[www-features] Gary Meyerhoff, Darwin and Perth activist passes away

[Shayne O'Neill]

Hehe Boud, Even I'm not entirely sure where Kingsley is. Its a nutty 
liddle subburb "East of bumblefuck" (as the local saying goes).

Can someone put this up as Im at work.

On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, boud wrote:

> hi shayne, www-features,
>
> (1) i think the best possible link to add would be to gary's own blog:
>
> http://garywmeyerhoff.blogspot.com/
>
> and list of media interviews:
>
> http://garywmeyerhoffmedia.blogspot.com/
>
> (2) Not everybody in the world knows where WA is. People in the US
> think that's where Seattle is. And people elsewhere could simply get
> confused. Let's not get oceanio-centric.
>
> i suggest adding this for Kingsley:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsley%2C_Western_Australia
>
> i put everything together below (i also removed one copy of the doubly
> pasted first two sentences).
>
> solidarity
> boud
>
>
>
> <p>
> TITLE: "Gary Meyerhoff, Darwin and Perth Activist, passes away"
> </p>
>
> <p>
> IMAGE: http://perth.indymedia.org/storyuploads/33423/garymeyerhoff.jpg
> </p>
>
>
> ABSTRACT:
> <p>
> Anti-racism and anti-Drug War activist Gary
> Meyerhoff died on 8 Oct 2006 at age 31 from HIV/AIDS related
> complications. His funeral was held in Western Australia at Pinaroo Gardens,
> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsley%2C_Western_Australia">Kingsley</a>
> on
> 11 Oct 2006. </p>
> <p>
> Gaz was diagnosed HIV+ at age 19.</p>
> <p>
> Meyerhoff was probably most famous for his 2002 invasion of the NT
> Parliament along with 10 other NAPNT activists to protest 'drug house'
> legislation.</p>
> <p>
> Meyerhoff also participated in and coordinated 'Smoke-Ins' at Raintree
> Park in Darwin. Trial for charges related to repeated arrests at the
> Smoke-Ins had been deferred due to Meyerhoff having a bout with pneumonia,
> but were still pending when Meyerhoff died.</p>
> <p>
> Meyerhoff was long associated with the anti-Aboriginal-racism group PARIAH
> (People Against Racism In Aboriginal Homelands), famous for sqauatting the
> Country Liberal Party's name for their website:</p>
> <p>
> <a href="http://www.country-liberal-party.com">http://www.country-liberal-party.com/</a></p>
> <p>
> Gaz was a noisy irritant to his political foes, but a caring soul to all
> his mates.</p>
> <p>
> Love Gary or hate him - you definitely couldn't ignore him.
> </p>
>
> <p><strong>LINKS:</strong>
> <a href="http://garywmeyerhoff.blogspot.com/">Gary's blog</a> |
> <a href="http://garywmeyerhoffmedia.blogspot.com/">media interviews</a> |
> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Against_Prohibition">Network
> Against Prohibition Northern Territory</a>
> <br />
> </p>
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