How a 1930s killing at Uluru uncovers truth about our violent past
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By Jeff Sparrow
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The first film ever shot of Uluru was taken during the exhumation of an Indigenous man gunned down by a policeman. Itâs a reminder of the relationship between colonial violence and Australiaâs most iconic locales. In a sense, theyâre all crime scenes.
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