Aboriginal Sunday was the brainchild of Aboriginal Christian leader William Cooper and the Australian Aborigines League, and is held each year, the Sunday before January 26. The annual commemoration’s origins lie in the Day of Protest on January 26, 1938, held… Continue Reading
Professor, journalist and author, Wiradjuri man Stan Grant drew on sociologist Zigmunt Bauman’s characterisation of the present age as “liquid modernism” in painting a bleak picture of the new generation trapped in identity politics at the Richard Johnson memorial lecture,… Continue Reading
For over 20 years, First Nations Bush Chaplain Julia Lennon (Picured) has faithfully served the people of Oodnadatta. The town, 1000 km north of Adelaide, once a bustling railhead, is now a home to an indigenous community. Without a permanent… Continue Reading
Since 1975, NAIDOC Week, a full week to celebrate the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has been observed by Australians. It is built on the 1938 Day of Mourning protest organised by William Cooper, first… Continue Reading
The widely respected indigenous leader Aunty Jean Phillips was awarded a Medal of the Ordaer of Australia (OAM) in the latest King’s birthday honours. After decades of leadership, Phillips might be most widely known across the continent due to her… Continue Reading
A post by the Anglican Board of Mission Theme – “We cannot wait another generation” On 26 May 2025, we mark 28 years since the Bringing Them Home report was tabled in Parliament—revealing the heartbreaking truths of the Stolen Generations.… Continue Reading
Some churches made Aboriginal Sunday the focus of their services today. Here are excerpts from sermons at two of them. Please feel free to send in other links. Ray Minniecon at St John’s Glebe talked about the Aboriginal church. :Some… Continue Reading
A message from Neville Naden, Indigenous Ministry Officer, The Bush Church Aid Society of Australia. As we approach another Australia Day, I pause to reflect on the blessings we enjoy as Australians, the challenges of our shared history, and the… Continue Reading
James Oswald (Jimmy) Little was a keen and committed Christian and Yorta Yorta man. He was born in 1937 on the Cummeragunga settlement (called a “mission”, although technically it wasn’t one) near Echuca, on the New South Wales side of… Continue Reading
Each year, Aboriginal Sunday is held on the Sunday before January 26, continuing the observance Christian Aboriginal leader William Cooper began in 1938, along with a Day of Mourning gathering he led 150 years after white settlement or invasion began… Continue Reading