Video: Aboriginal activists commemorate Freedom Fighters

January 26, 2012
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Video: Robbie Thorpe on Genocide and aboriginal resistance - Tunnerminerwait Maulboyheenner 2012. takvera/YouTube.

Long-time Aboriginal activist Robbie Thorpe addressed about 100 people at a memorial held in Melbourne on January 20 for two Aboriginal freedom fighters executes in 1842.

Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner were among five Tasmanian Aborigines who conducted a campaign of resistance against European settlement in 1841 around Western Port and South Gippsland near Melbourne.

After three military expeditions they were finally captured and brought back to Melbourne for trial. They were not allowed to give evidence at their trials.

The memorial takes place each year on January 20 at noon at RMIT's Bowen Lane. More photos can be found on Indymedia Flickr.

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