BRIGHTON BYPASS
CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
Saturday 7th August 2010, 12pm
Parliament House Lawns – Hobart
All Aborigines and non-Aboriginal supporters are invited to join in the fight for the protection of Aboriginal heritage in the Lower Jordan Valley.
The launch will include speeches, cultural dance performances and the unveiling of our campaign billboards as well as a sausage sizzle.
If the Tasmanian Government is willing to destroy Aboriginal heritage dating back 40,000 years, what hope do we have of protecting other ancient heritage in Tasmania?
We must all fight for the protection of Aboriginal Heritage before it’s too late.
Contact the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre on 1800 132 260 or visit www.tacinc.com.au
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!
THE TASMANIAN GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO DESTROY SIGNIFICANT ABORIGINAL SITE
We have set up a website dedicated to this campaign of protecting the indispensable Aboriginal Site at Brighton (Tasmania/ Australia).
The Lower Jordan River levee at Brighton holds the most extensive and best preserved evidence of human existence going back through 40,000 years ever found in Tasmania, and one of the oldest such places found in Australia.
The Tasmanian government intend to destroy the site with a highway and bridge. Works are already well advanced.
We are not opposing the road we just want the Government to find an alternative route.
Applications to have the Brighton Aboriginal site protected under both Federal and State laws were lodged on Tuesday 8th June, 2010 with Ministers Peter Garrett and David O’Byrne.
All the relevant information is on our website www.tacinc.com.au. We ask that you read and find the time to write to the State and Federal Ministers (or email david.obyrne@parliament.tas.gov.au, peter.garrett.mp@aph.gov.au) to support our application to protect this site.
Please help the Tasmanian Aboriginal Community to save our culture, heritage and support this extremely important campaign! Can you please forward on.
