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Other ways to connect with First Nations cultures in lutruwita

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“I’M OBSESSED with the idea that people think that you build a city and the [Aboriginal people] go. But, no, we were watching them build the city, we’re there as they build the city, the new settlers documented us coming in making demands and we continue to assert our voices within the city, 200 years later. It’s our city too.” This is Nunami Sculthorpe-Green in an interview with Ryk Goddard for ABC Radio’s program in March last year, right before COVID-19 put her plans on hold

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