[Oe List ...] Massacre at Oombulgurri

[Isobel and Jim Bishop]

Thank you again Elaine for stating this.  I remember being taken to the site when I visited Oombulgurri   in 1976. 

O God, hear our prayer, is all I can say. 

Isobel and  Jim Bishop
isobeljimbish at optusnet.com.au





> On 8 Mar 2019, at 4:30 pm, the telfords via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
> 
> Yes all those of us who lived and worked with the Oombulgurri community in the 1970's knew of the massacre
>  and could take you to the site which was not above the river but on a ridge called the 'jump up', overlooking the community 
> where we understand some were pushed over to their deaths.
> 
> As you say, very sad and hard to come to terms with.
> 
> John & Elaine
> 
> On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 2:24 PM Richard and Maria Maguire via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
> We were painfully moved to see this article on Oombulgurri's history 
> today.  This sort of massacre was all to common in Australia in the 
> past, but we did not know that Oombulgurri had also been affected.  I'm 
> not even sure that our colleagues who were there in the 70's knew about 
> it, at least no one ever mentioned it to us.
> 
> All the more to everyone's credit for how much people there were able to 
> accomplish.
> 
> https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/mar/08/a-very-tragic-history-how-the-trauma-of-a-1926-massacre-echoes-through-the-years?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlBVVMtMTkwMzA4&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayAUS&CMP=GTAU_email <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/mar/08/a-very-tragic-history-how-the-trauma-of-a-1926-massacre-echoes-through-the-years?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlBVVMtMTkwMzA4&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayAUS&CMP=GTAU_email>
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> Richard and Maria
> 
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