midday 1pm live on 3CR www.3cr.org.au the Tunnerminawait and Maulboyheener commemoration from Bowen lane outside RMIT today Jan 20th 2010

THE OTHER - REAL - CLANCY

by Mungo MacCallum (based on Clancy of the Overflow poem)

He was poisoning the water when he chanced upon a slaughter So he joined in patriotically to massacre and rape And he sees the vision splendid of the native problem ended And a land made safe for cattle from Tasmania to the cape

In my genocidal fancy visions come to me of Clancy With a Gin across his saddle and her children in pursuit As he leaves behind their crying he tots up the dead and dying As he calculates his bounty and gets ready for a root

With commendable persistence Clancy follows the resistance And you’ll find him in the rearguard with the priests and their Te Deums While the troopers do the shooting Clancy rides behind them looting

There’s tjuringas for collectors and some heads for the museums And when he meets Jacky Clancy sometimes offers baccy And many other presents to improve the shining hour When his cobbers call him silly he just smiles and boils his billy

LEST WE FORGET - JOIN US to commemorate the 168th Anniversary of the Execution of the two Freedom Fighters Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheenner executed 20th January 1842 at the site the exeuction took place

cnr Bowen & Franklin St. Melbourne.

12.00pm to 1.00pm

Wednesday 20th January 2010

The commemoration will be broadcast live 12.00pm-1.00pm on Community Radio 3CR - 855 on the AM dial and streaming live on www.3cr.org.au

The microphone will be opened to the people attending the commemoration to air their views after the guest speakers have spoken.

Guest speakers will be asked to speak for four minutes. People from the audience will be asked to limit their responses to 2 minutes each, to give as many people as possible the opportunity to air their views.