It focuses on the Stolen Generations of Australia; the generations Aborigines between 1870 and 1974 who were taken away from their families and placed in white families or state schools. Fifteen Aborigines, photographed by Frits Falkenhagen, tell their story. Media Release. |
| 15 - 17 June 2006 - Traditional Knowledge: Indigenous Indicators of Well-being. Perspectives, Practices, Solutions. Wellington NEW ZEALAND |
| 25 May 2006 - 'Sorry Day', Victoria Embankment Gardens, London, UK |
| past international events 2005: past |
| 25 May 2005 - 'Sorry Day', Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, UK |