Peramangk ELDERS set to Return to Mount barker
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Sure Hope to see you at 11am in Mount Barker on the 27th of NOVEMBER
when the Peramangk Elders meet on CENTRAL Peramangk country , for the
FIRST " massed gathering" of the clans in over 160 years when about
2000 Peramangk were " dispersed " by armed troopers , and bolted from
the district to HIDE with then THEN join with , neighboring Clans up
North . A Gathering of the Peramangk Peoples , their descendants and
friends , has been set to coincide with a MASSED Picnic of the
Inverbrackie Refugees Supporters Groups , being held on the same day
in the same park , THIS event is NOT a PERAMANGK Group ,
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=172549246089114#!/event.php?eid=127019760688728
, but the Peramangk have confirmed several Elders Will attend with
firm plans to reestablish the long lost tradition of late spring
massed meetings at THIS site http://picasaweb.google.com/kangarooistan9/20101104#on
this day every year IF it goes well this year .
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A REAL great story in this IF you wish to cover it I am very very
happy to help out with details .
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I am happy to give my time free , IF you can send a reporter with
audio and camera and a CAR , it could take several Hours to drive from
the City to and around the central PERAMANGK territory to grab the
video footage and I can provide a running commentary and possibly a
pic or two , Im very old and very ugly too , so its no point using me
as a interviewee , its OK to use me as background photo , at
distance , I KNOW all the Peramangk Country and its history very
well , A few hours of work and it could be made into a POWERFUL
newsworthy story , IF it can get to air BEFORE the 27th of November
at 11am Ill bend over backwards , . The Peramangk themselves are
Refugees , and have been planning a move BACK into their territory for
YEARS to celebrate THEIR ancient MASSED Spring Meetings
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In 1889 a member of the South Australian Parliament, V.L. Solomon,
remarked publicly: "[Police] gave them a lesson - 'dispersed them' I
think is the term used in official reports - and the natives have
given very little trouble since that day." In 1885 a police inspector,
Paul Foelsche, said out loud what pastoralists had well known for
years: "The system 'dispersing the natives' simply means shooting
them." Five years earlier The Queenslander wrote in an editorial: "The
word has been adopted into bush slang as a convenient euphemism for
wholesale slaughter."
.
In 1891 Willshire became so brazen he was arrested and tried for
murder.
.
A Port Augusta jury acquitted him, "despite the strong evidence
against him and no witnesses being called by the defence". He was
transferred to the Northern Territory's remote Victoria River district
under Inspector Foelsche in 1893, "where, buoyed by his acquittal for
murder and working closely with station managers, with whom he formed
friendships, he shot a great many more Aboriginal people". Willshire
was recalled to South Australia two years later.
.
In 1898 he resigned from the police force and fittingly took a job as
night watchman at the Adelaide abattoirs.
.
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November 2010 at 11am
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Sure Hope to see you at 11am in Mount Barker on the 27th of NOVEMBER
when the Peramangk Elders meet on CENTRAL Peramangk country , for the
FIRST " massed gathering" of the clans in over 160 years when about
2000 Peramangk were " dispersed " by armed troopers , and bolted from
the district to HIDE with then THEN join with , neighboring Clans up
North .
A MASSED Gathering of the Peramangk Peoples , their descendants and
friends , has been set to coincide with a MASSED Picnic of the
being held on Saturday 27th NOVEMBER in the same park ,.
THIS event is NOT a PERAMANGK Group ,
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=172549246089114#!/event.php?eid=127019760688728
day with firm plans to reestablish the long lost Peramangk Peoples
tradition of MASSED "late spring meetings " at THIS site
http://picasaweb.google.com/kangarooistan9/20101104#on this day every
year IF it goes well this year .
.
am very very happy to help SBS out with details .
.
I am happy to give my time free IF you can send a reporter with audio
and camera and a CAR , it could take several Hours to drive from the
City to and around the central PERAMANGK territory to grab the video
footage and I can provide a running commentary and possibly a pic or
interviewee , its OK to use me as background photo at distance , I
KNOW all the Peramangk Country and its history very well , A few hours
IF it can get to air BEFORE the 27th of November at 11am Ill bend
over backwards , .
The Peramangk themselves are Refugees , and have been planning a
move BACK into their territory for YEARS to celebrate THEIR ancient
MASSED Spring Meetings
.
