Myall Creek Massacre

Clairgate Public School

David Abbey

Assistant Principal

involving Class 5A

Welcome to our Myall Creek Site. The site contains links to the

1. Myall Creek Memorial official site
2. Memorial Ceremony 2002
3. Student Activity
4. Work Samples
5. For Teachers
Myall Creek Memorial official site
http://www.myallcreekmemorial.com.au/

2002 Memorial Ceremony

A record of the most recent ceremony

http://www.myallcreekmemorial.com.au/2002%20Meeting.html

Activity

Explain why there were hundreds of people marching in the year 2000 over an event that was 162 years old? You can answer this question by looking at the sites up above or the newspaper articles and the other information below.

For a newspaper source view
http://www.zip.com.au/~cpa/garchve4/1045my.html

For a radio transcript view http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/lstories/1r160104.htm

For a detailed investigation of the Myall Creek Massacre read
http://www.myallcreekmemorial.com.au/History.html

Work Samples for you to examine

For student work samples view

http://www.lyonsps.act.edu.au/projects/taking.htm

For teachers

For Discovering Democracy lessons on this topic view

http://www.curriculum.edu.au/democracy/ddunits/units/up2fq4acts.htm

( For an interview with relatives of the victims and accused click here )