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About Me

Whaddayow! Welcome! I am a Kitja woman and I come from a place called Margaret River station here in the Kimberley. I was taken away from my mother as a little girl and never met my family again until I was older. A lot of people say that this did not happen or that it was for our own good. What good was that I ask... I am also called the Big Black Queen of the Kimberley and I am the closest thing to Royalty in the country as I am the unofficial Queen of Australia and the Queen of the people of the Kimberley. We are all one people living in this country we call home. But we must respect our Indigenous people and all other ethnic groups that make up our country. Australia is like combination fried rice, all mixed up but plenty of flavour. Whaddayow. I choose to wear the colours of my home the Broome area where the ground is fire red and the sea is blue. Broome belongs to the Yawuru people, this is their country. I support and will stay with these colours as these colours make up a balance between me a living energy (with no batteries hey heyyyyyyy) and nature itself, the earth. A connection we must all make with our mother the earth, the land. I also only wear thongs as they are comfortable and reflective of Kimberley casual dress code. Around my neck I wear native nuts and beads as a necklace as I am continually surrounded by nuts so if you can't beat them, may as well join them. Some people see me as a big mamma but I am really your favourite aunty and share with you all my views and fun that make us all laugh. I believe that laughter is a healing tool and if we all had a good laugh from the bottom of our hearts to the bottom of our bottoms, we would be healed by positive energy. This is a evolving website, like mankind.

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My Interests

My dream is for recognition and reconciliation by Australia for our Indigenous people and also the recognition that Australia was built by multi-cultural people. There is a greater energy, spirit that is at work in the world around us and we must identify and learn to live with this.

I'd like to meet:

Get your scroller sign at YourCoolProfile.com!During 2007 my producer, Mark Bin Bakar, won the NAIDOC Aboriginal person of the year- which is the 'gold Logie' for our Mob. He also was announced as West Australian of the Year. I have put some of his speeches on my blog section for you to read (if you want). He is my little sweetie!

Books:

What is the Goss about me:- 1. Continuing touring upon demand with or without my band the G-Spots; 2. Work towards a new TV show; 3. Recording a new album; 4. Write a feature Mary G movie; 5. Build up my merchandising; 6. Promote well being among our people.

My Blog

Stolen Generations listed as genocide

THE forced removal of children from Aboriginal families has been included in an international compilation of genocide events. Paul Bartrop, who co-authored The Dictionary of Genocide with US scholar S...
Posted by Mary G on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:21:00 PST

Rudd says Sorry

On February 13, 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's apology motion was passed in the Australian Parliament. In part he said: "The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia's histor...
Posted by Mary G on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:57:00 PST

Mythbusters: ten sorry excuses exploded

From Crikey.com.au Feb 1 2008Editor of The National Indigenous Times Chris Graham writes:There's nothing like a little 'sorry' debate to get white Australia all red and puffy. Here's a punter's guide ...
Posted by Mary G on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:36:00 PST

Rudd to say sorry; but what about compensation?

THE QUESTION OF COMPENSATIONRecommendations 3, 4, 14, 15, 16 a and b, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 41 of Bringing Them Home address the issue of reparation, including the establishment of a formal compensation ...
Posted by Mary G on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:03:00 PST

TOURISM OR TERRORISM

There was a national Indigenous toursim conference in Broome in WA in October. I performed at it and my producer, Mark, gave the following keynote address."TOURISM OR TERRORISM"By ©Mark Bin Bakar 200...
Posted by Mary G on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:46:00 PST

SORRY DAY 2007

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo My producer, Mr Mark Bin Bakar, was invited to give a speech in the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra for Sorry Day this year. He asked...
Posted by Mary G on Thu, 24 May 2007 09:36:00 PST

Mark Bin Bakar wins national NAIDOC AWARD

NAIDOC is done and dusted for another year. There were lots of terrific events right around the country.I spent NAIDOC week in Darwin this year. Among other things, I MCed the concert on Saturday ni...
Posted by Mary G on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:52:00 PST

Speech on Education and Child Removal

That 'Mark Bin Bakar' fella, he gave a speech at an education conference in Alice Springs last week. It is a boss speech and he asked me to post it on here for him again; I don't know why he c...
Posted by Mary G on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:16:00 PST

Alan Carpenter and me!

The current Premier of Western Australia - met with me in 2003 and I think he needs to declare that in the Parliament - because I am the Queen of the Kimberley!!Alan Carpenter, Indigenous Affairs Mini...
Posted by Mary G on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:20:00 PST