Captain Cook did not arrive in Australia on the 26th of January. The Landing of Captain Cook in Sydney happened on the 28th of April 1770 – not on the 26th of January 1770. The First Fleet arrived in Botany Bay on the 18th of ...read more
INDIGENOUS CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO AUSTRALIA DAY & 250th ANNIVERSARY OF CAPTAIN COOK’S LANDING ON OUR EAST COAST FROM SURVIVAL TO REVIVAL & FROM INVASION TO TRANSFORMATION On the 150th anniversary of Australia Day on January 26, 1938, Aboriginal Christian leaders such as William Cooper, Bill ...read more
Anderson George Balang's View of Aboriginal Christian Spirituality. Anderson George is a Wuagalak Aboriginal man who now lives on Jawoyn country, Wugularr community (also known as Beswick, located 110 kilometres east of Katherine in the Northern Territory). Anderson's Christian experience is foundationally shaped by his ...read more
Both Welcome to Country—said by an indigenous person—and Acknowledgement of Country—which is said by someone who is not indigenous—have become a popular practice in the media, government and even in business. What’s more, Aboriginal smoking ceremonies to ward off evil spirits have become an integral ...read more
As an indigenous Aboriginal from the Kimberley in North-West Australia, it is my duty to alert the public of the dangerous consequences and the curses they will unknowingly put on themselves, their families and others when they are coerced into the promotion and rise of ...read more
by Ps Peter Walker, an Indigenous Christian Elder from the Bundjalung tribe and leader of the Uluru Bark Petition. Intention A strategy to come back to God and enjoy His blessing. Scripture Rather, the land you will soon take over is a land of hills ...read more
by Tim Edwards, Australian Indigenous Christian Leader. Intention God is a merciful God who gives us all a chance to return to Him. Scripture “I gave you empty stomachs in every city and lack of bread in every town, yet you have not returned to ...read more
Labor senator and the father of Aboriginal reconciliation, Pat Dodson, has voiced his serious concerns about the voluntary assisted dying bill likely to pass WA’s parliament. In a passionate plea, the First Nations leader put pen to paper, declaring “Aboriginal people do not need a ...read more
by Warwick d'Silva, Australian Family Association In St Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday 29th September at 3pm, an Interfaith Prayer Service was held. This service was to pray for the parliamentarians debating the Voluntary Assisted Dying bill. Proceedings commenced with a general welcome by Bishop Sproxton, ...read more
Editor's Note: This incisive piece by Janet Albrechtsen in The Australian, quoting Stephen Fry at length, highlights the nasty depths to which our "civil" discourse has sunk. Identity politics turns people against each other, dividing communities and spewing toxic, damaging words against vulnerable, innocent people ...read more