In
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*Baganan’s August message
* Gunya Gossip Aug 26 An evening of discussion, music, poetry and dance
* Racism in Townsville and the Palm Island riot court case
*Young Beyond Blue
* “Out of the Box” a vision of housing
*The Boulia Stone House Museum
All artwork in this edition by Baganan
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Hello and hi to everyone out there
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kalkadoon.org presents
Gunya Gossip
An evening of discussion, music, poetry and dance
Saturday August 26
At
INDIGE-N-ARTS
270 Montague Rd. West End (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
opposite Davies Park
Forum begins at 7.30
“What relevance do environment and social justice movements have to Aboriginal Australia?”
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MEDIA ALERT
Calls for a Fair Trial on the Back of Survey Results Branding
Townsville as Racist
Friday 14th July 2006
Aborigines can no longer receive a fair trial in Townsville according to survey results to be released today that show a majority of residents would be unable to expel racist attitudes in court.
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The following speech was delivered by Rebecca Leetham, crew officer with Young Beyond Blue as part of our presentations of the Young Eco-speaker award at the National Greenbuild and Eco-show in Sydney in June.
Beyond Blue is a national depression awareness campaign
Good Morning ladies and gentlemen, mums, dads and all the kids out there. My name is Bec and I am from Beyond Blue’s youth program: YBBlue.
For those who aren’t aware of Beyond Blue, Beyond Blue is the national depression initiative that was created with the help of the state and federal governments to raise awareness of depression, anxiety and related disorders within the community.
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Out of the Box
Housing as a lifestyle, not a building.
A vision of architecture and town planning to facilitate prosperity in remote Aboriginal communities.
Out of the Box report
Produced by kalkadoon.org
For The “Gunya 21 Link Tank”
July 2006
We are in the process of revising this report, with the assistance of Paul Donohue from the Queensland University of Technology “Regional and Urban Planning” department and inspiration from the NGA WHARE ORANGA Whanau eco-village & learning centres Project in New Zealand to include issues of management and financing. - stay tuned.
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Boulia is the heart of Pitta Pitta country and it is a beautiful country. Next time you are in North West Queensland, drop in to Boulia and while you are there check out the Boulia Stone House Museum.
The museum is looked after by Dick Suter, an expert on fossils as well as an old timer of Boulia. He has spent much of his life with the local Aboriginal people and can tell history from both sides of the fence, which he does in a most fascinating way.
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Out of the Box
Housing as a lifestyle, not a building.
A vision of architecture and town planning to facilitate prosperity in remote Aboriginal communities.
Out of the Box report
Produced by kalkadoon.org
For The “Gunya 21 Link Tank”
July 2006
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