Submission – Nadia Rhook

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Summary

Dr. Nadia Rhook, a historian and poet, discusses her paternal ancestor, Matthew Rhook (1816-1903), and his history on Gunditjmara Country. She reflects on her family’s involvement in settler colonialism, acknowledging their complicity in the violent processes of dispossession. Dr. Rhook and her family express a shared pain of the history of invasion and a desire for justice and land back, stating, “To say that I am sorry for my ancestors’ role in colonising Country is never enough.”