8 Oct 2024

Mittagong #01

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  • A protest poster that reads "STOP THE CHOP" against Frensham School's plan to remove trees in Mittagong, New South Wales.
  • Stop the chop protest banner referencing Frensham School's plan to remove trees in the Southern Highlands, New South Wales.
  • Stop the chop protest banner referencing Frensham School's plan to remove trees in the Southern Highlands, New South Wales.

Stop the Chop

Community social protest referencing the plan/application by Frensham School in Mittagong NSW to cut down 249 trees in a area they declared as “Land for Wildlife” in 2015 in order to build a number of “Eco cabins”.

Images show some of the protest signage bearing the slogan “Stop the Chop” widely seen in the area at the time.

The multi million dollar development project involves clearing 4.2 hectares in an ecological endangered forest in order to provide the pupils with an opportunity to study nature.

The Mittagong community, Frensham alumni and conservation groups have expressed significant concern over the proposed development.

Leading environment experts and leaders in the Southern Highlands are calling on the Frensham Board of Governors to abandon its DA for bush cabins in the critically endangered community in the Lower Holt. Additionally, representatives of:

signed an open letter addressed to the Frensham Board of Governors.

Links to other relevant sites:

www.facebook.com/zerowingecarribee/videos/stop-the-chop-frensham/282215447089880
www.facebook.com/chopstoppers
www.winzero.com.au

Update: 2024, the Land and Environment Court backed Frensham girls school plans to build a “bush campus”.

3 Feb 2024

January 26, 2024 | Sydney, Gadigal land

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  • Two aboriginal men holding Koori Flag next to smoking ceremony fire. January 26 Invasion Day rally, 2024. Belmore Park, Sydney, Australia. Documentary reportage social protest photograph.
  • Image shows smoking ceremony. Invasion Day rally, Belmore Park, Sydney. Gadigal land. January 26 2024. Documentary reportage social protest photograph.
  • Two aboriginal men holding Koori Flag next to smoking ceremony fire. January 26 Invasion Day rally, 2024. Belmore Park, Sydney. Documentary reportage social protest photograph.
  • January 26 Invasion Day rally, 2024. Belmore Park, Sydney. Documentary reportage social protest photograph.
  • Well known Sydney activist Danny Lim at Invasion Day rally, Belmore Park, Sydney- Gadigal land. NSW, Australia. January 26 2024. Documentary reportage social protest photograph.
Invasion Day rally

Belmore Park, Sydney. Gadigal land. January 26 2024.

20 May 2023

Coronation Day

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May 6, 2023

On this day the annual May Day march in Wollongong was held in Port Kembla, where it was combined with a rally protesting the nuclear submarine AUKUS agreement.

The Wollongong community has a long history of celebrating May Day, also known as International Labour Day, which it has commemorated since 1912. There is also an article with additional historical information at University of Wollongong Archive.

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  • Uniontown slogan painted on Wentworth Street during a combined May Day and Anti-AUKUS protest rally in Port Kembla, Australia.6 May 2023.
  • Combined May Day rally, Anti-AUKUS rally. Port Kembla, NSW. 6 May 2023
  • Combined May Day rally, Anti-AUKUS rally. Port Kembla, NSW. 6 May 2023
  • Combined May Day rally, Anti-AUKUS rally - Wentworth Street, Port Kembla, NSW. 6 May 2023
  • A protester holds a banner reading "AUKUS WILL FUKUS" at a May Day rally in Port Kembla 6 May 2023
  • Combined May Day rally, Anti-AUKUS rally - Wentworth Street, Port Kembla, NSW. 6 May 2023
  • Combined May Day rally, Anti-AUKUS rally. Port Kembla, NSW. 6 May 2023
  • Combined May Day rally, Anti-AUKUS rally. Port Kembla, NSW. 6 May 2023
  • Combined May Day rally, Anti-AUKUS rally. Port Kembla, NSW. 6 May 2023
  • Combined May Day rally, Anti-AUKUS rally. Port Kembla, NSW. 6 May 2023
May 6, 2023

The two-day Robertson Potato Festival took place in Robertson, NSW,, a region celebrated for its exceptional potato farms. This event gave the local community a chance to honour a vegetable of great social and economic importance, the humble potato.

