Burrulaa

This annual symposium brings together scholars, community leaders, students, and the public to explore the ongoing impact of truth-telling, justice, and the Frontier Wars on Australian history. The event is held in partnership with the University of New England at the Oorala Aboriginal Centre. The keynote speaker is Tony McEvoy SC,

Ceramic Break Sculpture Park ‘Myall Creek’ Art Exhibition and ‘Gather & Trade’ Aboriginal Artisans Micro Markets 10.00am–5.00pm. Ceramic Break Sculpture Park, 2535 Alan Cunningham Road, Warialda. Lunch and refreshments available for purchase. ENTRY – gold coin donation.

Each year hundreds of people from across the country gather on the Sunday of the June long weekend to commemorate the unprovoked  massacre of at least twenty-eight Wirrayaraay women, children and old men by a group of stockmen on Myall Creek Station in June 1838. Please join us on the journey of our true shared history.

The keynote speaker this year will be Emeritus Professor Judy Atkinson OAM, a Jiman and Bundjalung woman who also has Anglo-Celtic and German heritage from her mother. Prof Atkinson wrote ‘Trauma Trails – Recreating Songlines: The Transgenerational Effects of Trauma in Indigenous Australia.