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Indigenous Freedom Fighters Commemorated
12 January 2010
On 20 January 1842 Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner - two Indigenous freedom fighters - were executed on the corner of Bowen and Franklin Streets in Melbourne. A quarter of Victoria's white population came in carnival mood to see the killings.
LEST WE FORGET.
Join us on Wednesday 20 January from 12 noon to 1pm to commemorate the execution of Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner and to call for the creation of a significant monument on the site they were executed. The commemoration will be broadcast live on 855AM, 20 January 12 noon to 1pm.
On 20 January 1842 Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner - two Indigenous freedom fighters - were executed on the corner of Bowen and Franklin Streets in Melbourne. A quarter of Victoria's white population came in carnival mood to see the killings. LEST WE FORGET.
Join us on Wednesday 20 January from 12 noon to 1pm to commemorate the execution of Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner and to call for the creation of a significant monument on the site they were executed. The commemoration will be broadcast live on 855AM, 20 January 12 noon to 1pm.
3CR is proud to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, traditional owners of the land from which we transmit people powered radio.
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