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‘My ancestors are with us’: The Yorta Yorta’s fight to restore a pocket of country We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss ‘My ancestors are with us’: The Yorta Yorta’s fight to restore a pocket of country Is it possible to simultaneously protect a 160-year Anglo-Celtic history and the (at least) 65,000-year-old Aboriginal culture when the two clash? Yorta Yorta woman Monica Morgan is fighting for her country’s “heartland”, the Barmah National Park. Credit:Justin McManus Normal text size Very large text size It’s a frigid April afternoon, and Yorta Yorta woman Monica Morgan is walking along the shores of the Barmah Lake, emotions running deep. She’s pointing towards an Indigenous massacre site where 26 of her ancestors were brutally killed by colonial troopers, when an ancient river red gum sounds out an alarming creak as a wind squall catches it branches.

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