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May 19.

Reflections on 19 May - ‘...the original owners of the soil,’ and The ‘inhuman’ abduction of Indigenous personnel.

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May 17.

Reflections on 17 May - Aboriginal access to land: Early mentions of ‘land rights’, reserves and extermination.

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April 6.

Reflections on 6 April - Taking possession of land. “Death was perpetually present on Flinders Island.”

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March 25.

Reflections on 25 March - “...they have possessed from time immemorial.” - “Aborigines... believ[ed] they had a right to take food growing on their own land.”

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March 24.

Reflections on 24 March - White and black perspectives: “They have not had their land stolen...”

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March 3.

Reflections on 3 March - Different understanding of land: Custodianship or real-estate.

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February 19.

Reflections on 19 February - ‘...their numbers diminished...’ - Aboriginal peoples had a ‘plain and sacred right’ to their soil.

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February 16.

Reflections on 16 February - ‘The land was taken...by force.’ - “The land was taken...rhetorically, as well as by force.”

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February 6.

Reflections on 6 February - How can you buy or sell the warmth of the land? A call for a ‘truly balanced approach’.

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January 28.

Reflections on 28 January - Violence and Land lost: “Violence necessarily underpinned the whole colonial project.”

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December 22.

Reflections on 22 December - Wiradjuri land under threat: The ever-increasing number of settlers and stock animals put traditional Wiradjuri land use under threat.

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December 16.

Reflections on 16 December - The struggle for land. Difficulties faced by an individual Indigenous man to acquire land.

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November 13.

Reflections on 13 November - Military operations to Land Rights. Soldiery on the Western Front of Tasmania.

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