In mid October 1995 I was invited to attend the ‘Strength Through Unity Reconciliation Festival’ in Brewarrina - a ten thousand year old gathering place on the bend of N.S.W.’s Barwon river.
Brewarrina Reconciliation Festival
George Burarrwanga of the Warumpi Band and friend
You could feel the oppression of Brewarrina and the peoples living there. An unrelentless devastation.
The Brewarrina Dancers
Ruby Hunter with her husband Archie Roach
Social changes are desperately needed in Australia and the Indigenous peoples deserve more freedom. To this day I can still recall the emotions I experienced being in this place..a place where your every move is observed and challenged.
