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In the 1800s, colonisers attempted to listen to First Nations people. It didn't stop the massacres

  • Written by Stephen Gapps, Historian and Conjoint Lecturer, University of Newcastle
In the 1800s, colonisers attempted to listen to First Nations people. It didn't stop the massacresBenjamin Duterrau, The Conciliation 1840, oil on canvas. Purchased by the Friends of TMAG and the Board of Trustees, 1945. Collection: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, AG79.

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