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Located at the Myall Creek Memorial site on the Bingara to Delungra Road.
‘The path to the future passes through the past.’
In 1838 at Myall Creek, shed blood went into the ground and cried out for justice. Just this once, justice was done. Just this once there was a linking of hearts, from the Governor of the day to the convict who refused to participate: a shaft of light powerful enough to penetrate the deep darkness of our national denial.
The Myall Creek story did not finish then. The story is still being written and we are all part of it.
In 2000 at Myall Creek, hundreds witnessed a descendant of the massacred embrace a descendant of the perpetrators, watched by a descendant of those who had brought them to justice. In that embrace, we who were condemned by our actions to be restless wanderers in this land, were welcomed home to country at last.
Join in the story with this highly produced audio walk (geo locative) that was produced in collaboration with local community.
Credits & Contributors
Len Payne
Len Payne, Elizabeth Connors, Lyall Munro, Paulette Hayes. Narration, John Wearne. Original composition by Michael Whiticker
Welcome Farewell
Narration by Rhonda Smith & Tracy Cameron. Music, Gugurrgaagaa – Kookaburra from Yugal. Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaraay Songs
Knew Nothing About Myall Creek
Lyall Munro, Beaulah Adams, Margaret Bottom, John Brown, Peter Stewart. Music by Linsey Pollak
Massacre
Des Blake, Elizabeth Connors, Paulette Hayes, Beaulah Adams & Peter Stewart. Original composition by John Warner. Sue Blacklock’s Imaginings. Sue Blacklock. Music, ‘Bubaa ngiyaningy – Our Father’, Yugal. Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaraay Songs
Coverage Of The Massacre
Peter Steward. Readings from Rick Hutton
Denny Day
Margaret Bottoms & Ian Adams. Narration by Nedine Young. Reading from Waterloo Creek by Hamish Sewell. Music; ‘The Whisky Set’ by Wirry Cow
John Flemming
Barry Brown. Music, ‘John Flemming’ by Timeline
George Anderson
Peter Stewart. Extracts from ‘Australia On Tria’l by December Media and Essential Media and Entertainment. Narration Wendy Wearne.
Why Did You Come Forward?
Des Blake & Beulah Adams
Reconciliation
Sue Blacklock, Margaret Bottom. Music, ‘Myall Creek’ by Roger Knox, Toby Martin & Jon Langford
Spirit Women
Paulette Hayes, Sue Blacklock, Elizabeth Connors, Beulah Adams.
Laying Of The Stone
Elizabeth Connors, Paulette Hayes, Lyall Munro, Ian Adams, Beaulah Adams. Music, No More Weep for Myall Creek by Neil Murray.