<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Banaban Vision]]></title><description><![CDATA[Banaban Vision Publications bringing the traditional knowledge, historical research, and collective stories of the Banabans to a worldwide audience.]]></description><link>https://www.banabanvision.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:58:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.banabanvision.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Kabunare's Amazing Story of Survival - Japanese Massacre Ocean Island WWII]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kabunare outside the cave where he hid Ocean Island 1945 (National Australia Archives) This story by Telefou Fiafia, was awarded 3rd place in the Banaban Literary Prize, 1994, called Te Karaki Nikawai (Stories of the Past).[1] His story told to him by his grandfather retells the story of Kabunare, the sole survivor of the 200 fishermen massacred by the Japanese on Ocean Island (Banaba), two days after the War in the Pacific ended. His evidence would be used in the War Crime trials that...]]></description><link>https://www.banabanvision.com/post/kabunare-s-amazing-story-of-survival-japanese-massacre-ocean-island-wwii</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6573ef0adb596b47e9848f4a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2023 05:36:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6db060_dba7643ec11c47188a0d9e197ab451b9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_679,h_460,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Stacey M. King</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Authors' Story behind Te Rii ni Banaba - Backbone of Banaba]]></title><description><![CDATA[To see them together they are obviously in love, a team, but, how on earth did they ever meet? This is the question they are asked often.]]></description><link>https://www.banabanvision.com/post/the-authors-story-behind-the-writing-of-te-rii-ni-banaba-backbone-of-banaba</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e2baa29d8a96f00182585c2</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 03:20:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/632548_b5cf4b276f4c43c7bcf0d23f54a69591~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_350,h_511,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Stacey M. King</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Food for Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[The price Banabans paid for Australia's prosperity as a wealthy farming nation.]]></description><link>https://www.banabanvision.com/post/food-for-thought</link><guid isPermaLink="false">618c6026d76c2e00169e46d0</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2021 00:28:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6db060_737b39c73fff4227829c80f88092ac0d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_713,h_724,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Stacey M. King</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winner Winton Outback Writers Festival 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA["Thanks Lucy! Just one day at a time ..." Winning Story - One Day at a Time; Thanks Lucy now available to read online In June 2021 at the...]]></description><link>https://www.banabanvision.com/post/winner-outback-writers-festival-2021-stacey-m-king</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60fcbfdf9d11bc00150ca8fe</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2021 06:18:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6db060_572e73967ca448c1b37196e269d9e8a6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_792,h_288,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Stacey M. King</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Arthur Mercer Mystery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why did Arthur ‘jump ship’ and stay behind on Banaba?  Did the Japanese execute him or did he try and escape only to perish at sea?]]></description><link>https://www.banabanvision.com/post/the-arthur-mercer-mystery</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5dafcb35ff844c001779f228</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2019 05:29:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6db060_ffc14b47496641d3968e46312724fe55~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_700,h_981,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Stacey M. King</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Escaping War on Ocean Island (Banaba)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The day Japan bombed Pearl Harbour they turned south-east to drop bombs on Ocean Island a few hours later... Ocean Island (Banaba) is a...]]></description><link>https://www.banabanvision.com/post/escaping-war-on-ocean-island-banaba</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d993ed686ca39001794f52f</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 01:41:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6db060_af06f8df3b7c42e1af4965b137317e02~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_400,h_296,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Stacey M. King</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Curious Banaban Dance: Te Karanga]]></title><description><![CDATA[Firsthand Account of Te Karanga - Spear Dance Ocean Island (Banaba) 1908 [1] by Arthur Mahaffy, British Colonial Official Arthur...]]></description><link>https://www.banabanvision.com/post/https-www-banaban-com-post-banaban-dance-te-karanga</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d99269a4ff35d0017dcdd85</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 00:22:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6db060_612dde3ccb334e328b42991f2d020faa~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Stacey M. King</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should Banabans Call Australia Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Phosphate is vitally important to Australia and as the phosphate from Ocean Island is urgently required now and will in future be...]]></description><link>https://www.banabanvision.com/post/should-banabans-call-australia-home</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d5a08f20c007c068f355cd7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2019 03:02:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6db060_a9810e9fb24d4171b31758d422bed003~mv2.gif/v1/fit/w_621,h_471,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Stacey M. King</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Banaba: The island Australia Ate]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the title of the recent podcast broadcast on Australia's ABC Radio National by Alice Moldovan. It's a concept that we have not...]]></description><link>https://www.banabanvision.com/post/banaba-the-island-australia-ate</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5cff27af797fd5001688c4f2</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2019 04:35:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/632548_c6da59c7a7b444e6994b36ffcaf8206d~mv2_d_2150_1210_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Stacey King</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>