Video16/04/24

Uncle Johnny Lovett – The history of country Victoria needs to hear

"I'm in no one else's country but my own...that's a fact." Watch Uncle Johnny Lovett talk about the importance of Country and the history that Victoria needs to hear. Yoorrook's land, sky and waters hearings starting on 25 March. Commissioners will listen to truth telling about historic and ongoing injustice and First Peoples’ resistance, survival and ongoing connection to country.

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