Gunditjmara woman Dr Jill Gallagher AO reflects on her mother's strength and how she has paved the way for future generations
"My mother was born in a time when humanity was absent. My mother was born in this country where she had no rights as an Aboriginal woman.
She could not vote, she could not own land and she could not practice her culture. And yet my mother survived to be a strong Aboriginal woman.
It is because of her I can."
Gunditjmara woman Dr Jill Gallagher AO reflects on her mother's strength and how she has paved the way for future generations.
We can't change the truth of our past, but by accepting and understanding it, we can walk forward together to a better shared future. For First Peoples and all Victorians.
First the talk. Now the walk.
The true path forward starts here.
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