| international events 2008:NOTE some past links may no longer be valid |
| 8-12 August 2008 - GARMA FESTIVAL – Key Forum theme: Indigenous Knowledge - one of Australia's most significant Indigenous festivals, held in Arnhem Land, the Northern Territory, Australia. International visitors welcome |
| 6 - 13 July 2008 - NAIDOC week - Advance Australia Fair? celebration of Indigenous culture and a time to reflect on the Australian principle of 'a fair go'. For events outside Australia contact the Australian Embassy in your country. |
| 29 June - 4 July - Dublin - 6th World Archaelogical Congress |
| 26 June 2008 7.30pm- London - The black arm band (Australia) MURUNDAK - A 28-piece ensemble featuring Archie Roach, Shane Howard, Ruby Hunter, Mark Atkins and many more |
| 26 June 2008 - Berlin - Lowanna - photographic exhibition by Wayne Quilliam - Art Centre, Berlin, Germany |
| 27 June 2008 - 8pm - London - Liyarn Ngarn- compelling film tells of the devastation and inhumanity brought upon Indigenous Australians -as told to British actor Pete Postlethwaite, Southbank Centre |
| 28 June 2008 - 4pm Dublin - Liyarn Ngarn screening - The Button Factory, Curved St. Followed by Liyarn Ngarn (The Black arm band) concert 7.30pm |
| 19 June 2008 -7pm London - world premiere - This is Our Country Too - Australia, 2008. A powerful exposé of Australia's hidden apartheid. Tricycle Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, NW6 7JR, 020 7328 1000. 22 June -4.30pm - The Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, Paddington, W2 1QJ, 020 7479 8950 24 June -7.15pm - Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, Hammersmith, W6 9RL, 020 8237 1111 |
| 28 May - 13 June - Shibuya Japan - Coo-ee Aboriginal Art presents Emily Kngwarreye and her legacy |
| 27 May - 2 June 2008 - Moscow. Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, works from leading Aboriginal artists, presents at the Moscow World Fine Art Fair, Stand 5, The Manège Moscow Russia |
| 8 - 31 May 2008 - Milan, Arte Agli Antipodi: pittura aborigena contemporanea - Country and Rockholes near the Olga's - by artist Bill Whiskey. corso Garibaldi 2 Milan 20121, Italy |
| 9 - 16 May 2008 - London, Masterpieces from the Western Desert by Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri & Wentja Napaltjarri. 19 – 23 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, London E1 6JU |
| 13 May 2008 - 6.30pm - London, Talk by John Bond - Australia's Journey of Healing - 24 Greencoat Place, London SW1- more details |
| 22 May 2008 - 6 - 9pm - UK Sorry Day - Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1 (nearest tube: Holborn) - ENIAR celebrates with Indigenous Australia |
| 26 May 2008 -Australian and Canadian Sorry Day - Anniversary of National Sorry Day, 26th May, 2008. This is symbolic of the Sorry Business for Indigenous Australia as a result of the removal policies. |
| 19-30 May 2008 - Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-9) Bonn, Germany |
| 6 May 2008 - 6.30pm - London, Talk by Tom Calma, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, HREOC, October Gallery, Club Room, 24 Old Gloucester Street, Bloomsbury, LONDON WC1N 3AL - Nearest tube: Russell Square or Holborn. Free - drinks and nibblies. event organised by eniar |
| 21 April - 2 May 2008 - United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (Seventh Session) - Special theme: Climate change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods: the stewardship role of indigenous peoples and new challenges, New York, USA |
22 April 2008 - National Close the Gap Day gives Australians the opportunity to come together and show their support for closing the 17-year life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians. |
| 10 April 2008 - 6.00 for 6.30pm - Alexis Wright - Reading and launch of 'Carpentaria (Constable), Winner, 2007 Miles Franklin Award Venue: Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 28 Russell Square, WC1B 5DS. London Cost: Free. RSVP necessary! Seminar hosted by the Menzies Centre, London UK |
| 7 – 11 April 2008 - Fourth Global Conference on Oceans: “Advancing Ecosystem Management and Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management in the Context of Climate Change” - Hanoi, Vietnam |
| 7 April 2008 - 6.00 for 6.30pm - John Kinsella - Reading and launch of 'Shades of the Sublime and Beautiful' (Picador)- Venue: Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 28 Russell Square, WC1B 5DS. London RSVP necessary! Seminar hosted by the Menzies Centre, London UK |
| 19 March to 5 April 2008 - Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, 2a Conway Street, PRIME, a retrospective survey show of gallery artists from the last two decades. |
