#yortayorta — Public Fediverse posts

Fighting Hard: The Victorian Aborigines Advancement League

Fighting Hard tells a history of the Aborigines Advancement League, the oldest Aboriginal organization in Australia. As both a welfare and activist body, the League can be seen as the mother of all Aboriginal Victorian community organizations, having spawned a diverse range of organizations.

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#auspol #Yes23 #Briggs #SenatorBriggs #YortaYorta #VoiceToParliament #VoteYesAustralia

It seems we can always count on Briggs to cut through the bullsh1t.

“I don’t believe the majority of Australians are debating the ins and outs of the sanctity of the constitution they haven’t read, or the parliament either, as much as they are deciding whether or not they value Aboriginal people….

“Even if we had a treaty on the table, wouldn’t we need an advisory body to negotiate it? There’s nothing romantic about saying no to the government in this situation. Because you’re not saying no to the government, you’re saying no to 80% of blackfellas who want this.”

From: @tasdevilsrgr8
https://aus.social/@tasdevilsrgr8/111169340937194293

“In areas like this, they can’t keep the lights on,” says #CEO of #AboriginalOwned #nonprofit #OriginalPower , Karrina Nolan.
A #descendant of the #YortaYorta people, Nolan & team aim to position #Aboriginal #communities like #Borroloola at the forefront of #RenewableEnergy changes #revolutionising #power #generation in #Australia .

https://cosmosmagazine.com/news/remote-power-indigenous-comunity/

#Indigenous #SolarEnergy #NativeNews #GoodNews #NativeLeadership

“In areas like this, they can’t keep the lights on,” says #CEO of #AboriginalOwned #nonprofit #OriginalPower , Karrina Nolan.
A #descendant of the #YortaYorta people, Nolan & team aim to position #Aboriginal #communities like #Borroloola at the forefront of #RenewableEnergy changes #revolutionising #power #generation in #Australia .

https://cosmosmagazine.com/news/remote-power-indigenous-comunity/

#Indigenous #SolarEnergy #NativeNews #GoodNews #NativeLeadership

“In areas like this, they can’t keep the lights on,” says #CEO of #AboriginalOwned #nonprofit #OriginalPower , Karrina Nolan.
A #descendant of the #YortaYorta people, Nolan & team aim to position #Aboriginal #communities like #Borroloola at the forefront of #RenewableEnergy changes #revolutionising #power #generation in #Australia .

https://cosmosmagazine.com/news/remote-power-indigenous-comunity/

#Indigenous #SolarEnergy #NativeNews #GoodNews #NativeLeadership

“In areas like this, they can’t keep the lights on,” says #CEO of #AboriginalOwned #nonprofit #OriginalPower , Karrina Nolan.
A #descendant of the #YortaYorta people, Nolan & team aim to position #Aboriginal #communities like #Borroloola at the forefront of #RenewableEnergy changes #revolutionising #power #generation in #Australia .

https://cosmosmagazine.com/news/remote-power-indigenous-comunity/

#Indigenous #SolarEnergy #NativeNews #GoodNews #NativeLeadership

#BLAKLOVE rolls down the tracks!

The #Melbourne #ArtTrams have been rolling around the largest tram network in the world in 2022, with six trams featuring designs by #FirstPeoples artists.

The collected works each respond to the theme “Unapologetically Blak”.

And more than three decades later a design by acclaimed artist, painter and sculptor Lin Onus (#YortaYorta) hits the tracks for the first time since 1991—a harmonious symbol of balanced opposites: circles and diamonds, day and night, black and white cockatoos.

2022 ARTISTS :

* Lin Onus (Yorta Yorta)
* Louise Moore (Wamba)
* Patricia Mckean (Gunditjmara/Kirrae Wurrong)
* Dr Paola Balla (Wemba-Wemba/Gunditjmara)
* Tegan Murdock (Burapa)
* Darcy McConnell / Enoki (Yorta Yorta/Dja Dja Wurrung)

I’ll share various web sourced pictures here… and I hope to do some #tramspotting on my return to the big smoke next week.

Here’s the #LinOnus original (first #indigenous painted #tram), from 1991.

It’s lovely :firstnations

❤️💛🖤

#melbourne #victoria #australia #yarratrams #ptv #makesmehappy