PART 1
Palestine Solidarity Photographic Archive
This photographic archive documents Palestine and Lebanon solidarity activity in Brisbane/Meanjin. Photographs are drawn from the Workers BushTelegraph archive. Captions identify people and photographers where that information is available in the original reports.
2026
28 July 2026 — Justice for Palestine High Court challenge
Speakers Corner, Queensland Parliament, George Street
Read the Workers BushTelegraph report
4 May 2026 — May Day: Palestine solidarity contingent
Brisbane May Day march
Photo: Melissa Webster
Photo: Melissa Webster
Read the Workers BushTelegraph report
12 March 2026 — Students for Palestine
Speakers Corner, Queensland Parliament, George Street
Read the Workers BushTelegraph report
2025
24 August 2025 — March for Palestine Magan-djin
Queens Gardens → Brisbane CBD → Musgrave Park
Read the Workers BushTelegraph report
2024
24 March 2024 — Palm Sunday Rally
King George Square, Brisbane
Read the Workers BushTelegraph report
9 March 2024 — March of a Thousand Flags
Melbourne Street, South Brisbane
Read the Workers BushTelegraph report
2023
28 October 2023 — Ceasefire Now!
9 October 2023 — Palestinian flag action
Goodwill Bridge, Brisbane (Magan-djin)
Read the Workers BushTelegraph report
2 September 2023 — Opening of the Big Ride for Palestine Australia
Baladi Coffee Cart, Brisbane Corso, Yeronga — Brisbane/Meanjin
The seventh annual Big Ride for Palestine opened at the Baladi Coffee Cart at Yeronga. Riders completed a half-river loop before returning to the Palestine Fair Trade stall.
The Workers BushTelegraph photographic series includes Lachlan Hurse opening the ride; Omar Ashour, Remah Naji and John Prescott; and riders at Long Pocket during the opening Riverloop.
Photo credit for the Long Pocket photograph: Lachlan Hurse.
View the photographs and Workers BushTelegraph report
19 August 2023 — Palestine protest at ALP National Conference
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane
Justice for Palestine Meanjin joined protests surrounding the Australian Labor Party National Conference. Palestine solidarity organisations challenged Labor over recognition of Palestine, the IHRA definition, Israeli apartheid and support for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions.
View the Workers BushTelegraph report
2 April 2023 — Palestine solidarity at Tour de Brisbane
Brisbane/Meanjin
The original Workers BushTelegraph report contains a large gallery of photographs from the ride.
View the complete photographic gallery
9 March 2023 — Black / Palestine Solidarity Forum
Jagera Hall, Musgrave Park, South Brisbane
The Black–Palestine solidarity forum brought together discussion of First Nations and Palestinian struggles. It was organised by the Institute for Collaborative Race Research and Justice for Palestine Meanjin.
View the Workers BushTelegraph report
2022
26 September 2022 — Forty years of solidarity with Palestine in Brisbane
Workers BushTelegraph historical photographic retrospective
Workers BushTelegraph published an extensive photographic retrospective documenting four decades of Palestine solidarity in Brisbane/Meanjin. The article includes photographs of early demonstrations, union solidarity, Palestinian speakers and later Palestine campaigns.
It also records the development of the Big Ride for Palestine between 2017 and 2022 and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign organised by Justice for Palestine.
View the historical photographic gallery
2021
9 October 2021 — Big Ride for Palestine Grand Finale
Baladi Coffee Cart, Brisbane Corso, Yeronga
Around fifty supporters gathered for the finale of the fifth Big Ride for Palestine. Riders completed a 25-kilometre half-river loop while walkers travelled from Baladi toward Dutton Park Cemetery and returned.
Speakers included Omar Ashour from Falasteen Inc, Rosa from Justice for Palestine Meanjin and Wendy Turner from Labor Friends of Palestine.
View the Workers BushTelegraph photographic report
11 July 2021 — Big Ride for Palestine at Tour de Brisbane
Brisbane/Meanjin
Big Ride for Palestine riders completed the Tour de Brisbane Medio, an approximately 80-kilometre ride. Workers BushTelegraph published a gallery documenting the team’s preparation and participation.
15 May 2021 — Al Nakba Rally and March
King George Square → Brisbane CBD → Reddacliffe Place
More than 2,000 people joined one of Brisbane/Meanjin’s largest Palestine solidarity rallies of the period during the Palestinian uprising and Israeli assault on Gaza.
Justice for Palestine had successfully gone to court the preceding day to secure the right for the demonstration to march through Brisbane.
View the Workers BushTelegraph rally report
2020
2020 — Palestinian refugee solidarity: Dr Olfat Mahmoud
Brisbane/Meanjin and Beirut solidarity
Read the Workers BushTelegraph report
2019
31 August – 1 September 2019 — Big Ride for Palestine
Brisbane → Brunswick Heads
Twenty-five riders and eight supporters took part in the 2019 Big Ride for Palestine, travelling about 150–160 kilometres from Brisbane toward Brunswick Heads.
The ride raised almost $9,000 for Union Aid Abroad–APHEDA, partnering with the Ma’an Development Centre in Gaza on agriculture and food-security projects.
The original Workers BushTelegraph article contains a substantial photographic gallery by Lachlan Hurse.
