Gunnedah South Public School First Fleet protest on 2 June 2011

19-May-2011 | News-Press Release

 

A protest action in support of the First Fleet has been called in Gunnedah, NSW for 2 June 2011. The protest is to be outside Gunnedah South Public School at 12 pm where a petition signing will take place.

The demonstration has been called in response to the principal Emma Jeffery refusing to accept a gift from the Morris family of a print of Algernon Talmadge's "The Founding of Australia" which depicts the raising of the Union Jack at Sydney Cove by Captain Arthur Phillip on 26 January 1788.

Convenor Nigel Morris says his family have been attending the school since it first opened; his name and that of his 3 aunts, his father and two brothers are all engraved in commemorative pavers that were laid for the instituition's 50th anniversary. He says his great great grandfather Fredrick Hunt was born in the town in 1873, and that two roads in the area carry the name of his people.

"To tell me they can't accept our gift because the frame carries a plaque with the name the artist ascribed to his work is right out of this world".

Mr Morris says he will seek a message of support from the local state MP Kevin Anderson.

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