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Elizabeth Balderstone is the current owner of a property in Gippsland on which the ‘Warrigal Creek’ massacre occurred in 1843. This submission is part of her evidence presented at Yoorrooks Descendants Day hearing.
Lindsay Hammond shares his journey of discovering his Aboriginal heritage and his family’s history. Lindsay emphasises that the government needs to start listening to and working with Aboriginal people to fix issues, and highlights the importance of white Australia being educated about Aboriginal culture and history.
This submission concerns two massacres, one at what is now called Maffra and another at Spring and Summer Hills, which occurred in 1843.
This submission is a research paper produced by the Historical Frontier Violence: Drivers, legacy and the role of truth-telling project. The aim is to support truth-telling by providing qualitative and quantitative evidence on the legacy of a specific aspect of colonisation, historical frontier violence.
In this submission, David McKenna outlines the historical massacres of the Gurnai Kurnai people in Gippsland by Angus McMillan in the 1840s and calls for the removal of monuments celebrating him.
This submission is made by Djuran Bunjilinee also known as Robert ‘Robbie’ Alan Thorpe. In this video submission from the Invasion Day rally, he discusses the importance of truth-telling, treaty, and education in addressing the injustices faced by Aboriginal people and correcting the narrative of Australia so that kids can learn the truths about the country they inhabit.
