Unofficial acknowledgment of those killed in precolonial conflicts has grown – but commemoration is still being debated
at the University of Tasmania, is descended from the Trawulwuy people of the state’s north-east. He said a national conversation on the frontier wars was long overdue, but how they are commemorated should be deeply considered.
However Leman is concerned that if “we just tuck the frontier wars in there and they get a mention, like the obligatory acknowledgment of country, it will be meaningless, it’s tokenistic.” For Neville Reys, a fellow Gimuy Walaburra Yidinji traditional owner the frontier wars share a lot in common with other conflicts remembered on 25 April.
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