| 2-5 April 2008 - Researching Applied Drama, Theatre and Performance conference: Performance, Cross-Cultural Dialogue and Coexistence, Exeter University - "Ngarrama-la", a performance by Ray Kelly and Brian Joyce - Ray Kelly “’Ngarrama-la’: An Australian Aboriginal Playwright explores language reclamation and revival in and through performed dialogues across 200 years” |
| 2 - 4 April 2008 - International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change, Darwin, Australia. |
| 2 April 2008 - Steve Hemming (Flinders) - Researching with Indigenious Australian nations: partnerships, ethics and transformations. Seminar hosted by the Menzies Centre, London UK |
| 3 – 28 March 2008 - 7th session of the Human Rights Council, Office of High Commissioner on Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 19 March 2008 - Vanessa Castejon, (Université Paris 13) - A French representation of Aboriginality: the Musée du Quai Branly. Seminar hosted by the Menzies Centre, London UK |
| 6-16 March 2008 - London Australian Film Festival at the Barbican Centre. London UK |
| 12 March 2008 - David Ritter (Western Australia) - Ideologies of Native Title. Seminar hosted by the Menzies Centre, London UK |
| 9 January 2008 - 3 February 2008 - Paris France - The Revenge of Genres' Cité Internationale des Arts |
| 1 January 2008 - 31 December 2008. Global. UN International Year of Planet Earth. see Earth Sciences for Society - an International Year of Planet Earth. |
| international events 2007:NOTE past some links may no longer be valid |
| 11 December 2007 - The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, will launch the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission’s (HREOC) ‘Us Taken-Away Kids’ magazine in Sydney. |
| 6 - 7 December 2007 - United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations - Informal meeting to exchange views on the most appropriate mechanisms to continue the work of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations. Geneva, Switzerland |
| 19 November - 7 December 2007 - 17th Annual Regional Human Rights & Peoples Diplomacy Course to be held in New Zealand. Applications are now open. |
| 10 December 2007 - International Human Rights Day - Human Rights Awards 2007 Australia (HREOC) |
| 1 Decemeber 2007 - Stand up for the Burrup in London and Netherlands London - 3.30pm outside Shell HQ - SE1 7NA for map just turn up wearing a black top Amsterdam - outside Shell HQ - Meet at Amsterdam central station at 13.00 or at The Hague central station at 14.30 |
| 1 - 24 November - River Seine Paris. World Visual Arts Biennale, Photoquai - Tasmania's Ricky Maynard is one of 75 photographers and 25 video-makers from 35 countries taking part in a new two-yearly world photo show |
| 5-23 November 2007 - 39th Session United Nations Committee Against Torture, (The committee will consider Australia's Third periodic report) Geneva, Switzerland |
| 13 October -10 November 2007 - Cité Les Brasseurs in Liege, Belgium. 'The Revenge of Genres' showing the work of 24 Indigenous artists including Tracey Moffatt, Dacchi Dang, Jenny Fraser, Archie Moore, Rosella Namok |
| 14 November 2007 - 7pm - 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N - something terrible is happening in Australia - no-one want to talk about it |
| 5-23 November 2007 - 39th Session United Nations Committee Against Torture, (The committee will consider Australia's Third periodic report) Geneva, Switzerland |
| 14 November 2007 - Vanessa Castejon - A French representation of Aboriginality: the Musée du Quai Branly - public seminar held as part of the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies Seminar Series, London UK |
| 7 November 2007 - Ray Nichol - On Reconciling Indigenous and Western Forms of Education - public seminar as part of the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies Seminar Series, London UK |
| 1-2 November 2007 - Identity, Citizenship, Social Cohesion and Integration: Britain and Australia. The 2007 Monash-Menzies conference aims to provide a forum for debate on comparable research and policy initiatives in contemporary Britain and Australia. London, UK |
| 15-19 October 2007 - UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J-5) of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Montreal, Canada also see: http://www.cbd.int/meetings/default.shtml |
| 19 October 2007 - international women's day of action to protest against the Australian Government's action in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. see women for wik website |
