Wiradyuri leaders mark 200 years since violent declaration of martial law

  • 9 days ago
On this day 200 years ago, the NSW Governor made an emergency declaration of martial law – in a bid to quell brutal violence in the New South Wales central-west. It's a little known but important piece of Australia’s colonial history -- which the Wiradyuri traditional owners of the region want acknowledged and remembered. They've created a series of community truth-telling events Bathurst.

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