Marguerita Stephens

Marguerita Stephens shares her experience working as a historian at the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages (VACL) and collaborating on a book about the impact of colonisation on the Kulin people. She highlights the courage and survival of the First People of Naarm amidst gross abuse and inhumanity. She criticises the lack of First Peoples’ history in her 1960s education and advocates for the Treaty process, the Yoorook Commission, and incorporating First Peoples’ history into the school curriculum. She emphasises the importance of listening and addressing ongoing prejudices and injustices.