#wavehill — Public Fediverse posts

Gather round, people, I'll tell you a story
An eight-year-long story of power and pride
'Bout British Lord Vestey and Vincent Lingiari
They were opposite men on opposite sides
Kev Carmody - Paul Kelly (1991)

23rd August 1966
#WaveHill walk-off/strike, by 200 #Gurindji stockmen, house servants and their families, at #Kalkarindji cattle station lasting seven years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_Hill_walk-off

#FirstNations #labourmovement #landrights #organize #solidarity #strikes #workingclasshistory

a turning point in the history of this-place

late edit — the bottom half of this article includes some dodgy opinion. (You might find the thread interesting.)

#LandRights #AustralianHistory #WaveHill #VincentLingiari
#GoughWhitlam #Gurindji

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/wave-hill-walk-off-60th-anniversary-vincent-lingiari-land-rights/107058862

Bronx gardens adapt to unpredictable weather as climate change alters growing seasons | The Riverdale Press https://www.allforgardening.com/1841866/bronx-gardens-adapt-to-unpredictable-weather-as-climate-change-alters-growing-seasons-the-riverdale-press/ #BronxEnvironment #BronxGardens #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateChange #ClimateResilience #ExtremeWeather #garden #gardening #horticulture #NewYorkBotanicalGarden #NewYorkCityClimate #PlantCollections #SpringBlooms #UrbanGardening #WarmingTemperatures #WaveHill

Enjoyed wandering around Wave Hill Garden before and after the concert.

#NYC #WaveHill

This afternoon is an idyllic piano program with Sarah Cahill in the beautiful Wave Hill House

#music #concert #WaveHill

Wherever you are, whatever you do there is a #Union for you !

Three reports:

- #UnionsNSW commemorate the #WaveHill Walk-off & call for a #YesVote in the up-coming Voice to Parliament Referendum.

- #ITF #MUA week of action at #NSW ports with more to come further down the east coast.

- Melbourne Uni workers #NTEU members take a week of industrial action.

#3CR

https://www.3cr.org.au/sticktogether/episode/fighting-exploitation

IN THE NYC AREA IN AUGUST? I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT I WILL BE ONE OF THE WORKSHOP LEADERS FOR WAVE HILL'S "BEES, BUTTERFLIES & BLOOMS" WEEKEND, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AUGUST 12TH & 13TH.MY WORKSHOP IS ON SATURDAY:HTTPS://WWW.WAVEHILL.ORG/CALENDAR/NATIVE-POLLINATOR-WALKFOR A LIST OF ALL THAT WEEKEND'S EVENTS, SEE:HTTPS://WWW.WAVEHILL.ORG/CALENDAR/BEES-BUTTERFLIES-BLOOMS-WEEKEND#EVENTS #NYC #BRONX #WAVEHILL #GARDENS #PUBLICGARDENS #POLLINATORS #INSECTS #NATURALISTS #URBANNATURE CC: @xris

In the NYC area in August? I'm pleased to announce that I will be one of the workshop leaders for Wave Hill's "Bees, Butterflies & Blooms" weekend.

https://www.flatbushgardener.com/2023/08/07/saturday-august-12-wave-hill-bronx-bees-butterflies-and-blooms/

My workshop is on Saturday, August 12th:
https://www.wavehill.org/calendar/native-pollinator-walk

For a list of all that weekend's events, Saturday and Sunday, August 12th & 13th, see:
https://www.wavehill.org/calendar/bees-butterflies-blooms-weekend

#Events #NYC #Bronx #WaveHill #Gardens #PublicGardens #Pollinators #Insects #Naturalists #UrbanNature

cc: @darwin