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Press Release for Launch of Hardwork: Australian South Sea Islanders Bibliography.

It is hypocritical of the Morrison Government to assure Pacific Islands nations of Australia’s good intentions when the Australian Government has never dealt adequately with problems within its own Australian South Sea Islander (ASSI) community. Two major issues have been caused by the Australian...

Video interview by Indigenous filmmaker Steven McGregor with Emelda Davis

Video interview by Indigenous filmmaker Steven McGregor with Emelda Davis about NSW Entrepreneur Benjamin Boyd for Servant or Slave – NITV documentary. Today ASSI people remain marginalized, unrecognized, and even unknown to exist as citizens of Australia, with their labour contribution...

Daily Mercury story on South Sea Islander slave labour

Daily Mercury: Mackay and District Australian South Sea Islander Association’s Starrett Vea Vea hopes for more commitments from government to his community. 10th Nov 2016 – The Daily Mercury, Mackay ran an interesting article entitled EXPOSED: Lost history of South Sea Islanders slave...

Alicia Morgan has always had a passion for what is dear to her heart

November 1, 2016
Emelda Davis
BLACK workshop

Alicia Morgan Alicia Morgan has always had a passion for what is dear to her heart – family, research and education. After leaving high school Alicia spent most of her young adulthood in the workforce before recently returning to study full-time at Southern Cross University.\ As a third generation...

Islander awareness on agenda

October 20, 2016
Emelda Davis
BLACK workshop

A WORKSHOP designed to encourage greater community awareness of Australian South Sea Islander history and ignite inspiration and connection in local youth is coming to Tweed Heads on the 29th and 30th October 2016. Headlined by rugby league star and Koori Mail columnist Preston Campbell, BLACK...

Emelda Davis proud to be speaking at both BLACK workshops being held in Mount Druitt & Tweed Heads

President of ASSIPJ and Sydney Local Woman of the Year, Emelda Davis is proud to be speaking at both BLACK workshops being held in Mount Druitt and Tweed Heads this month. Emelda boasts diverse expertise in community development, education, training, media and marketing having worked for Federal,...

Slavery or Servitude

September 3, 2015
Emelda Davis
slavery

Shireen Malamoo listens to interview by Emelda… ‘Slavery or Servitude’ is an emotional and confronting insight into the domestic servitude forced upon Aboriginal women in Australia. Stolen as children from their parents and placed in girls training homes, they were trained as...

ASSI.PJ consultation feedback re Australian South Sea Islander Constitutional Developments

June 26, 2015
Emelda Davis
Uncategorized

Purpose of the Meeting: The aim of the meeting is for the Chair of the National ASSI Working Group, Mr Greg Sutherland to feedback on his national consultations with ASSI communities and discuss ASSI.PJ perspectives on Checklist and Guide-Federation Model (National ASSI representative body) for...

Great yarn with the women’s group today

Great yarn with the women’s group today about finding family – starting with the Enares (nee Innares) family. These women are from Tanna Island – Middle Bush where my grandfather was taken from the beach at the age of 12 years old. My grandfather gave his children a traditional...

Containers set sail for Vanuatu

Today 5 containers set sail for Vanuatu as we gear up for Tuff Tumas for Vanuatu 2015 to raise the much needed funds that will assist paying for the land cartage and distribution of specific needs in Vanuatu. For those who don’t know, the word ‘Tuff‘ means Tough and ‘Tumas‘,...

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