Hundreds of people will head to Myall Creek this weekend to commemorate the 188th anniversary of one of Australia’s darkest events, the Myall Creek massacre which commemorates the unprovoked massacre of at least 28 indigenous women, children and old men by a group of stockmen on Myall Creek Station in June 1838.
Ann Daly from the Friends of Myall Creek Committee says there’s many events that will be held this weekend to coincide with Sunday’s memorial including a law symposium in Armidale today and a First Nations Art Exhibition and Artisans Market at Ceramic Break Sculpture Park in Warialda on Saturday between 10am and 5pm.
Guest speaker this year will be Emeritus Professor Judy Atkinson OAM who will talk about the extensive work she has conducted within Indigenous communities across Australia and overseas in relation to violence and trauma along with entertainment from Roger Knox and various indigenous dance groups.
They’ll will also be congratulating the winners of the 17th annual Thoughts‘n’Dreams – Student Art, Writing and Song Competition – which encourages students from Kindergarten through to Year 12 across north-west NSW and the rest of the state, QLD and ACT, to address and express different concepts of Reconciliation.
