Still Here – A brief History of Aboriginal People in Melbourne’s West

by | | Still here

Panel 8 – Stolen Generations “In October 1995 the Federal Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs announced a Human Rights Commission into the taking away of Aboriginal children past and present and what can be done to end...

Still Here – A brief History of Aboriginal People in Melbourne’s West

by | | Still here

Panel 7 – Advancement and Referendum Advancement The Aboriginal political activists of the 1930s were part of the formation of many Aboriginal Advancement Movements. Movements such as The Aborigines Progressive Association, The Australian Aborigines Uplift...

Still Here – A brief History of Aboriginal People in Melbourne’s West

by | | Still here

Panel 6 – Political Movements This is how much of the Aboriginal world today was shaped… “It was not possible for Aboriginal people from around the Murray River to solve the problems their people faced from within their tribal or mission...

Still Here – A brief History of Aboriginal People in Melbourne’s West

by | | Still here

Panel 5 – Assimilation A strong movement developed by both government and the churches to move Aboriginal people onto missions from as early as 1840. This move was ostensibly to protect the Aborigines from the growing European society but was used to control and...

Still Here – A brief History of Aboriginal People in Melbourne’s West

by | | Still here

Panel 4 – Racism

Still Here – A brief History of Aboriginal People in Melbourne’s West

by | | Still here

Panel 3 – Invasion Not long after the Europeans arrived war broke out between the two races, in many different forms. For a long time the Europeans denied that the Aboriginal people fought back, in order to deny...