Vincent Peters

Ngurai Illum Wurrung man Uncle Vincent Peters acknowledges all his Aboriginal Ancestry as without them all he wouldn’t be here today.

His story is about the dispossession that occurred to every Aboriginal family, not only in Victoria but throughout Australia. In this submission, he speaks about the three dispossessions experienced by Aboriginal families, including his own: dispossession from the lands, the mission stations, and later, cultural dispossession. His submission includes the aid of photographs & slides sourced from museums, libraries, books and newspapers, and family photos, alongside 40kg of referenced evidence.