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National Reconciliation Week; Uncle Mike Edwards

Bunurong Elder Uncle Mike Edwards talks to Craig Francis about his younger days of being forcibly separated from his family and brought to Melbourne with his siblings. Uncle Mike also discusses what he hopes for from National Reconciliation Week and beyond, and the work of the Bunurong Land Council in helping the Bunurong culture and language to thrive.

Friday On My Mind

A mission to honour Aboriginal service in WW1

Tom Molyneux has a great story to tell. His great great uncle is Allan McDonald, a “Fighting Gunditjamara” man and one of the first Aboriginal soldiers from Victoria to enlist in WW1. Serving in the Australian Light Horse at Gallipoli and the Battle of Beersheba, uncle Allan’s fight continued when he returned home, battling institutionalised racism to improve rights and

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