Barrie Taylor
Barrie Taylor highlights the betrayal of Batman's treaty by the colonial government and notes that he only began appreciating the reality of early colonial times in retirement. He calls for looking outside Victoria to restore language, culture, and country, asking for forgiveness rather than reconciliation, and promoting First Peoples' history by identifying massacre sites and elevating them to RSL status.
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Port Phillip association main protagonists and the betrayal of Batman’s treaty by colonial government
At school nothing. Only now in my retirement am l starting to appreciate the reality of early colonial times
So much in Victoria has been destroyed. Language culture and country can probably only be remodelled by looking outside Victoria to more intact pre colonial language/culture/country. But I am optimistic that we can converge over many iterations on a valid model that Victorians will cherish. I am particularly interested in resources to achieve Nature Positive goals
Not by asking for reconciliation but more by asking for forgiveness. Neil Murray song Myall Creek
Not by asking for reconciliation but more by asking for forgiveness. Neil Murray song Myall Creek
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