The dispute between enduring Aboriginal cultural heritage and a car rally shows how challenging genuine reconciliation will be as the Victorian government heads down the path to a treaty.
The dispute between enduring Aboriginal cultural heritage and a car rally shows how challenging genuine reconciliation will be as the Victorian government heads down the path to a treaty.
The dispute between enduring Aboriginal cultural heritage and a car rally shows how challenging genuine reconciliation will be as the Victorian government heads down the path to a treaty.
Truth-telling paves the way to a brighter future
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Ian HammChairman of the First Nations Foundation
May 16, 2021 â 5.30am
May 16, 2021 â 5.30am
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If Victoriaâs story is a book, then there is a whole chapter which is the Indigenous experience â the full story of which has never been told. But the recent launch of Victoriaâs truth-telling commission â the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission â offers the chance to tell it, to ensure that we fill in the gaps of the story of Victoria.
Aunty Geraldine Atkinson of the First Peoplesâ Assembly with acting Premier James Merlino and (right) Marcus Stewart at the launch of the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission earlier this year.
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Aboriginal land managers are hopeful that they can reconstruct an ancient ceremonial stone arrangement in western Victoria that was damaged by a farmer.
Traditional owners reacted with shock and sadness after Adrian McMaster removed about 60 metres of stone from the site at Lake Bolac on Good Friday.
The scar on the landscape left after the stones were removed.
Credit:Joe Armao
Mr McMaster inherited the property after his fatherâs death three years ago and says family knowledge of the exact details of the stones had since been lost.
Aboriginal Victoria began investigating the damage on Tuesday. Mr McMaster apologised for the removal, offering to work with Aboriginal people to replace the stones.