As Australia Day dawns, Ballarat s Survival Day ceremony honours the fallen warriors of frontier wars
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Aunty Diana Nikkelson stands strong and proud at Ballarat s 2020 Survival Day event.
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Ask Nikki Foy about regional Victoria s inaugural Survival Day dawn ceremony last year and she will tell you about an image she has carried with her every day since. As it drew to a close, the fog lifted, Ms Foy said. I can remember seeing this beautiful woman standing there in a possum-skin cloak.
The woman in the cloak was her mother, Aunty Diana Nikkelson who, decades ago, had successfully fought to prevent her nine children from being taken away by the government.