Intercontinental Cry

Googatha Statement - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

(see below for a petition)

To: The Legislative Council of the Parliament of South Australia

The Honourable the President and Members of the Legislative Council in this present Parliament assembled:-

The humble Petition of the undersigned residents of South Australia Respectfully sheweth:-

PROLOGUE
The Googatha peoples are reaching out to the world to expose the wrong process that the South Australian State and the Federal Governments’ Native Title regime have implemented to the detriment of their sacred lands and waters.

The Yellabinna Regional Reserve, the Yumbarra Conservation Park and the Pureba Conservation Park are, as a result, in more danger than ever with mineral and heavy metal mining exploration leases now having been granted over these their ancestral lands.

We HEREBY object to this invasion of their cultural heritage.

We call to mind the catalogue of injustices committed upon the Googatha Peoples from the time of colonization, including the separation of families and the impact on all …