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'The ghosts are not silent'

'The ghosts are not silent'

An awkward Christmas lunch conversation sends reporter Sam Carmody on a search for answers about his family history. The stories he finds out about are so disturbing, they have implications not just for his family but for the entire region, where his ancestors have a statue in their honour, a highway and even a town named after them.

Background Briefing · Australian Broadcasting Corporation

September 18, 202143m 23s

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An awkward Christmas lunch conversation sends reporter Sam Carmody on a search for answers about his family history. The stories he finds out about are so disturbing, they have implications not just for his family but for the entire region, where his ancestors have a statue in their honour, a highway and even a town named after them.

Topics

family historyreconciliationnoongarindigenousmassacreviolencesettler history