I come from the traditional country of the Juipera people in North-east Australia, where the rainforest meets the reef
Alternate names found in the literature Yuipera, Juwibara, * Yuwi, Yuibera, Yuwiburra
Location: At Mackay; from St. Helens south to Cape Palmerston; inland to Connors Range:
Co-ordinates149°5′E x 21°15′S Area1,100 sq. m. (2,900 sq. km)
References: Bridgeman in Smyth, 1878; Bridgeman and Bucas in Curr, 1887; Mathews, 1898 (Gr. 6417, 6464, 6444); Howitt, 1904; H. L. Roth, 1908; Capell, 1963.
Alternative Names: Yuipera, Juwibara.
Indigenous peoples of Australia
- Black – represents the Aboriginal people of Australia
- Yellow disk – represents the Sun, the giver of life and protector
- Red – represents the red earth, the red ochre used in ceremonies and Aboriginal peoples’ spiritual relation to the land
- Green – represents the land
- Black – represents the Indigenous peoples
- Blue – represents the sea
- White – represents peace
Indigenous history archive and education resource project
promotes Australian Aboriginal Sovereignty. Their demands included land rights and mineral rights to Aboriginal lands, legal and political control of certain sacred sites, and compensation for land that they claim was stolen. Their demands have been consistently rebuffed by past and current governments.
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
The Australian Human Rights Commission advocates for the rights of Indigenous Australians and works to promote respect and understanding of these rights among the broader community.
online portal for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. ABC Indigenous has replaced the pre-existing Message Stick gateway. The Indigenous portal was ‘soft-launched’ on Tuesday 2 Jne, 2008.
National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee –NAIDOC
Celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Sorry Day and the Stolen Generations
The Bringing them home report (BTH Report) recommended (Recommendation No 7.a) that a National Sorry Day be held each year on 26 May “to commemorate the history of forcible removals and its effects.” Because of this recommendation the community-based organisation the National Sorry Day Committee (NSDC) was formed
Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (report)
February 13, 2008
Apology motion tabled in Parliament by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
is the only non-Indigenous national advocacy organisation dedicated specifically to the rights – and overcoming the disadvantage – of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
through lobbying, public campaigns and advocacy.
Who is RA? – Reconciliation Australia
is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that was established in 2000 by the former Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation. We are the peak national organisation building and promoting reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians for the wellbeing of the nation.
A place in cyberspace for indigenous peoples of Australia Controlled and operated by indigenous people
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)
The day that European Colonialists publicly admit their role in sowing the horrors of today’s world, the day they offer a public apology to the peoples of the First Nations and set about inviting their Community leaders, both men and women, onto their legislative bodies, will be the day that Homo sapiens steps up to the wire, to become Homo superior. Until then, White Western Syphilisation has NOTHING to be proud of.
Until Christianity and Islam publicly abjure their murderous ambition to globally impose their own laws and murder Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer People, there can be NO treaty, NO peace for these obscene extremists and all LGBTQI people are in danger.
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