Massacre at Oombulgurri
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 Best wishes Richard and Maria -- Transforming individuals and organisations towards a future worth living today. Phone: +61 2 9896 3839, Post: 18 Sturdee St, Wentworthville NSW 2145 Australia Winners of Outstanding Community Leader, 2014 Zest Award
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> 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.
Best wishes
Richard and Maria
-- Transforming individuals and organisations towards a future worth living today. Phone: +61 2 9896 3839, Post: 18 Sturdee St, Wentworthville NSW 2145 Australia Winners of Outstanding Community Leader, 2014 Zest Award
_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
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
-- Transforming individuals and organisations towards a future worth living today. Phone: +61 2 9896 3839, Post: 18 Sturdee St, Wentworthville NSW 2145 Australia Winners of Outstanding Community Leader, 2014 Zest Award
_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net <http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net> _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
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 Sent from my iPad
On Mar 9, 2019, at 10:38 PM, Isobel and Jim Bishop via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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> 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.
Best wishes
Richard and Maria
-- Transforming individuals and organisations towards a future worth living today. Phone: +61 2 9896 3839, Post: 18 Sturdee St, Wentworthville NSW 2145 Australia Winners of Outstanding Community Leader, 2014 Zest Award
_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
I almost forgot Teresa Lingafelter when directed our grant programs for several years! Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 10, 2019, at 11:01 AM, Milan Hamilton via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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
Sent from my iPad
On Mar 9, 2019, at 10:38 PM, Isobel and Jim Bishop via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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> 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.
Best wishes
Richard and Maria
-- Transforming individuals and organisations towards a future worth living today. Phone: +61 2 9896 3839, Post: 18 Sturdee St, Wentworthville NSW 2145 Australia Winners of Outstanding Community Leader, 2014 Zest Award
_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
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@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
I almost forgot Teresa Lingafelter when directed our grant programs for several years!
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 10, 2019, at 11:01 AM, Milan Hamilton via OE < oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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
Sent from my iPad
On Mar 9, 2019, at 10:38 PM, Isobel and Jim Bishop via OE < oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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> 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.
Best wishes
Richard and Maria
-- Transforming individuals and organisations towards a future worth living today. Phone: +61 2 9896 3839, Post: 18 Sturdee St, Wentworthville NSW 2145 Australia Winners of Outstanding Community Leader, 2014 Zest Award
_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
Dear Milan and Linda, Thank you for a rehearsal of the litany of the crimson line. 💕🦋💎🌠 Isobel Sent from my iPhone
On 11 Mar 2019, at 3:45 pm, Jann McGuire via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: I almost forgot Teresa Lingafelter when directed our grant programs for several years!
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 10, 2019, at 11:01 AM, Milan Hamilton via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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
Sent from my iPad
On Mar 9, 2019, at 10:38 PM, Isobel and Jim Bishop via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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> 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.
Best wishes
Richard and Maria
-- Transforming individuals and organisations towards a future worth living today. Phone: +61 2 9896 3839, Post: 18 Sturdee St, Wentworthville NSW 2145 Australia Winners of Outstanding Community Leader, 2014 Zest Award
_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
I knew nothing of this and we were in Australia two years. Stuart went to Oombulgurri… Painful. Do we know what happened to any of the people we knew? mary Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Milan Hamilton via OE Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2019 1:01 PM To: Order Ecumenical Community Cc: Milan Hamilton Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Massacre at Oombulgurri 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 Sent from my iPad On Mar 9, 2019, at 10:38 PM, Isobel and Jim Bishop via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: 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> 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 Best wishes Richard and Maria -- Transforming individuals and organisations towards a future worth living today. Phone: +61 2 9896 3839, Post: 18 Sturdee St, Wentworthville NSW 2145 Australia Winners of Outstanding Community Leader, 2014 Zest Award _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
