Websites using Indigenous nations' names redirecting to conservative lobby group's home page

Joseph Guenzler
Joseph Guenzler Published July 4, 2024 at 4.30pm (AWST)

A string of websites using the names of Indigenous peoples and nations as their addresses were established in the lead up to the Voice referendum and direct to a conservative lobby-group's website.

About two months before last year's referendum, multiple Indigenous group names (primarily Queensland-based) were registered as domains. The domains redirect to the conservative lobby group Australia Advance's website.

The registered domains are as follows:

yirrganydji.com.au (Adrianne P Wishart - Wish Marine Pty Ltd)

- kukuyalanji.com (registered in QLD)

- luritja.com.au (Adrianne P Wishart - Wish Marine Pty Ltd)

- kukuyalanji.com.au (Adrianne P Wishart - Wish Marine Pty Ltd)

- pitjantjatjara.com.au (Adrianne P Wishart - Wish Marine Pty Ltd)

- kukuyalanji.net (registered in QLD)

- djabugay.com (registered in QLD)

- gubbigubbi.org (registered in QLD)

- yirrganydji.com (registered in QLD)

- gimuy-walubarrayidi.com.au (Adrianne P Wishart - Wish Marine Pty Ltd)

- kukuyalanji.org (registered in QLD)

- yidinji.com.au (Adrianne P Wishart - Wish Marine Pty Ltd)

- gunggandji.com (registered in QLD)

- yugumbeh.com.au (Adrianne P Wishart - Wish Marine Pty Ltd)

- butchulla.org (registered in QLD)

- arrernte.com.au (Adrianne P Wishart - Wish Marine Pty Ltd)

Adrianne P Wishart is the Director of Wish Marine Pty Ltd, according to her LinkedIn profile.

The list of websites in question which all redirect to Advance Australia's website. (Image: NIT)

All of the domains were registered around August 2023 and were updated in June and July this year.

National Indigenous Times has contacted Advance Australia and Adrianne P. Wishart for comment.

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