Person: Uncle BJ Cruse
BJ (Benjamin) Cruse is a Monaroo and Yuin Elder. BJ has been politically active since 1966 and is the chairperson of the Eden Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) for 41 years. BJ is passionate about reparations and recompense and caring for Country and Mother Earth. Through his activism BJ has been invited multiple times to speak at the United Nations about the Australian Government’s breach of human rights and has published works as a writer for IndigenousX, The Network for Business Sustainability and Overland Literary Journal.
Extermination Policies
BJ Cruse talks about past Australian Government policies that enabled the massacres of Aboriginal People….
The Voice to Parliament
BJ Cruse talks about the Voice to Parliament and the Department of Aboriginal Affairs….
Identity and Belonging
BJ Cruse talks about his perspective on Aboriginal identity and belonging….
Uncle Jack Patten
BJ Cruse talks about Uncle Chicka Dixon and Uncle Jack Patten and their role in establishing the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association (AAPA)….
Institutional Child Abuse
BJ Cruse talks about institutional child abuse and shares a personal story about his experience….
Invasion Day / Survival DayAustralia Day
BJ Cruse talks about Invasion Day/Australia Day sharing his thoughts about January 26….
