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Tag Archives: Australia 2012
Australia Update
As our time in Australia comes to a close, we still have a few more stops that we wanted to take. But there is no better way to relax in Australia than celebrating a Free Day as a class. Various students traveled to neighboring cities to visit the beach, the Aquarium of Western Australia, and to spend a few dollars … Continue Reading
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Australia Indigenous Studies January 21st
Blog Post 4 Good-bye Margaret River…Hello Albany! These past few days have been an array of interesting sites, sounds, and tastes. Though we were sad to leave our swanky digs on the Margaret River, we were thrilled to see more of the country from the road. We couldn’t wait to start the second half of our Australian Aboriginal adventure. … Continue Reading
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Australia Indigenous Studies January 21st
Waking up at the Jumbuck Motel, in Katanning, Western Austrailia, we hopped on our “trusty” dingo bus, and headed to the Mirribank mission (formerly known as the Carrolup mission), which in the past was a mission that some of the children of the stolen generation was taken. Two Aboriginal elders, Les Eades and Angus Wallum, greeted us upon our arrival. … Continue Reading
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Australia Update January 17th
On Friday we left Perth and headed to Margaret River. Before reaching our next destination, we stopped at the Pinjarra Massacre site. In 1835 English settlers spotted the Bindjareb Nyungars across the river. Startled, the settlers opened fire upon the unsuspecting tribe, killing about 30 unarmed men, women and children. With such a gruesome story, we were expecting a large … Continue Reading
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Australia Update January 12th
On our fourth sunny day in Perth we arrived for another lecture at Curtin University. Our lecturer was Ted Wilkes, a local Nyoongar Aboriginal from the Land of Swan River. He presented to us the issues the Indigenous people are facing in concern to drugs and alcohol. Wilkes stressed that the gap needs to be closed between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal … Continue Reading
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Australia Indigenous Studies Update Jan 11th
After 23 hours on two planes, eight hours in Dubai International Airport we finally arrived in Australia! Our opening ceremony started with a Welcome to Perth from Marie Taylor. In her remarks she told us a story of the beginning of time when the magpies pushed the sky upward to make room for all the people of the earth of … Continue Reading
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Jan 6 update
The Australia Winter Term Course has reported their safe arrival abroad.
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