When I first opened up this e-mail this morning on my phone, there was an ad that ran periodically through the article. It was from Publix Grocery Store, telling of over $4.4 million collected for Food for All, the organization founded by Linda and Milan Hamilton. When I went to the computer to show John. I couldn't find the ad, but it was a dark blue square with white writing. I recall from reading Milan's blog about those endeavors that Georgiana McBurney was on their Food for All board. I believe there were several other ICA Colleagues who helped in that endeavor, but I do not recall the names. That was the good news in the midst of the tragedies reported in that article. There is no mention of the work that we attempted to do in this article. The political cartoon with people saying they didn't know about the tragedies, ends with "Now you do know. What are you going to do?" This is so much similar history in our country re: Native Americans and African Americans. It poses the same question that our PCUSA Social Justice committee is struggling with, and making baby steps with the formation of a Unity in Community group and in a joint study of "The Cross and the Lynching Tree" with our Beloved Community Book Study with our sister African American Presbyterian Church right across the railroad tracks from our Davidson College Presbyterian Church. Much remains to be done, Lynda On 3/7/19, 10:24 PM, "OE on behalf of Richard and Maria Maguire via OE" <oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net on behalf of 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 Best wishes Richard and Maria -- Transforming individuals and organisations towards a future worth living today. Phone: +61 2 9896 3839, Post: 18 Sturdee St, Wentworthville NSW 2145 Australia Winners of Outstanding Community Leader, 2014 Zest Award _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
Lynda et al, I remember the courage and vision the “returning remnant” of Oombugurri — men, women and children — displayed during the HDP Consult in 1975 (our first in the Band of 24). Elder Robert Roberts was a tower of strength, leadership and a repository of the ancient ways. Joe and others were with him when one team went "sussing out" cattle land boundaries. At one point Robert advised the consultants to "stay back" while he advanced through the brush and spoke quietly in his native language to the King Brown snakes, assuring them that he was with friends. The team proceeded with no problems. Earlier a King Brown had slitheringly entered the plenary tent, spooking all the consultants, even JWM who was leading the session. Almost immediately a young man picked up a stone and killed the snake with one powerful and accurate blow. He then stepped back and nodded to Robert Roberts who slowly proceeded to scoop up the carcass on a forked stick and removed it from the meeting space. I am so appreciative of the efforts so many of our Aussie colleagues have made to make amends for the brutal history of genocide. Would that we could do the same as authentically and intentionally. Marilyn
On Mar 8, 2019, at 10:12 AM, Lynda C via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
When I first opened up this e-mail this morning on my phone, there was an ad that ran periodically through the article. It was from Publix Grocery Store, telling of over $4.4 million collected for Food for All, the organization founded by Linda and Milan Hamilton. When I went to the computer to show John. I couldn't find the ad, but it was a dark blue square with white writing. I recall from reading Milan's blog about those endeavors that Georgiana McBurney was on their Food for All board. I believe there were several other ICA Colleagues who helped in that endeavor, but I do not recall the names.
That was the good news in the midst of the tragedies reported in that article. There is no mention of the work that we attempted to do in this article. The political cartoon with people saying they didn't know about the tragedies, ends with "Now you do know. What are you going to do?"
This is so much similar history in our country re: Native Americans and African Americans. It poses the same question that our PCUSA Social Justice committee is struggling with, and making baby steps with the formation of a Unity in Community group and in a joint study of "The Cross and the Lynching Tree" with our Beloved Community Book Study with our sister African American Presbyterian Church right across the railroad tracks from our Davidson College Presbyterian Church.
Much remains to be done, Lynda
On 3/7/19, 10:24 PM, "OE on behalf of Richard and Maria Maguire via OE" <oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net on behalf of 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.
Best wishes
Richard and Maria
-- Transforming individuals and organisations towards a future worth living today. Phone: +61 2 9896 3839, Post: 18 Sturdee St, Wentworthville NSW 2145 Australia Winners of Outstanding Community Leader, 2014 Zest Award
_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
Thank you Marilyn. The Indigenous community wrote a Statement from the Heart, June 2018- or was it 2017, please correct me. We wish their longings could be realised. Their call is for a Treaty. I personally hang my head shamefully. There are many colleagues here who work smarter and not harder to right historic wrongs. We appreciate your care. We have learnt much from the First Peoples of 🇨🇦 In peace and love, Isobel Sent from my iPhone
On 9 Mar 2019, at 8:16 am, Mari Crocker via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Lynda et al,
I remember the courage and vision the “returning remnant” of Oombugurri — men, women and children — displayed during the HDP Consult in 1975 (our first in the Band of 24). Elder Robert Roberts was a tower of strength, leadership and a repository of the ancient ways. Joe and others were with him when one team went "sussing out" cattle land boundaries. At one point Robert advised the consultants to "stay back" while he advanced through the brush and spoke quietly in his native language to the King Brown snakes, assuring them that he was with friends. The team proceeded with no problems. Earlier a King Brown had slitheringly entered the plenary tent, spooking all the consultants, even JWM who was leading the session. Almost immediately a young man picked up a stone and killed the snake with one powerful and accurate blow. He then stepped back and nodded to Robert Roberts who slowly proceeded to scoop up the carcass on a forked stick and removed it from the meeting space.
