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Don Richardson wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> If any subscribers have information on upcoming conferences, please send
> me your announcement information.  If you do not have a web site for a
> particular conference, I would be happy to set one up for you via
> Devmedia Links!  Just send me an email message describing the conference
> and email contact addresses.  I'll make a quick web site, put it up on
> Devmedia Links! and send you the URL to include with your conference
> information.
>
> Devmedia Links! can be found at:
> http://tdg.uoguelph.ca/~drichard/devmedia/
>
> Cheers,
> Don Richardson


Dear Don,

I saw the above posting and thought I would drop you a line to see if it
is appropiate to post a message to journalist and members of the
newsgroup to let them know about our organisations 'HOMECOMING TRIP
1997' we are putting together to visit the Banban's beloved homeland -
Banaba, previously known as Ocean Island.

The trip is a non-profit project and a very historical one where
Banaban's now living on Rabi Island in Fiji will travel with us back to
their homeland.  We are offering scientist and media people a chance to
travel with us and either carry out testing or report on our journey to
what is now considered one of the remotest islands in the Pacific, and a
place that has suffered great destruction all in the name of man's
greed.  Between 1900 and 1980 - Banaba was considered one of the richest
islands in the world, and has seen the indeginious inhabitants left in
poverty.

Our trip will leave from Lautoka in Fiji at the end of June, and visit
Rabi Island  with a 2 day stopover, back to Suva for Immigration and
customs formalities, then up to Funafuti, Tuvalu for another 2 day stop
over and party, then on to Tarawa in Kiribati.  We actually arrive in
Tarawa in time for the Kiribati Independance celebrations and our 25
Banaban dancers will be preforming on a special program that is being
organised for our visit. After another 2 day stop over we sail on to
Banaba were we get dropped off for 7 days.

We get picked up and sail on to Nauru where about half of our contingent
will fly back home, the others have decided to travel all the way back
to Fiji, and we will also be including a stopover at Rotuma (another
closed island community) on the way back to Suva and Rabi Island.  Rabi
and Banaba Islands are also closed community's.

Much more information on the trip can be found on our Web page at -
http://www.ion.com.au/~banaban/
and by going through to the main NOTICE BOARD and clicking on the
UPCOMING EVENTS button.  More information is being updated as we get
closer to the dates.  At this stage only 70 "On Deck" tickets remain
available for the trip.


Please let me know if it is OK to post a message on the network, as I
don't want to offend members if you don't think the subject is suitable.

Kind regards,
Stacey King
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Stacey King - Secretary                      mailto:banaban@ion.com.au
Banaban Heritage Society Inc.           http://www.ion.com.au/~banaban
PO Box 536, Mudgeeraba                            Phone: 61-755-305298
Queensland 4213 Australia                           Fax: 61-755-305298
*A non-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation of Banaban
        Culture and bettering the lives of the Banaban people.*
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