Professor Henry Reynolds – Code Of Silence
Why don’t more Victorians know about the massacres that happened during colonisation? Perhaps because even talking about it at the time was taboo.
“You couldn’t talk about it, you didn’t have to hold a gun but you had to hold your tongue.”
Professor Henry Reynolds told Commissioners at last week’s Yoorrook Justice hearings that locals knew about the massacres but “so much of what happened got covered by a very, very powerful code of silence.”
Land Injustice videos
In yarns & submissions, First Peoples are telling Yoorrook about the importance of land, sky & water and the impact of colonisation. Hear what they have to say.
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Making a submission
All First Peoples who have experienced injustice in Victoria are strongly encouraged to make a submission to the Yoorrook Justice Commission.
Criminal Justice Hearing Videos
The purpose of these public hearings was to hear from Aboriginal leaders working in the area of criminal justice as part of Yoorrook’s inquiry into the harm done to First Peoples by unjust laws and practices within this system.