Hospital Creek massacre site. Hospital Creek is where the largest massacre in the area, some 300 men, women and children, happened in 1859. The monument was put there by the land council 1995 in memory of the people massacred

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'Back To Brewarrina Mission' gathering at the Integrated Child and Family Centre. Organised by Lorina Barker as part of her Phd through UNE. It was held for people who were still alive and their descendants who come of the Mission. In this photo Lorina (standing near the large glass doors) has just finished her introduction, and Eva Boney (the lady standing towards the back) is about to do a "welcome to country" speech.

The full catalogue record is online at https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=ADLIB110581519&context=L&vid=SLNSW&lang=en_US&search_scope=MOH&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,Stiff%20Gins%20%20closing%20act%20of%20the%20Festival

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Brewarrina NSW 2839, Australia. 

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State Library of NSW
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State Library of NSW - Open Protocol
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Mob, Country & Culture
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Brewarrina, Summer to Spring Series 2016-2017
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Brad Steadman
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Copyright status: In copyright - Life of photographer plus 70 years. Copyright holder: State Library of New South Wales. Rights and Restrictions Information: Reproduction and rights for the images are licensed under Creative Commons – Attribution non-commercial 3.0 Australia. Please acknowledge: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Brad Steadman.
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'Brewarrina, 9 November 2016-9 April 2017 / photographs by Brad Steadman; commissioned by the State Library of New South Wales' collection.
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Hospital Creek Bridge where the creek runs. The actual massacre happened about half a kilometer to the right over in the tree line

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The old Brewarrina Bridge

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View of the Non-Denominational section of Bre cemetery. This area is mostly Aboriginal, if not all, Aboriginal people

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This site is on the northern side of the river known as Barwon 4. It is a traditional burial site which spans both sides of the road, which runs between them.

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Mob, Country & Culture
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State Library of NSW