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3 Min Read SYDNEY (Reuters) - As Australia prepares for its national day of festivities on Jan. 26, Indigenous woman Rita Wright will be protesting the celebrations at a march in Sydney. Australia Day marks the date the British fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour in 1788 to start a penal colony, viewing the land as unoccupied despite encountering settlements. For Wright, holding national celebrations on the highly sensitive date reinforces a legacy of mistreatment of Indigenous people. She said the date of the national holiday should be changed. “I always thought Captain Cook owned this land and not the Aboriginal people,” said Wright, referring to the British explorer who mapped Australia’s eastern coastline in 1770, paving the way for the establishment of the colony. ....
REUTERS NEWS SCHEDULE AT 11:00 GMT/06:00 ET Reuters 1/24/2021 Here are the top stories and upcoming coverage plans for Reuters text service as of 11 a.m. GMT/6 a.m. ET. For a full schedule of news and events, go to our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect https://www.reutersconnect.com/planning. TOP STORIES U.S. carrier group enters South China Sea amid Taiwan tensions TAIPEI - A U.S. aircraft carrier group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has entered the South China Sea to promote “freedom of the seas”, the U.S. military said on Sunday, at a time when tensions between China and Taiwan have raised concern in Washington. ....
Source: Treaty Republic Much like the words ‘invasion, ‘theft’, massacres’, and ‘wars’, Australia appears uncomfortable using the word slavery in reference to its own history. But no matter what you call it, the forcing of thousands upon thousands of people to work for no money, or only for basic rations, is tantamount to slavery by any meaningful definition. Blackbirding, Stolen Wages, indentured service, indentured labour; are all words that have been used to avoid the harsh bite of the word. However, the realities of these words have always been much the same; unpaid labour, unsafe working conditions, exploitation, abuse, and decades long campaigns for justice and recognition - many of which are still ongoing. This is a significant relationship between Indigenous and white Australians. ....
Dec 23, 2020 Beatrice Hughes passed from this life on December 21, 2020. Bea was an indomitable spirit, a workhorse warrior, who was always meticulously groomed, even for a casual trip to the store. Her family thought she was indestructible. Bea was born at home, off a dirt road, deep up a holler in Doddridge County, West Virginia, on February 16, 1929. Raised by her grandmother, she survived the “Great Depression shucking walnuts, forgoing shoes, and wearing a flour sack for clothes. Without much formal education, through the dint of hard work, she made her way to Weirton, West Virginia, where she met and married the father of her four daughters, Glenn “Buddy” Hughes. Tragedy struck all too soon. Her husband died at thirty-two years of age, leaving her with three girls under six and six months pregnant with the youngest. ....