Jim Everett puralia meenamatta has reclaimed the proposed Macquarie Point stadium site in Hobart, citing the disregard for Palawa heritage and the adjacent Cenotaph by the AFL and the government coalition.
Media release – Bob Brown Foundation, 20 November 2025
Palawa Elder Jim Everett puralia meenamatta reclaims proposed stadium site at Macquarie Point
“Due to the obvious dismissal of Palawa community interests in Palawa heritage at Macquarie Point by the AFL and Liberal-Labor coalition government, and their outrageous disregard for the cenotaph marking the war efforts of men and women, including Pakana/Palawa in WW1 and WW2, I am reclaiming Macquarie Point to highlight the disrespect being shown to build a very expensive football stadium that will destroy the ethos of place,” said Jim Everett-puralia meenamatta.
Everett says: “John Bowen raised the English flag at Risdon Cove in 1803 and claimed this gave ownership of Tasmania to Britain, therefore if raising a flag is all it takes to claim our land back I am doing the same to protect Macquarie Point and show respect to what the cenotaph means.
“This proposed footy stadium, so large it just fits in the land there, it will increase traffic congestion and lower the meaning of the aboriginal heritage there and disrespect the cenotaph as if it is just an image and it will be forgotten as a symbol of peace.”
The stadium would be a blight on Aboriginal heritage, on our veteran’s heritage (the Cenotaph) and on the colonial heritage of Sullivan’s Cove”.
“The AFL has a very poor history in its dealings with Aboriginals, and here it is showing direct disrespect to our aboriginal heritage and amazingly disregarding its an Australian war memorial at Macquarie Point,” said Jim Everett-puralia meenamatta.
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