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CLC Press Releases
- 28 October 2008
- Devils Marbles handed back to traditional owners ›› more
- 27 October 2008
- Tanami Regional Partnership Agreement ›› more
- 27 October 2008
- Warlpiri use royalties to build Yuendumu Pool ›› more
- 15 October 2008
- Minister looks for distraction ›› more
- 14 October 2008
- CLC response to NTER review ›› more
- 14 August 2008 2008
- Communities have their say on intervention ›› more
- 31 July 2008 2008
- Fairfax news in bad taste ›› more
- 24 July 2008 2008
- election: accountability needed ›› more
- 17 July 2008 2008
- Royal commission needed into NT funding ›› more
- 11 July 2008 2008
- Simpson Desert: the last land rights claim under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act ›› more
- 8 July 2008 2008
- Sacred site damage at Wilora ›› more
- 30 May 2008
- Seal the Mereenie Loop Road Now ›› more
- 27 May 2008
- Angela Pamela Negotiations ›› more
- 9 May 2008
- Angela Pamela and the native title process ›› more
- 18 February 2008
- Coalition should support permit system ›› more
- 15 February 2008
- Politicians threaten to derail fresh start ›› more
- 22 January 2008
- Police ignorance upsets Lajamanu community ›› more
- 26 November 2007
- Optimism for a fresh consensual approach on Aboriginal affairs ›› more
- 21 November 2007
- Concerns over Central Petroleum tactics ›› more
Making Peace with the Past
Dancers at the 2003 Coniston commemoration
In 2003, the 75th anniversary of the Coniston Massacre was commemorated at Yurrkur (Brookes Soak), the site of the murder of dingo trapper Frederick Brooks on 7 August 1928, This incident sparked a series of reprisals led by Constable Murray which lasted for three months and left many dead.
This year the 80th anniversary will be held at Baxters Well on Wednesay the 20 August at 1.30pm.
An interview commissioned by the CLC in 2003 with Kaytetye man Thommy Thompson tells graphically of the terrible events which happened at that particular site. You can read the transcription here
Read more about the Coniston Massacre in our 75th anniversary brochure Making Peace with the Past
At the 75th Coniston commemoration Constable Murray's great niece Liza Dale Hallett gave a speech
‘To infuse an universal terror: The Coniston killings of 1928' by Justin O’Brien of the Northern Territory University History Department is a very informative paper