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Aboriginal land managers are hopeful that they can reconstruct an ancient ceremonial stone arrangement in western Victoria that was damaged by a farmer.
Traditional owners reacted with shock and sadness after Adrian McMaster removed about 60 metres of stone from the site at Lake Bolac on Good Friday.
The scar on the landscape left after the stones were removed.
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Mr McMaster inherited the property after his fatherâs death three years ago and says family knowledge of the exact details of the stones had since been lost.
Aboriginal Victoria began investigating the damage on Tuesday. Mr McMaster apologised for the removal, offering to work with Aboriginal people to replace the stones.
It s a recognition that without truth, without justice you can t have a treaty.
He said more than 30 countries, including Canada, New Zealand and South Africa, had undergone a similar truth-telling process. The true side of history
The commission s terms of reference were developed in partnership with the state s First Peoples Assembly. It s hard to describe what this will mean for our old people, our ancestors, our elders who have fought decades and decades for this, assembly co-chair Marcus Stewart said. We now have the opportunity to tell the true side of history - not a side that s been dismissed, not a side that s been denied.
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