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  • Signage banner at the Robertson Potato Festival in NSW, Australia, showing visitors enjoying various activities at the Robertson Showground.
  • Scenes from the Robertson Potato Festival in NSW, Australia, showing visitors enjoying various activities at the Robertson Showground.
  • Robertson Potato Festival in NSW, Australia, showing visitors enjoying various activities at the Robertson Showground.
  • Robertson Potato Festival in NSW, Australia, showing visitors enjoying various activities at the Robertson Showground.
  • Robertson Potato Festival in NSW, Australia, showing visitors enjoying various activities at the Robertson Showground.
  • Robertson Potato Festival in NSW, Australia, showing visitors enjoying the music performance at the Robertson Showground. 7 May 2023
  • Scenes from the Robertson Potato Festival in NSW, Australia, showing visitors enjoying various activities at the Robertson Showground.
  • Visitor buying potatoes from potato farmer at Roberston Potato Festival. 7 May 2023. Robertson Showground, NSW Australia.
  • Robertson Potato Festival in NSW, Australia, man eating snack whilst watching various activities at the Robertson Showground. 7 May 2023
  • Robertson Potato Festival in NSW, Australia, showing visitors enjoying various activities at the Robertson Showground. 7 May 2023
May 6, 2023

On this day in the UK a Coronation took place.

4 Mar 2023

School Strike, Sydney, Australia

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  • Protester holding banners referencing NSW anti-protest laws and  at School Strike for the Climate event, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 3 March 2023.
  • Protester holding banner poses for photographer at School Strike for the Climate event, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 3 March 2023.
  • Young protesters holding banners at School Strike for the Climate event, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 3 March 2023.
  • Young protesters holding banner pose for media at School Strike for the Climate event, Sydney Town Hall, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 3 March 2023.
  • Group of young people from Young Labor Left 4Climate holding banner at rally against global climate change, a School Strike for the Climate event outside Sydney Town Hall, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 3 March 2023.
  • Various people participating in a rally against global climate change and NSW anti-protest laws, a School Strike for the Climate event outside Sydney Town Hall, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 3 March 2023.
  • Various people participating in a rally against global climate change, a School Strike for the Climate event outside Sydney Town Hall, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 3 March 2023.
  • Various people participating in a rally against global climate change, a School Strike for the Climate event outside Sydney Town Hall, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 3 March 2023.
  • Various people participating in a rally against global climate change, a School Strike for the Climate event outside Sydney Town Hall, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 3 March 2023.
  • Protester holding banners referencing NSW anti-protest laws and  at School Strike for the Climate event, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 3 March 2023.

A School Strike for the Climate event outside Sydney Town Hall, Sydney, NSW. 3 March 2023.

5 Feb 2023

January 26, 2023 | Gadigal land, Sydney

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  • January 26 Invasion Day rally, 2023. March along Pitt Street towards Victoria Park. Documentary reportage social protest photograph.
  • January 26 Invasion Day rally, 2023. March along Pitt Street towards Victoria Park. Documentary reportage social protest photograph.
  • January 26 Invasion Day rally, 2023. March along Pitt Street towards Victoria Park. Documentary reportage social protest photograph.
  • Rally marchers going past person sitting on pavement. January 26 Invasion Day rally, 2023. March along Pitt Street towards Victoria Park. Documentary reportage social protest photograph.
  • White counter-protester on pavement across road from park, Hay Street. January 26 Invasion Day rally, 2023. Opposite Belmore Park, Sydney.
  • White counter-protester on pavement across road from park, Hay Street. January 26 Invasion Day rally, 2023. Opposite Belmore Park, Sydney. Documentary reportage social protest photograph.
  • White counter protester speaking with the media on pavement across road from park, Hay Street. January 26 Invasion Day rally, 2023. Opposite Belmore Park, Sydney.
  • White counter protester speaking with the media on pavement across road from park, Hay Street. January 26 Invasion Day rally, 2023. Opposite Belmore Park, Sydney.
Invasion Day rally

Belmore Park, Gadigal land, Sydney. January 26 2023.

5 May 2022

London #01

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  • South Africa House, Trafalgar Square, London, UK. 10 November 1979. Massive Metropolitan Police presence outside South Africa House, the South African Embassy in anticipation of possible Anti apartheid protesters. Foreground shows Police traffic motorcyclist. In the background St Martin-in-the-Fields parish church can be seen at the north-east corner of Trafalgar Square, City of Westminster.
  • Massive Metropolitan Police presence outside South Africa House, the South African Embassy in London, anticipating anti-apartheid protesters, November 1979.
South Africa House, Trafalgar Square, London

1979, personal journal

BUY A PRINT
28 Apr 2022

January 26, 2022 (Invasion Day) protest march Gadigal land – Sydney

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  • January 26, 2022 (Invasion Day) rally and protest march Sydney - Gadigal land. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Invasion Day rally and protest march Gadigal land – Sydney, NSW, Australia. “Australia Day”, January 26, 2022

28 Apr 2022

COP26 Global Day of Action for Climate Justice, Sydney

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Participants at the Sydney COP26 Global Day of Action for Climate Justice

6 November 2021 in Hyde Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia