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âMy ancestors are with usâ: The Yorta Yortaâs fight to restore a pocket of country
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âMy ancestors are with usâ: The Yorta Yortaâs 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 countryâs âheartlandâ, the Barmah National Park.
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Itâs a frigid April afternoon, and Yorta Yorta woman Monica Morgan is walking along the shores of the Barmah Lake, emotions running deep. Sheâs 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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