Makeshift homes demolished after protesters removed from former Aboriginal reserve south-west of Brisbane
Carla Davidson-Fewquandie, a Yuggera and Kullilli woman, said she was “disgusted” by what had occurred.
“I can see the hurt and the grief in my elders’ eyes. They’re here crying,” she said. “We don’t want the disruption of our land. The Ugarapul traditional owner, Kevin Anderson, said: “If there was a massacre out there, my old people would have told me and my father would have told me. There is no way my grandfather would have built his hut on Deebing Creek near a massacre site.”Photograph: Sarah Osborn/The Guardian
Mayor Teresa Harding said the move reflected sensitivities around this development in some community sections.
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