Inquiry finds #British committed #genocide on #IndigenousAustralians

by Lana Lam
BBC News

"British #colonists committed genocide against Australia's #Indigenous population in Victoria, a landmark Aboriginal-led inquiry has found.

"The #YoorrookJusticeCommission found violence and disease reduced the local Indigenous population by three quarters in the 20 years after the state was colonised, in the early 1830s.

"Its report included 100 recommendations to 'redress' harm caused by '#invasion and #occupation' - though several of the authors disagreed with unspecified 'key findings'.

"The Commission was set up in 2021 as Australia's first formal '#TruthTelling' inquiry, and tasked with examining past and ongoing 'systemic injustices' suffered by the Indigenous people in the state."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn413zlld4mo

#Colonialism #TruthAndReconcilliation #LandBack

Inquiry finds British committed genocide on Indigenous Australians

It is the country's first formal "truth-telling" inquiry that ran for four years from 2021.

BBC News

Very exciting to see that Wergaia/Wamba Wamba Elder and Chair of the Yoorrook Justice Commission Professor Eleanor Bourke AM, will deliver this year’s #Narrm Oration. #Truth #Understanding #Transformation #Voice #Treaty #YoorrookJusticeCommission #FirstPeoples #UluruStatement #Melbourne #Australia

Details and registration here: https://about.unimelb.edu.au/reconciliation/engagement/the-narrm-oration

The Narrm Oration

The Narrm Oration profiles leading Indigenous peoples from across the world, enriching our ideas about possible futures for Indigenous Australia.

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