Anonymous 1418
Anonymous 1418 describes colonisation as devastating and brutal, destroying an incredibly rich and diverse pathwork of cultures that lived with a great understanding of the land and how to manage resources. They call for depoliticising the understanding of First Peoples' history, promoting it through accessible history, personal accounts, art, and media.
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The colonisation project was devastating and brutal and to a large extent destroyed an incredibly rich and diverse pathwork of cultures that lived with a great understanding of the land and how to manage resources. Over the years I’ve learnt more but mainly through reading and exhibitions. Colony exhibition at the NGV was really good. One thing I learnt only recently was how different the landscape looked due to the management pre colonisation was and just how well managed it was by First Peoples
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It would be great to move it further depoliticise it and move it away from being a left wing thing into just a general understanding of Victoria and reality and truth.
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