| 17 October 2007 - Angus Nicholls - Evolution versus Primal Monotheism: British and German Interpretations of the Arrernte Tribe Around 1900 - public seminar as part of the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies Seminar Series, London UK |
| 19 - 21 September 2007 - Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) National Conference 2007 - Ngadluko Ngartunnaitya - For Our Children, Adelaide, Australia |
| 18 September 2007 - National Close the Gap Day (Australia) - The national day of action will give Australians across the nation the opportunity to come together and show their support for closing the 17-year life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians. |
| 13 September 2007 - 61st session of UN General Assembly will consider the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples New York, USA |
| 27-29 August 2007 - International Expert Group Meeting in Indigenous Peoples and Protection of the Environment - Government of Khabarovsk, RAIPON and the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues |
| 20-24 August 2007 - Jakarta - Indonesia - 2nd Annual program on Human Rights Advocacy and Business |
| 9 August 2007 -International Day of the World's Indigenous People |
| 8 - 14 July NAIDOC Week ( ‘National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee’) The national theme for 2007 is 50 years: Looking Forward, Looking Blak. For events around Australia visit: http://www.naidoc.org.au/ |
3-12 July 2007 - World Intellectual Property Organisation WIPO Geneva, Switzerland. Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore : Eleventh Session. There is a voluntary Fund for accredited NGO observers. |
| 13 July 2007 - National NAIDOC Ball in Darwin, Australia. Winners of National NAIDOC Awards announced. |
| 13 July 2007 - 2.00pm - Save the Burrup Rally, Perth Australia Speakers include: Dr Carmen Lawrence MHR, former WA Premier, Steven Walker, Greens WA , Rachel Mason, Friends of Australian Rock Art |
| 6 July 2007 - HREOC is calling for contributions to a publication marking the 10th anniversary of the Bringing them home report. For more information visit HREOC |
| til 2 July 2007 - UNESCO 31st session of the World Heritage Committee, Christchurch, New Zealand. The 31st Session Chair of the World Heritage Committee is Tumu Te Heuheu. |
| 27 - 30 June 2007 - 10am - 5pm daily - Mamma: The Untouchable Ones - Aboriginal art exhibition - Australian High Commission, Strand, London WC2B, entrance via Melbourne Place. |
| 30 May 2007 6.30pm - Film Kanyini at the Australian High Commission, The Strand, London, UK. TBC.The film will be followed by a discussion, and Q&A with Joanna Lathan |
| 25 May 2007 6-8pm - Sorry Day UK, Join us on a journey of healing through past, present and future as we celebrate Indigenous Australian culture and remember the Stolen Generations. This year's event will give an Indigenous perspective of Australian history through story, dance, song, poetry, art and music. Bandstand, Victoria Embankment Gardens, London W2CN 6PB. Contact: info@eniar.org for information and flyer click here |
| 14-25 May 2007 - United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues New York USA. UNPFII Sixth Session. The UN Permanent Forum is an advisory body to Economic and Social Council, with a mandate to discuss Indigenous issues. |
| 24 May 2007 7.30pm - BBC 2 series THE MUSEUM - features the repatriation of Tasmanian Aboriginal Cremation bundles from the British Museum. Filmed last year it shows just actually what happens when a hand over under the Human Tissue Act actually happens. |
| 24 May 2007 6.30 - 8.30pm - Invitation to a public meeting to the launch of the book Rocks and Hard Places by Roger Moody and to discuss issues of concern to the London Mining Network. Students Union, School of Oriental and African Studies,University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1. |
| 24 May 2007 6pm - Australian novelist GAIL JONES, author of Sixty Lights (Booker longlisted) and Dreams of Speaking (Orange Prize longlisted) will be speaking about her new novel, SORRY, with SUSAN ELDERKIN at 6pm Thursday 24 May at the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King's College, Fourth Floor, Australia Centre, Corner Strand and Melbourne Place, London WC2B 4LG. |
| Save the Burrup peninsular rock art campaign protests in Europe, click on links below for more details 2 May 2007 - 6pm, Belguim, Brussels - Grande place de Bruxelle 8 May 2007 - 6.30pm, Netherlands - Amsterdam - War Monument on the Dam square in front of the Palais |
| 2 May 2007 - Lecture - 5.30pm - 6.30pm - Palace or Power Station? Museums today, Mr Duncan Robinson, FSA Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum and Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, will be speaking at the The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH. |