In 1889 a member of the South Australian Parliament, V.L. Solomon,
remarked publicly: "[Police] gave them a lesson - 'dispersed them' I
think is the term used in official reports - and the natives have
given very little trouble since that day." In 1885 a police inspector,
Paul Foelsche, said out loud what pastoralists had well known for
years: "The system 'dispersing the natives' simply means shooting
them." Five years earlier The Queenslander wrote in an editorial: "The
word has been adopted into bush slang as a convenient euphemism for
wholesale slaughter."
.
In 1891 Willshire became so brazen he was arrested and tried for
murder.
.
A Port Augusta jury acquitted him, "despite the strong evidence
against him and no witnesses being called by the defence".
.
He was transferred to the Northern Territory's remote Victoria River
his acquittal for murder and working closely with station managers,
with whom he formed friendships, he shot a great many more Aboriginal
people".
.
Willshire was recalled to South Australia two years later.
.
In 1898 he resigned from the police force and fittingly took a job as
night watchman at the Adelaide abattoirs.
.
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ATTEND PERAMANGK ANNUAL GATHERING OF THE CLANS see site pics here
http://picasaweb.google.com/kangarooistan9/20101104#
http://www.facebook.com/family/Kangarooistan/1#!/event.php?eid=127019760688728
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Time
27 November · 11:00 - 15:00
Location Central Mount Barker Park ~ Between Lake and Farmers Market
Created by:
Inverbrackie Refugee Support Group, Oldman Kangarooistan
More info
Last Saturday in NOVEMBER for the Combined Refugee Support Group's BYO
Picnic to show support;
We WELCOME refugees in the Adelaide Hills and ALWAYS have.
The PERAMANGK PEOPLES HAVE ALREADY BOOKED THEIR SITE see site pics in
THIS link
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=127019760688728&num_event_invites=0
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NO appointment needed if you do or can " confirm " your intention to
attend , it will HELP to gauge numbers and interest for FUTURE
years , on the SAME date time and place EVERY YEAR ,.
"from little things BIG things grow" , PLEASE attend /or JOIN and
then you can watch it GROW stronger EVERY year .
PLEASE also Consider joining the Face Book INVERBRACKIE Refugees
support Group HERE
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THEY are being attacked by right wingers who are IMHO opposed to non
whites in their town , a POV that needs to be challenged GENTLY ,
until they see , brown / black is NOT to be feared , they live in a
very very "white " town , possibly "one of the whitest" in the
country ,after a century of ethnic cleansing the Hill as changing
rapidly and they need TIME to come into the new century and they will
in time , we need to give them TIME , but a show of "support for
refugees" will help all non whites including the tiny remnant
Peramangk community " dispersed " 150 years ago into the SA MID
North , and far northern tribes and clans , 100 plus years ago. but
now starting to trickle back to visit their ancestors homelands and
their special sites
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http://hahndorf.wikispot.org/Peramangk
Contrary to expectation, there are few records of conflict between the
Peramangk and the Lutherans. They are recorded as showing the settlers
how to catch possums and where to find edible roots and leaves but
their kindness did not prevent loss of their hunting grounds.
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In 1844, there is recorded a "battle" ???/= meeting between the
Permanangk people of the hills and the Moop-pol-tha-wong from the
Murray and Encounter Bay regions. This involved some 2000 Peramangk
men . Intervention by the Mill owner and two other men by attempting
to reason with the aboriginal leaders failed, and the episode was only
ended when mounted troupers with drawn swords arrived and dispersed
them.
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THE last recorded by whites of a mass gathering of PERAMANGK peoples
was in 1844 , since then the story is well known by all Aboriginal
Peoples , being forced further and further north as settlement
encroached their homelands .
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Peramangk lost most of their ancestral lands for ever and they
joined the northern Aboriginal peoples {as refugees??} , hence their/
my concern for the newest refugees , Peramangk peoples KNOW how they
feel , to be alone in stange country .
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Several locals can trace their family history back to Peramangk
Peoples but MOST went and stayed in the MID and FAR northern areas of
SA long ago , and are often unaware of their lost family and friends
now scatted across a vast area , i KNOW of hundreds that live " up
north " that ARE related but have NEVER ever met because of GREAT
distance cost of travel and the passing of time , FB has changed ALL
that in a few short years , who KNOWS how fast we can reconnect the
Peramangk Peoples friends and long lost family members.
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COME ON DOWN , all are welcome
We NEED to re establish the long long tradition of a yearly MASSED
gathering of the Peramangk clans .
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Peramangk Held ANNUAL MASSED gatherings in late spring LIKE we now
call it a family picnic .
