[Oe List ...] Massacre at Oombulgurri

[Jann McGuire]

I believe Fred McGuire was on the board for a time.

Jann

On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 7:15 PM Linda and Milan Hamilton via OE <
oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> I almost forgot Teresa Lingafelter when directed our grant programs for
> several years!
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> On Mar 10, 2019, at 11:01 AM, Milan Hamilton via OE <
> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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> What a story about Oombulgurri, which I confess I had never heard! There
> are so many such stories in the slow, surging, halting, re-starting,
> faltering, courageous, celebrating, failing, re-committing march of the
> civilizing adventure we are a part of! I consider the little blip of energy
> we put into FOOD FOR ALL project another lesson learned in how fragile but
> dedicated are the forces at work for advancement of the human experiment as
> well as how relentless are those against, meaning the work is never done
> and every generation must raise its People for the next halting step into
> the future. Especially with the accelerating disaster facing us with global
> warming. But just to add a few names to those Lynda Cock mentioned with our
> fifteen year experiment with FOOD FOR ALL, in addition to Georgianna
> McBurney (and George who gave generously of his legal experience and
> money): John Oyler and Kitty Cole, who served on our International
> grant-making board, Sharon Robertson and Don Cramer, who facilitated many
> of our “End Hunger Forums,” Gary Forbes and Gordon Harper, who facilitated
> strategic planning with our Boards and volunteers, Joan Knutson and Maxine
> Butcher, who chaired two of our local grant boards, David McClesky, who
> helped us install our program in Illinois, and Frank Knutson, who served on
> our staff for several years. Many others I can’t remember at the moment
> volunteered in small and not-so-small ways. It’s our honor to be with you
> all on this journey. Milan and Linda
>
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> On Mar 9, 2019, at 10:38 PM, Isobel and Jim Bishop via OE <
> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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> 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
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> On 8 Mar 2019, at 4:30 pm, the telfords via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> wrote:
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> 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
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> On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 2:24 PM Richard and Maria Maguire via OE <
> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> Best wishes
>>
>> Richard and Maria
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