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In a historic move, Greek-Indigenous Andrew Jackomos, Victoria's inaugural Aboriginal children's commissioner, has been appointed as one of five distinguished members to a groundbreaking treaty authority.
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A huge area taking in one of Australia's most famous tourist sites, the Twelve Apostles, has been recognised as Aboriginal land in a historic and very emotional Native Title decision.
Traditional owners granted right to access land stretching from Ararat to Warrnambool, encompassing much of the Great Ocean Road and Great Otway national park
THE CLEANSING OF GARIWERD The Point went to Gariwerd to look at the rise of white supremacist and extremist groups operating in Australia. On the January 26 long weekend this year, the area - the Grampians in regional Victoria — was invaded by masked white supremacists. Gunaikurnai man Troy McDonald told the program: “In this vicinity, 30 of those white supremacists came and started their hateful chants. It was a really tough thing for a lot of us to see that, when it was reported. Because if you are coming here, this is not a hateful environment. People don't come here generally on a holiday or a walk to express a hate agenda and that’s what they’ve done.
It’s been more than three months since extremists brought their race hate to Yaraan Couzens-Bundle’s community at Gariwerd, or the Grampians, in regional Victoria. She still feels unsettled by the incident, as she undertakes a cleansing ritual of white ochre to help heal and protect the sacred land. Over the January 26 long weekend, a group of up to 30 balaclava-clad men gathered at the Gariwerd and chanted white power slogans while burning a cross. The land, 230km north-west of Melbourne, is a centre of cultural and spiritual significance, and has been a gathering place for mob for millennia. “This is our church, this is our sacred place,” says Ms Bundle, a Gunditjimara, Yuin and Bidjara woman who lives on Djab Wurrung country in Halls Gap.