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A brutal period in Victoriaâs history is set to be retold as part of the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission, the state governmentâs truth-telling inquiry into the wrongs committed against Aboriginal people after white settlement.
One of the most difficult of these truths to confront will be the wave of slaughter unleashed in the mid-1800s, when Indigenous people were massacred by white pastoralists and explorers across the stateâs frontiers.
Robert Lowe wants to tell his family story of an Aboriginal massacre in Victoriaâs west.
Credit:Nicole Cleary
Lyndall Ryan, from the University of Newcastleâs Centre for the History of Violence, has spent years researching the widespread killing of Aboriginal people by colonisers.
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Australia is generally known for the Great Barrier Reef, the Sydney Opera House, and the diverse species of the outback. However, the continent’s encapsulating history is as dark as it is captivating. Australia’s story is one of blood and violence.
With its famous past as a penal colony, the Australia of old was not for the faint of heart. Bushrangers and con men alike ravaged the continent, committing unspeakable acts. The following list examines ten seemingly forgotten 19th-century massacres and mass murders that riveted both the headlines of Australia as well as the world stage.
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