{"id":8737,"date":"2016-10-19T15:42:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T07:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=8737"},"modified":"2016-10-20T15:47:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T07:47:02","slug":"australian-embassy-and-ccp-open-exhibit-and-book-launch-for-indigenous-peoples-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/10\/19\/australian-embassy-and-ccp-open-exhibit-and-book-launch-for-indigenous-peoples-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Embassy and CCP Open Exhibit and Book Launch for Indigenous People\u2019s Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Australian Embassy in partnership with the Cultural Center of the Philippines is hosting an exhibit from October 11 –\u00a023, 2016 in celebration of the Indigenous People\u2019s month.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The exhibit showcases a variety of photos from the book Re-Imagining Australia: Voices of Indigenous Australians of Filipino Descent<\/em>\u00a0written by Deborah Wall, a Filipino-Australian journalist and researcher who specialized in Aboriginal studies and oral history.<\/span><\/p>\n

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BOOK AUTHOR DEBORAH WALL as she explains the photo installation from her book to the night’s special guests<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Last October 18 (Tuesday), a reception held at the Bulwagang Carlos V. Francisco in CCP, was hosted by the Australian Ambassador Amanda Gorely and Cultural Center of the Philippines President Raul Sunico to showcase the exhibit and launch Ms. Wall\u2019s book.
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\n \u201cWe are pleased to host Deborah\u2019s exhibit and book launch in the Philippines which highlights the link of Indigenous Australians to their Filipino roots. This coincides with the celebration of the Indigenous people\u2019s Month of October, and our celebration of Australia\u2019s 70 years of diplomatic relationship with the Philippines,\u201d said Gorely.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR AMANDA GORELY<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Cultural Center of the Philippines President Raul Sunico also gave his welcoming remarks for the night. \u201cAs we celebrate our 70 years of our diplomatic relations, we also look forward to closer cultural ties and cultural collaborations between the two countries. I take this opportunity to congratulate the Author, Miss Deborah Wall for her wonderful book, and to thank Ambassador Gorley for co-producing this particular event, giving much needed importance in linking our two nations together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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CCP PRESIDENT RAUL SUNICO<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, the night wouldn\u2019t be complete without the much-awaited words from the author herself. Ms. Deborah Wall also claimed the stage as she explains, \u201cMy book, Re-Imagining Australia: Voices of Indigenous Australians of Filipino descent is my way of recognizing the voices of the pioneering work of Manila Men in Northern Australia. I hope that this book contributes to a deeper understanding of what it means to be both Australian and Filipino with our nation state.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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BOOK AUTHOR DEBORAH WALL<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Wall also introduced some of the indigenous Australian descendants, or in her words\u00a0\u201cang mga bagong dating na kababayan natin\u201d (our newly arrived countrymen), to say a few words.<\/span><\/p>\n

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KEVIN PUERTOLLANO<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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PETER SABATINO<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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JOSEPHINE DAVID-PETERO<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Kevin, Peter and Josephine\u2019 stories were included in Wall\u2019s book.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The book recounts the story of the \u201cManila Men,\u201d the first migrant Filipinos to northern Australia in the late 1800s working in the pearling industry. A large number of indigenous Australians are descendants of these Manila Men. Some of these Australians are narrators of the book and have accompanied Wall to the Philippines to trace their Filipino ancestry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wall\u2019s book and the visit of the Australian descendants of Manila Men represent the historical links and deep people-to-people ties tgat we celebrate as part of the 70th anniversary of Philippines-Australia relations.<\/span><\/p>\n

For updates on the #First70Years celebration, visit www.philippines.embassy.gov.au<\/a>, like Australia in The Philippines<\/a> on Facebook, and follow the Australian Ambassador on Twitter at @Ausambph<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Australian Embassy in partnership with the Cultural Center of the Philippines is hosting an exhibit from October 11 –\u00a023, 2016 in celebration of the Indigenous People\u2019s month. The exhibit showcases a variety of photos from the book Re-Imagining Australia: Voices of Indigenous Australians of Filipino Descent\u00a0written by Deborah Wall, a Filipino-Australian journalist and researcher who specialized in Aboriginal studies and oral history. BOOK AUTHOR DEBORAH WALL as she explains the photo installation from her book to the night’s special guests Last October 18 (Tuesday), a reception held at the Bulwagang Carlos V. Francisco in CCP, was hosted by the Australian Ambassador Amanda Gorely and Cultural Center of the Philippines […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-launching-and-opening"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/10\/IMG_0283-e1476862898392.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8737"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8796,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8737\/revisions\/8796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}