Past Events

In memory of Uncle Lyall Munro Snr. The family instead of flowers is asking people to consider a donation to Friends of Myall Creek.

The Friends of Myall Creek Memorial thank you for your interest and support as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Memorial, dedicated in 2000 to the memory of the 28 Wirrayaraay people murdered at Myall Creek on the 10th June 1838.

The Myall Creek Memorial 20th Anniversary Weekend has been deferred to next year in light of the corona virus pandemic. We are consulting with our elders and working on a possible online program to take place for this year in June.

After consultation with our Elders, the decision has been made to cancel the 2020 Myall Creek Memorial due to the Coronavirus emergency. This years Thoughts ‘n’ Dreams competition will proceed, accepting digital entries only. The Friends of Myall Creek Committee invite all school children from years K to 12 to participate in the 12th annual … Read moreThoughts ‘N’ Dreams Goes Digital

The Friends of Myall Creek Memorial thank the University of New England for their generous sponsorship of the 2019 June ceremony.

Genocides happen because people forget.

I am honoured to have been asked by the Friends of Myall Creek Memorial, to be today’s guest speaker. Back in 2009 I was awarded the Visiting Fellowship at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. In order to do further research on massacres in northern NSW and across Queensland and into the Northern Territory, I drove the two and half thousand kilometres from Cairns to check out the ‘lie of the land’ and photograph massacre sites, and I paused here, at Myall Creek on my journey south.