The Vigil and reconciliation.

John McMahon, Victoria Regional Meeting. In 1997, five Victorian Quaker women launched what they called “The Vigil”. Sitting on stools or standing near steps of the former post office, in the heart of Melbourne, they raised a banner with words “Quaker silent Vigil,...

Caring for Country in south eastern Australia

 Sharee Harper, Victoria Regional Meeting Some of the most positive relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians have been forged during get-togethers to care for the land – when Traditional  Custodians and local environmental and land-care groups...

“Pay the Rent”

Duncan Frewin, Queensland Regional Meeting Up to the 1990s, it would be fair to say that Queensland Quakers’ relationship with Indigenous people was within a general framework of charitable work. That is, givers gave from their abundance and receivers were expected to...

Listening To Aboriginal People

David Purnell, Canberra Regional Meeting The Committee on Racial Equality (CORE) began in 2007 on the initiative of Waratah Rosemary Gillespie. Based in Canberra, its initial focus was on the Northern Territory intervention and its impact on Aboriginal communities....

Jigalong – a place to slow down

Therese Douglas, New South Wales Regional Meeting I have a pair of Dunlop thongs stained with red earth from a visit to Jigalong four years ago. They are not particularly attractive but are very durable. And maybe that sums up the life of the Martu people who have...