It's this history Florence Onus will share at Queensland's truth-telling inquiry when community sessions begin next month. WARNING: This story contains images of Indigenous people who have died, which have been provided by family for the purpose of truth-telling and healing.
Government officials took the only photos Florence Onus has of her grandparents — "mugshots" taken before they were forced off Country and onto an Aboriginal reserve.
Florence Onus with her siblings at a Townsville orphanage after they were taken from their mother by the state. These photos are being shared for truth-telling and healing. The family ask that you do not reproduce these images.The truth-telling is part of the Queensland government's Path to Treaty Act, which passed parliament with bipartisan support last year.
"I have a strong commitment to do good in Indigenous communities and that commitment remains as steadfast as ever."Author, historian and long time Treaty advocate Dr Jackie Huggins described the LNP's stance as "very unfortunate". "It requires us to have both truth-telling sessions and truth-telling hearings and also to inspect, review and investigate documents and other materials held by the state."Those documents will look at the removal of children, wage theft, mission settlements, as well as other government policies and protecting acts.The inquiry will also hear from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people affected.
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