violation of natural law - we want our emu and kangaroo back




..Queen of England ... . . . . ... 3 DECEMBER, 2001

Prime Minister John Howard ....................Governor General of Australia

VIOLATION OF NATURAL LAW – WE WANT OUR EMU AND KANGAROO BACK

I demand that you, the Queen of the Commonwealth, order your representatives in Australia, the Prime Minister John Howard and the Governor General, to remove from further use the sacred images of the kangaroo and the emu used in your coat of arms. Our sacred animals have been displayed publicly in a number of your colonial institutions, and are used in a manner that is both offensive and oppressive to Aboriginal peoples.

In spirit and in law Aboriginal peoples retain sovereignty over the lands of our old people, for we have never consented to your imposed invasion and assumed sovereignty over our lands and our culture and laws.

We have never consented to the theft and use of our sacred emu and kangaroo. Just as you have stolen our lands and violated our sacred laws, you have also stolen our sacred images, to support your colonising enterprise.

Government officials in their capacity as police officers, court officials and parliamentarians, have acted with your official sanction in displaying publicly the emu and kangaroo. These government agencies have worked towards our dispossession and genocide. You have given permission and therefore sanctioned the use of our most sacred cultural beliefs for the purpose of implementing genocidal policies, imprisonment of Aboriginal peoples, and our torture and death whilst detained in police custody.

We demand that you order the removal of our sacred images from further use by your representative colonial agents in Australia immediately. Respect our laws and culture.



CONTACT : ...KEVIN BUZZACOTT ....0401 835 053