Saturday, January 11, 2014

ARUNA 'ROONY' INTERVIEW: INDIGENOUS EDUCATOR & ACTIVIST, GARIWERD NATIONAL PARK VICTORIA AUSTRALIA


ROONY, CARLA with INDIGENOUS FLAG
ROONY and JEFF W/INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN FLAG
 ECHIDNA
 VIEW NORTH FROM PINNACLES LOOKOUT
 WHITE COCKATOO
 OUT MY BACK DOOR
 BEAUTIFUL WILD-FLOWERS
 'ROO ARE YOU?'
 SWEET CRIMSON ROSELLAS
 LOVE THE SUNFLOWER SEEDS
 SO DO THE COCKATOOS!
 WUDJUB-GUYUM, OR 'HOLLOW MOUNTAIN'
LATE SUMMER AT GARIWERD
INTERVIEW WITH ROONY, DECEMBER 2012

Aruna or 'Roony' is a fantastic person I met who works at the Brambuk Cultural Heritage Centre in Halls Gap, Victoria, in the heart of Gariwerd National Park (The Grampians), where I was very blessed to live for several months in 2012-13. In this excellent interview he shares the story of his people, the REAL indigenous people of Australia, as well as his own personal story. With emphasis on the importance of educating not only young people, but the adult population of Australia as a whole, Roony recounts various aspects of the horrific treatment his people have undergone at the hands of the European  'invaders.'

SEE ALSO MY INTERVIEWS WITH TASMANIAN PHOTOGRAPHER RICKY MAYNARD

'THE SECRET COUNTRY' by JOHN PILGER (1985)

'UTOPIA' COMING SOON FROM JOHN PILGER



'AMERICAN HOLOCAUST' DAVID STANNARD

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