| till end of April - Aboriginal Art & Photography Exhibition: Art Center Berlin, Friedrichstraße 134 (vis-à-vis Friedrichstadtpalast) GERMANY |
| until 20 April 2007 - Funding - IFAD Indigenous Peoples Assistance Facility - Call for grant applications from indigenous peoples’ organizations and their communities. |
| 18 Avril 2007, Paris - 10h00 - Pour la protection du Patrimoine Aborigine, Esplanada du Trocdero, france@standupfortheburrup.com or didjaba@yahoo.fr Stand Up For The Burrup, campaign to stop destruction of Aboriginal rock art. March through significant Parisian places, Starts 10am at the Esplanada du Trocdero, contact france@standupfortheburrup.com or didjaba@yahoo.fr |
| 18 April 2007 - World Heritage Day - Make Indigenous Poverty History Campaign - What do we do to protect and nuture our heritage, particularly the significant heritage of Indigenous peoples? - check out the Save the Burrup Rock Art Campaign. |
| 15 April 2007 - United Nations - Human Rights and Access to Water - Call for submissions for the study on human rights obligations related to equitable access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Information should be sent to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office at Geneva , CH 1211 Geneva 10, by 15 April 2007 |
| 3 to 4 March 2007 - Value of Human Remains in Museum collections symposium - A two day international conference organised by the Museum of London, to be held at the Museum in Docklands. London UK |
| 3 March 2007 - 3pm - Save the Burrup peninsular rock art campaign, Lascaux Cave, Dordogne, FRANCE |
| 28 February - March 2 2007 - Improving Indigenous Health, Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA. The conference is designed to promote the building of relationships between Indigenous communities and government departments. |
| 25 February 2007 - 2pm - Save the Burrup peninsular rock art campaign, front of Musée du Quai Branly (on the bridge), Paris, France |
| Friday 23 February 2007 - 11.30am - Protest at the Natural History Museum in London UK. |
| 9 February 2007 - Corroboree Indigenous Tourism Expo, Sydney Opera House |
| 26 January 2007 Celebrate Aboriginal Sovereignty Day, Aboriginal Tent Embassy – Canberra |
| international events 2006: past |
| Dust Echoes is Tom E Lewis's and the ABC' New Media and Digital Service's latest project, an Indigenous animated website of 5 Dreamtime stories launched this week at Katherine in the Northern Territory. Here you'll find games, desktops, screensavers and ecards. http://www.dustechoes.com.au |
| Werde! Welcome to Us Mob A Broadband Adventure in Hidden Valley Hidden Valley is one of the Town Camps of Alice Springs. With Us Mob, you can follow central Australian Aboriginal teenagers Charlie, Della, Harry and Jacquita as they head off on journeys full of fun, excitement and crisis. You need broadband to interact and can choose the story endings, playing games, activating video and text diaries, forums and uploading your own stories. So come on, get a permit and get the first episode now! |
| 27-29 November 2006 - 4th National Indigenous Education Conference in Newcastle. The conference is about empowerment of Indigenous Australians to facilitate education through Indigenous-led engagement. |
| 31 August 2006 - Kanyini hits the following cinemas. |
| 9 August 2006 -International Day of the World's Indigenous People |
| Sabato 1° luglio alle 20:30 nella sala del camino di Palazzo Ducale, Genova ITALY |
| NETHERLANDS/AUSTRALIA 2006: 400 years of bilateral contact between Australia and The Netherlands. new!!! Aboriginal Identiteit en Cultuur & Le "Generazioni rubate" - August 27 2006 - Aboriginal Art: Opening Doors. . The exhibition shows major work of artists of the desert community Yuendumu. It will be the first time that the Yuendumu doors are shown in Europe. - 28 May 2006, Stadsmuseum Zoetermeer, Dorpsstraat 7 Zoetermeer. Exhibition: Zoetermeer Down Under:: Central theme is ‘living in two worlds’. It focuses on the Stolen Generations of Australia; the generations Aborigines between 1870 and 1974 who were taken away from their families and placed in white families or state schools. Fifteen Aborigines, photographed by Frits Falkenhagen, tell their story. Media Release. |
| 15 - 17 June 2006 - Traditional Knowledge: Indigenous Indicators of Well-being. Perspectives, Practices, Solutions. Wellington NEW ZEALAND |
| 25 May 2006 - 'Sorry Day', Victoria Embankment Gardens, London, UK |
| past international events 2005: past |
| 25 May 2005 - 'Sorry Day', Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, UK |