View The Big Ride for Palestine 2019 in pictures
2019 — Al Nakba commemoration, King George Square
King George Square, Brisbane
Palestinian Nakba survivor Khalil Hamdan spoke about his family’s experience of forced displacement in 1948.
Workers BushTelegraph’s later photographic archive records Khalil holding a placard remembering Deir Yassin at the 2019 commemoration.
View the Workers BushTelegraph Palestine solidarity archive
2018
2018 — Dr Olfat Mahmoud at Trades Hall
Trades Hall, South Brisbane
View the Workers BushTelegraph historical account
2018 — Big Ride for Palestine
Brisbane → Byron Bay
Across three days, 22 riders cycled approximately 195 kilometres from Brisbane to Byron Bay in solidarity with Palestine.
The ride was part of the developing annual Big Ride for Palestine campaign and combined fundraising with public discussion about Palestine.
2017
28 May 2017 — Paddle for Palestine
Mullumbimby → Brunswick Heads, Bundjalung Country
Byron Friends of Palestine entered kayaks and other craft carrying messages drawing attention to Gaza and Palestine. Workers BushTelegraph published a photographic series from the event.
View the Paddle for Palestine photographic report
2016
29 July 2016 — BDS protest at Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce event
Brisbane
Palestine BDS activists challenged former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie over his participation in an Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce event, asking: “Which side are you on?”
Read the Workers BushTelegraph report
2015
15 May 2015 — Al Nakba Vigil and March
Brisbane/Meanjin
Justice for Palestine commemorated the Palestinian Nakba, marking the displacement of more than 750,000 Palestinians during the establishment of Israel in 1948.
A direct local event photograph from this particular WBT entry still needs to be positively identified before being inserted here.
2014
15 August 2014 — Brisbane Palestine Rally
Brisbane Square
The rally formed part of the Brisbane response to Israel’s 2014 assault on Gaza.
View the Workers BushTelegraph rally page
26 July 2014 — Boycott SodaStream walking tour
King George Square and Brisbane CBD
Justice for Palestine Brisbane organised a guided Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions walking tour of shops stocking SodaStream products associated with an Israeli settlement in occupied Palestine.
July 2014 — Gaza solidarity campaign
Brisbane/Meanjin
A series of rallies and actions took place in Brisbane during Israel’s July–August 2014 attack on Gaza.
Read the Workers BushTelegraph Gaza rally coverage
17 May 2014 — Commemorating Al Nakba: Celebrating Palestine
Brisbane/Meanjin
The 2014 Nakba commemoration featured Phil Monsour performing songs of exile and return and material concerning Palestinian refugees and the right of return.
2013
17 May 2013 — Remember Palestine: Al Nakba
King George Square, Brisbane
Justice for Palestine commemorated the Nakba with a rally in King George Square marking the expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland in 1948.
The event is verified in the Workers BushTelegraph archive. A direct photograph URL is still being located.
2012
2012 — Gaza solidarity and Palestine events
Workers BushTelegraph contains Palestine-related material from 2012, including Gaza solidarity broadcasts and the Palestinian Film Festival. A Brisbane event photograph has not yet been positively identified, so no photograph has been assigned here rather than risk misidentifying an image.
2011
27 August 2011 — Boycott Max Brenner / BDS protest, South Brisbane
Justice for Palestine organised a Brisbane BDS protest beginning near Merivale and Glenelg Streets and marching to the Max Brenner store at South Bank. The Workers BushTelegraph archive contains material associated with this campaign. Photographs are being checked individually so that images from Melbourne BDS demonstrations are not incorrectly catalogued as Brisbane photographs.
View the Workers BushTelegraph report
2010
August 2010 — Brisbane Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions action
Workers BushTelegraph records Palestine solidarity activists campaigning against the Israeli Dead Sea cosmetics company Seacret, including an action at Myer and a further BDS action on 14 August 2010. This entry is retained while the original full-resolution photograph address is being checked.
View the original 2010 BDS report
March 2010 — Palestinian Exhibition, Logan West Library
Read the Workers BushTelegraph report
2009
16–18 October 2009 — Palestinian Days Film Festival, University of Queensland
3 January 2009 — Free Palestine Rally, Queens Park, Brisbane
About 400 people gathered in Queens Park during Israel’s assault on Gaza. Workers BushTelegraph records a Welcome to Country by Aboriginal elder Bob Anderson and speeches by members of Brisbane’s Palestinian solidarity and union communities.
View the complete Workers BushTelegraph report and photographic series
2008
24 September 2008 — Direct action against Raytheon, Murrarie
Read the original Workers BushTelegraph report
2007
No Brisbane Palestine rally photograph has yet been positively identified in the Workers BushTelegraph material examined for 2007.
2006
26 August 2006 — Emergency Benefit for Lebanon and Palestine
View the Workers BushTelegraph archive entry
Archive source: Workers BushTelegraph
Street artwork in solidarity with Palestine — photograph to be added when the image URL is available.
Photo: Ian Curr
Gary MacLelland challenges Israeli war crimes in Gaza in 2009
Phil Monsour sings as tears wash away the sadness in the rain. Queens Park in 2009.
terrific photos, thank you Ian.