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White invaders drawn to a bountiful landscape unleashed a murderous assault on Victoria’s First Peoples in a brutal, illegal land grab that remains a stain on the state’s history.

As Victoria pursues justice for its First Peoples, we begin the search for truth by exploring what life was like here before Europeans changed everything.

As Victoria pursues justice for its First Peoples, we begin the search for truth by exploring what life was like here before Europeans changed everything.

As Victoria pursues justice for its First Peoples, we begin the search for truth by exploring what life was like here before Europeans changed everything.

Once scorned, the fighting men of Budj Bim soar high We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Tony WrightAssociate editor and special writer June 4, 2021 — 9.55am Normal text size Advertisement The Lovett brothers were fresh back from the most ruinous war the world had seen when they felt they deserved a beer among the other returned soldiers of their district. They set out on foot in the uniforms of the Australian Imperial Force that four of them ...

Follow Feb. 8, 2021 If you are blindfolded and grab an elephant’s tail, absent other clues you might think you’re the proud owner of a hairy snake. The more evidence you accrue, the closer to the truth you may approach. That’s the story of human evolution. All new evidence must be parsimoniously fit into the puzzle and where it flouts previous assumptions, the discredited assumptions, however credible when made, must be junked. Now, what were thought to be signs of modern humans from as m...