Submissions Library

Nicole Coles is a non-Indigenous person from the privileged colonial majority. In this submission, she reflects on her upbringing in ignorance of the true history of the invasion of the Australian continent, her efforts to support Aboriginal Australians, and the importance of learning from the original inhabitants.

This submission calls for Yoorrook to publish the record of the story of William Buckley.

* The Reminiscences of James ‘William’ Buckley can be found on page 24 of a submission from James Gordon Barrett.

Dr Katrina Kell, a researcher, author and fourth-generation matrilineal descendant of Captain James Liddell, who brought Edward Henty to Gunditjmara Country in November 1834 on board ‘the Thistle’, leading to the first permanent European settlement in what would become the State of Victoria. This submission is part of her evidence presented at Yoorrooks Descendants Day hearing.

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.

In this submission, Charles Jackson aims to bring to light the presence of past Gulidjan peoples buried at Warncoort Cemetery, including its connection to the Bunting Dale Mission and the Indigenous history of the Colac Gulidjan tribe.

This submission is an essay by Grenville Henty Silvester detailing his account of the history of the Henty family in the Western District of Victoria. It aims to address claims made against the true history in the Western District of Victoria.

This submission provides historical “Previous History of -” documentation.

This submission was made by a group of 57 staff and students from La Trobe University.

The submission proposes that La Trobe University be renamed due to Charles La Trobe’s role in Victoria’s colonisation, and that doing this would align with comments made by Yoorrook’s Chair, Professor Eleanor Bourke and Premier Jacinta Allan in terms of the importance of understanding history from a First Nations perspective.