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Aboriginal matters, the Murujuga – Western Australia

The director of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, MICHAEL MANSELL’s, recent comments about the protection of Aboriginal sites in Australia and prospects for world heritage listing of these sites are noteworthy.

“What we have got is about 50,000 years of human existence and evidence of that existence from one end of the country to the other. None of that heritage has been nominated by Australia as worthy of world heritage status. In the meantime 200 years of white history has resulted in Read more …

The man who reminded me of the sea

I want to take you to the Village of Saim. Torres Strait Islander, long time skipper in Queensland waters BULLY SAYLOR has spent his life with the sea. In Saim, I said to BULLY,

“every time I see you, you remind me of the sea”.

Sitting on his bed by the sea, BULLY spends his resting time looking out across the changing colours of the ocean, recognising every pattern in the water and knowing what lies beneath. He knows Queensland’s ocean Read more …