I am so appreciative of the efforts so many of our Aussie colleagues have made to make amends for the brutal history of genocide. Would that we could do the same as authentically and intentionally.
Marilyn
On Mar 8, 2019, at 10:12 AM, Lynda C via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
When I first opened up this e-mail this morning on my phone, there was an ad that ran periodically through the article. It was from Publix Grocery Store, telling of over $4.4 million collected for Food for All, the organization founded by Linda and Milan Hamilton. When I went to the computer to show John. I couldn't find the ad, but it was a dark blue square with white writing. I recall from reading Milan's blog about those endeavors that Georgiana McBurney was on their Food for All board. I believe there were several other ICA Colleagues who helped in that endeavor, but I do not recall the names.
That was the good news in the midst of the tragedies reported in that article. There is no mention of the work that we attempted to do in this article. The political cartoon with people saying they didn't know about the tragedies, ends with "Now you do know. What are you going to do?"
This is so much similar history in our country re: Native Americans and African Americans. It poses the same question that our PCUSA Social Justice committee is struggling with, and making baby steps with the formation of a Unity in Community group and in a joint study of "The Cross and the Lynching Tree" with our Beloved Community Book Study with our sister African American Presbyterian Church right across the railroad tracks from our Davidson College Presbyterian Church.
Much remains to be done, Lynda
On 3/7/19, 10:24 PM, "OE on behalf of Richard and Maria Maguire via OE" <oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net on behalf of 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.
Best wishes
Richard and Maria
-- Transforming individuals and organisations towards a future worth living today. Phone: +61 2 9896 3839, Post: 18 Sturdee St, Wentworthville NSW 2145 Australia Winners of Outstanding Community Leader, 2014 Zest Award
_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
While we were painfully aware of the atrocities toward Aoriginals , that the mission had been closed for many years was as much an atrocity. The residents had been stripped of their ancient wisdom and skills and we're living on the fringes of Kuninara. Ever.y single person by age 16 was addicted to alcohol and so many with late stages of stds. That the community qas able to return to the mission as a human development project; that some progress was made, qas a miracle of miracles. What it eventually became was another sad tale. But what an amazing adventure into being human today, healing as the journey continues. On Thu, Mar 7, 2019, 10:24 PM Richard and Maria Maguire via OE < 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.
Best wishes
Richard and Maria
-- Transforming individuals and organisations towards a future worth living today. Phone: +61 2 9896 3839, Post: 18 Sturdee St, Wentworthville NSW 2145 Australia Winners of Outstanding Community Leader, 2014 Zest Award
_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
Thank you, Judi. From: OE <oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of OE List <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Reply-To: OE List <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Date: Friday, March 8, 2019 at 11:59 AM To: OE List <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Judi White <sophiacircle@gmail.com>, Richard & Maria Maguire <richardandmaria@unfoldingfutures.net> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Massacre at Oombulgurri While we were painfully aware of the atrocities toward Aoriginals , that the mission had been closed for many years was as much an atrocity. The residents had been stripped of their ancient wisdom and skills and we're living on the fringes of Kuninara. Ever.y single person by age 16 was addicted to alcohol and so many with late stages of stds. That the community qas able to return to the mission as a human development project; that some progress was made, qas a miracle of miracles. What it eventually became was another sad tale. But what an amazing adventure into being human today, healing as the journey continues. On Thu, Mar 7, 2019, 10:24 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 Best wishes Richard and Maria -- Transforming individuals and organisations towards a future worth living today. Phone: +61 2 9896 3839, Post: 18 Sturdee St, Wentworthville NSW 2145 Australia Winners of Outstanding Community Leader, 2014 Zest Award _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
participants (11)
-
Isobel and Jim Bishop -
isobeljimbish＠optusnet.com.au
-
Jann McGuire -
Judi White -
Linda and Milan Hamilton -
Lynda C -
Mari Crocker -
mary hampton -
Milan Hamilton -
Richard and Maria Maguire -
the telfords