"There is no greater sorrow on earth than the loss of one's native land." - Euripides 431 B.C.
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Recent Essays and other Writing by Gary Foley
Gary Foley has written extensively on the Koori political struggle for more than 25 years. In recent years he has completed
his B.A. in History with First Class Honours at the University of Melbourne, and in currently completing a PhD at the univertisty's Australian Centre. Some of these recent essays and interviews reflect the interests he has pursued as a
mature age undergraduate. In the future a full compilation Foley's writings will be incorporated on this website.
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| 1.Duplicity and Deceit: Rudd's Apology to the Stolen Generations - December 2008 |
| 2.The Inevitable Collision between Politics and Indigenous Art - April 2005 |
| 3.The Road to Native Title: The Aboriginal Rights Movement and the ALP 1973 -1996 - July 2001 |
| 4. Black Power in Redfern 1968 - 1972 - November 2001 |
| 5. Native Title is Not Land Rights. - 1997 |
| 6. The Enlightenment, Imperialism, and the Evolution of Museums- 16th June 2000 |
| 7. ATSIC: Flaws in the Machine - 18th Dec. 1999 |
| 8. For Aboriginal sovereignty - A speech by Gary Foley - 1988 |
| 9. The Power of Whiteness - 1998 |
| 10. Reconciliation: Fact or Fiction? - 1999 |
| 11. Reflections on History - 9th June 2001 |
| 12. Australia and the Holocaust: A Koori Perspective - 1998 |
| 13. Whiteness & Blackness in the Koori Struggle for Self-Determination - 1999 |
| 14. Muddy Waters: Archie, Mudrooroo & Aboriginality - 9th June 2001 |
| 15. The SMH and Representation of the 1988 Bicentennial - 9th June 2001 |
| 16. Portrayal of the Concentration Camp Experience on Film - June 2001 |
| 17. Italian Fascism and Race - June 2001 |
| 18. J. Edgar Hoover and the American Civil Rights Movement - June 2001 |
| 19. Assimilating The Natives in the US and Australia 14th June 2000 |
| 20. Power, Politics & the Internet - May 2000 |
| 21. Koori Engagement With Television - 1999 |
| 22. The NAACP to Nation of Islam: A Study of Race Relations in the U.S.A. - 1999 |
| 23. Snake Tales - A Review of Roberta Sykes' Book - 1998 |
| 24. Race in American History - June 2001 |
| 25. Assimilating the Mabo-Jumbo Added 11th Feb 2000 |
| 26. The Pain of Faine Goes Mainly to my Brain - 1994 |
| 27. "Money and History" - Address to Pathways Conference, Toowoomba, QLD - 1999 |
| 28. "Land Rights Battle Should Include Freehold" - 1998 |
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