-----Original Message----- From: Pyrton Sacred Land (by way of Peter Mayer) [mailto:pyrton at hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 9:36 AM To: lyew at arts.adelaide.edu.au; bmahoney at arts.adelaide.edu.au; jping at arts.adelaide.edu.au; jtonkin at arts.adelaide.edu.au; kheneker at arts.adelaide.edu.au; mkenny at arts.adelaide.edu.au; mneddine at arts.adelaide.edu.au; nlehane at arts.adelaide.edu.au; rwilson at arts.adelaide.edu.au; vreynold at arts.adelaide.edu.au; igoodwin at arts.adelaide.edu.au; sjenkins at arts.adelaide.edu.au; jennifer.bonham at unisa.edu.au; benito.cao at student.adelaide.edu.au; spalmer at arts.adelaide.edu.au; wwang at arts.adelaide.edu.au; sally-ann.rowland at student.adelaide.edu.au; dominic.stefanson at student.adelaide.edu.au; ua931349 at student.adelaide.edu.au; sanjugta.vasdev at flinders.edu.au; pahluwal at arts.adelaide.edu.au; cbacchi at arts.adelaide.edu.au; cbeasley at arts.adelaide.edu.au; pcorcora at arts.adelaide.edu.au; cjohnson at arts.adelaide.edu.au; cmacinty at arts.adelaide.edu.au; pmayer at arts.adelaide.edu.au; gmccarth at arts.adelaide.edu.au; pnursey-bray at arts.adelaide.edu.au; fpatrike at arts.adelaide.edu.au; jrobbins at arts.adelaide.edu.au; vspencer at arts.adelaide.edu.au; jstock at arts.adelaide.edu.au; dougmc at arts.adelaide.edu.au; Tahereh Ziaian; alice.bignall at student.adelaide.edu.au; Garry Cooper; zoe.gill at student.adelaide.edu.au; anika.johnstone at student.adelaide.edu.au; Terence Lee; jonathon.louth at student.adelaide.edu.au; Wayne McCallum; David Olney; Paul Tsoundarou Subject: WA develops prison on Indigenous Sacred Site
24/7/00
Dear friends of Social Justice and the Reconciliation Process, The Swan Valley Nyungahs and the wider Bassendean Community need your urgent support to stop the W.A. Government desecrating one of the most important indigenous sites of significance in the Perth Metropolitan area.
Plans for a prison where the Bennett Brook meets the Swan river and on land adjacent to the Swan Valley Nyungah Community have led us to appeal under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protection Act of 1984 for protection of the site know as Pyrton.
Perth lawyer Peter Marks was appointed by Federal Heritage Minister Robert Hill to investigate and report on the Pyrton prison proposal and his findings were clear.
Yes, the Pyrton Site is significant. Yes, it should be protected. Yes, a prison would be a desecration. Yes, there is no avenue for protection under W.A. state law. & Yes, the Minister (Hill) should make a declaration to protect the Pyrton Site using his powers under the Commonwealth Act.
See Web site for relevant Federal Government press release. http://environment.gov.au/minister/env/2000/mr30jun400.html
Please let the Federal Government know that you are watching them on this issue. Mr Hill has received many calls for action but he continues to defer this most important decision. The WA Ministry of Justice has only agreed to stop work on the proposed prison until Friday, July 28.
Please take the time to e-mail Senator's office at lucinda.schmidt at ea.gov.au
or phone his office at 02 62777640 to demonstrate at this unprecedented action to site a prison on a registered Aboriginal site of significance. If you wouldn't mind, please CC you email to: pyrton at hotmail.com , senator.ridgeway at aph.gov.au , senator.herron at aph.gov.au , senator.brown at aph.gov.au , senator.faulkner at aph.gov.au , senator.harradine at aph.gov.au , senator.stottdespoja at aph.gov.au , senator.lees at aph.gov.au , Kim.Beazley.MP at aph.gov.au , Stephen.Smith.MP at aph.gov.au , John.Anderson.MP at aph.gov.au
Spread the news of this situation far and wide.
Thankyou. For more information call the Swan Valley Nyungah Community: 08 93773550 Or Pyrton Action Group: 08 92796781
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