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As a non-fiction author dedicated to the ongoing trauma of violent colonialism, I was ineluctably drawn to confronting the same in fiction, <strong>Paul Daley</strong> writes

Open minds will be needed on both sides as the quest for an Indigenous treaty in Victoria moves on to the next phase.

An expert says controversial statues of figures including Captain Cook should remain but with proper context about their history despite calls to tear them down.

Artwork created by Wurundjeri “headman” William Barak will return to his homeland after being bought at auction thanks to crowdfunding and taxpayer contributions.

Aboriginal heritage council says it will need to raise $1m to secure bid for two works by artist William Barak in Sotheby’s auction

The Debney Peace, negotiated over a 5-day ceremony on Mithaka Country, is nationally significant to 21st century Australia.

The descendants of 19th century Wurundjeri artist and leader William Barak are hoping their crowdfunded bid at Sotheby’s in New York will be enough to bring historic works home.

They were escaped convicts running from the lash in brutal penal colonies, a shipwrecked woman taken by a cannibal tribes chief as his wife - and a cabin boy left for dead and rescued by female members of an Aboriginal tribe.

How do we pick up our conversation when there is such a rip in our sporting fabric?

A start has been made in righting some of the egregious wrongs of the nation’s nomenclature, but there’s far to go