Many Families still hold gatherings that have been running quietly in
small isolated family groups for decades , BUT a MASS gathering on the
Ancestral Country is now very POSSIBLE , the local "Mount Barker
Council" , HAS kept the original meeting site in VERY good order , it
is WAITING for US , and the time is RIGHT now IMHO , the local people
are NOT racists , they will welcome Peramangk IMHO , I have examined
the site and tested the reaction of locals , the re is no reason to
not return to " MASS gathering of the clans " friends and family ,
at meetings in PUBLIC areas at the end of SPRING / beginning of
summer , as was the PERAMANGK tradition for a very very long time
at THIS site http://picasaweb.google.com/kangarooistan9/20101104#
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> Living Black ,re Peramangk ELDERS Return to Mount barker , 27th
> November 2010 at 11am
> .
Now kanga....
Remind us again...
You said that Qantas would not be flying by the end of March of 2010.
Despite the GFC, despite the downturn in the aviation industry, and despite
multiple engine failures and other safety issues.... THEY ARE STILL FLYING.
How can this be? You deigned to designate them to the aviation dustbin.
Yet they are still turning a small profit and are still flying.
Tell us...
When will your precise prediction come true?
...or perhaps you'd rather predict the exact date of the end of the world?
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> In 1889 a member of the South Australian Parliament, V.L. Solomon,
> remarked publicly: "[Police] gave them a lesson - 'dispersed them' I
> think is the term used in official reports - and the natives have
> given very little trouble since that day." In 1885 a police inspector,
> Paul Foelsche, said out loud what pastoralists had well known for
> years: "The system 'dispersing the natives' simply means shooting
> them." Five years earlier The Queenslander wrote in an editorial: "The
> word has been adopted into bush slang as a convenient euphemism for
> wholesale slaughter."
> .
In 1891 Willshire became so brazen he was arrested and tried for
murder.
> .
> A Port Augusta jury acquitted him, "despite the strong evidence
> against him and no witnesses being called by the defence". He was
> transferred to the Northern Territory's remote Victoria River district
> under Inspector Foelsche in 1893, "where, buoyed by his acquittal for
> murder and working closely with station managers, with whom he formed
> friendships, he shot a great many more Aboriginal people". Willshire
> was recalled to South Australia two years later.
> .
> In 1898 he resigned from the police force and fittingly took a job as
> night watchman at the Adelaide abattoirs.
> .
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Register YOUR interest AND invite ALL your family and friends along
online , be a part of HISTORIC moment
Massed Refugee supporters Groups Annual PICNIC , will be held to
welcome the latest refugees to the Adelaide hills , AND hopefully
Welcome the first refugees the " Peramangk Peoples to RETURN " to
their Annual meeting site
on the central Hill in the park , next to the now Library Buildings
complex in central Mount Barker.see pic 5 ,
http://picasaweb.google.com/kangarooistan9/20101104#5535533367162077058
http://www.dcmtbarker.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=647&c=7654
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Several Peramangk have already agreed to return this year .
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Others want to see IF it is indeed SAFE
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27 November · 11:00 - 15:00
Location Central Mount Barker Park ~ Between Lake and Farmers Market -
see site pic below
Created by:
Inverbrackie Refugee Support Group, Josie Moyse, Oldman Kangarooistan
More info
Last Saturday in NOVEMBER for the Combined Refugee Support Group's BYO
Picnic to show support;
We WELCOME refugees in the Adelaide Hills and ALWAYS have.
If you like, you can wear or bring something purple.
...Purple is a colour often used regarding social justice issues and
has become a symbol for the Inverbrackie Refugee Support Group.
It's not a a march or a rally. It's a family day for people who wish
to show PEACEFUL SUPPORT to the refugees by enjoying a picnic in a
beautiful place.
A place where there are many people who understand the need to welcome
those people who have left their homes, their relatives and their
lives behind in fear of persecution.
It will not cost thousands in government/taxpayers money to run. The
picnic will be BYO, free to all, nil cost to taxpayers and not for
profit to the organisers.
Politicians who SUPPORT refugees are welcome to speak, but this is not
a debate or an opportunity to win votes.
ALL WELCOME - it's free! (see site pics here)
http://picasaweb.google.com/kangarooistan9/20101104#
Please use buses if you can, as parking may be limited.
Farmers Market and Hills Bakeries come highly recommended for picnic
lunch - yum!
Supporting local business is a good thing!
