{"id":80,"date":"2018-01-24T13:05:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T02:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anneskyvingtonblog.wordpress.com\/?p=80"},"modified":"2024-03-09T09:38:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T22:38:35","slug":"moree-insistent-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anneskyvington.com.au\/moree-insistent-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"Moree and Insistent Voices"},"content":{"rendered":"
Moree, with a population of about 8,000, is situated in the north-west of NSW<\/a> on the Mehi River<\/a> and at the junction of the Gwydir and Newell Highways. It is famous for its Artesian Spa waters, which were discovered accidentally in 1895 when a bore was sunk in search of irrigation waters. Instead, mineral water heated naturally to 45 degrees spurted upwards flooding the area. For years I had wanted to return to this town, so loved by my father.<\/p>\n This time it will be different. I am an adult. It is 2009. The baths are in the same place, but housed in a brick building instead of the original timber one. The waters are still hot (35 and 40+ degrees) and soothe the tired traveller from the city.<\/p>\n I notice that the Aboriginal citizens seem to be integrated somewhat into the community, and I remember the Freedom Ride<\/a> in 1965 when Charles Perkins<\/a> and other students from the University of Sydney<\/a>, where I was studying at the time, took a bus to Moree and shamed the town for its racism. Aborigines were barred from swimming in the thermal pools. I am glad to see that this blatant discrimination is no longer so evident.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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