Kevin Waters is the last surviving Gomeroi man born at the Old Toomelah Aboriginal mission near the NSW-Queensland border. His life's purpose now is to ensure his family remains connected to a culture they were once forced to forget.
The 1937 manifesto of the New South Wales Aboriginal Progressive Association, which had sibling organisations in other states: 'We have no desire to go back to primitive conditions of the Stone Age. We ask you to teach our people to live in the Modern Age, as modern citizens' How times have changed!
With all the talk of “truth-telling” in Australia, some of it worthwhile and some clichéd, Kim Scott’s writing provides an invaluable entry point to a meaningful dialogue.
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