SO PLEASE come along and help to swell the numbers in a SHOW OF
PEACEFUL SUPPORT for the REFUGEES by enjoying a beautiful day in the
park.
~ Imagine All the People Living Life in Peace ~
WE THANK YOU so much for your interest and your support. ☺
MANY thanks also go to the Mount Barker District Council and their
STAFF for a wonderful job in creating this excellent picnic area.
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More pics of the Annual picnic site
nnual Refugee supporters Picnic site pics
.http://picasaweb.google.com/kangarooistan9/20101110#
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NOTE to group organizer ,
visit the site from Bus terminal along main street to library and
visit the Park at least once on a Saturday BEFORE the planned picnic
and inspect / do time study, so you can tell your members "where when
and how" best to enjoy YOUR groups Picnic Day.
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Many Small Refugee Supportive Groups will be there on the
day.Hopefully one from EVERY town in the Adelaide Hills area
YOU must run your own Group Activity in any way YOU see fit , but
double the end result IF planned AND tested out on the Saturday before
by a small number of YOUR group members , Your " test run " need NOT
be at 11am to 3 pm on Saturday , a site visit can be done on ANY DAY
leading up to the MASSED GROUPS PICNIC DAY. BUT I encourage a visit to
the site by EVERYBODY planning to attend on 27th , before the day and
you WILL get twice the pleasure on the 27th if you KNOW your way AND
know where to park and know exactly how best to get from your car TOO
the picnic Site , and WHERE to find computer 15 to leave or pick up
messages or say Hello to the oldman BEFORE the Picnic day THEN we can
ALL enjoy a smooth planned tested days activities with better end
results for Refugees .
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Oldman will be at computer 15 in Library every day at noon til 1 ,
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AND EVERY Saturday leading up to 27th some where in the park on his
PURPLE electric scooter , doing test run for the "Peramangk Picnic
Days Activity" , between the Bus Depo , main street and the walking
trail between, say HELLO if ya can on the saturdays before to confirm
your plans may prove helpful but not necessary.
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You dont NEED anybodies Permission to use the PUBLIC park.
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and the general public can and will use it too , naturally first in
best dressed but it IS a very BIG park , we will need to show respect
and Tolerance we are asking of others.
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Plenty of room for ALL , but its BEST if we do try and coordinate
activities so we ALL enjoy the day to the MAX , its our ONLY yearly
reward , and relaxing fun day so do a test run its ALWAYS easier and
better if you have tested it out first
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> SBS Living Black ,re Peramangk ELDERS Return to Mount barker
> Sure Hope to see you at 11am in Mount Barker on the 27th of NOVEMBER
> when the Peramangk Elders meet on CENTRAL Peramangk country , for the
> FIRST " massed gathering" of the clans in over 160 years when about
> 2000 Peramangk were " dispersed " by armed troopers , and bolted from
> the district to HIDE with then THEN join with , neighboring Clans up
> North . A Gathering of the Peramangk Peoples , their descendants and
> friends , has been set to coincide with a MASSED Picnic of the
> Inverbrackie Refugees Supporters Groups , being held on the same day
> , but the Peramangk have confirmed several Elders Will attend with
> firm plans to reestablish the long lost tradition of late spring
http://picasaweb.google.com/kangarooistan9/20101118#5540822071030996850
, FINAL agreed and approved by all parties camp fire BBQ AND smoke pot
and a week left to organize the other details , Elders arriving by bus
the week before from UP NORTH , and purple ribbons set to mark
pathway from BUS to picnic site , MORE small Purple T shirts NOW
available , and PLENTY of bumper stickers for use during LAST week and
more coming for sale at picnic IF required , the LAST week is the
MOST productive and now ALL the ground work has been completed ON
SCHEDULE on BUDGET and working like clockwork on site and in Library ,
SOME radio coverage achieved and MOST schools and Churches have been
told or heard on the grapevine , our AIM is to get 2 or 3 people from
50 different small groups attend , as well as the general public
looking for a cheap pleasant outing to LEND moral support , and
probably a few protest groups thrown in , Im planning a few minor FUN
things , kites , wooden boats ??? plastic duck race is POPULAR at
Strath , its now an annual INSTITUTION , we survived the first MONTH
and it gets EASIER from here on in , and HOUR a week online and a day
a week at the ANNUAL PICNIC , plus any time spent on FB friends if
THEY choose to make contact , ITS all set and now we can watch to see
it grow slowly week by week for as long as refugees arrive
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Combined Adelaide Hills Refugee Support Group's Annual BYO Picnic
- see site pic below