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@optusnet.com.au
On 8 Mar 2019, at 4:30 pm, the telfords via OE <oe@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@lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@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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