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M O N U M E N T

 

The idea of erecting a monument in Sydney to commemorate the Aborigines

originated in the year 2000. After several months of preparatory work,

the society  a r t a l f a   e. V. was founded.

This organization's goal, among others,

is to conduct this pioneering project.

 

We are aware that building monuments has not played any significant role

in the Aboriginal culture and tradition, and certainly is more of a European way

of expressing memory and praise. We know, however, that the Aborigines

recognize and celebrate similar sculptural forms which are present

in their history in the form of monuments created by nature

(e.g., rock arrangements, monoliths, grottos).

 

The monument, therefore, should be a symbolic gift offered

to the Aborigines on behalf of the descendants of our civilization,

which harmed their sovereignty, as an apologetic gesture for wrongs committed,

and as a sign of respect and reverence for the representatives of this,

one of the oldest cultures in the world.

 

According to Charles Perkins (one of the most prominent Aborigines),

the indigenous population of Australia expects not only moral acceptance

but also an official appeal for forgiveness.

Senator Allan Rigdeway (also an Aborigine) said: "

the official apology by the state cannot be uttered in anger and prompted

by the sense of moral duty, since this would have only inflated

the unnecessary victim complex.

The Australian society cannot negate the past and must,

first of all, accept the truth. The much belated public request for forgiveness

by white Australians should be a legally valid and irrevocable act."

 

a r t a l f a   e. V. is of the opinion that the crowning achievement  of this act

will be the construction of a monument to the Aborigines in the centre of Sydney.

 

Presently, in front of the Australian Parliament Building in Canberra

there is a monument commemorating the Australian soldiers

killed during the wars in Korea and Vietnam.

However, there is no monument in Australia commemorating

the memory of the murdered indigenous population of Australia - the Aborigines.

 

a r t a l f a   e. V.'s current work focuses on the idea of creating

a large-scale monument in the shape of didgeridoo

- a traditional Aboriginal instrument.

 

We will provide updates about the progress of the monument project on our website.