Yoorrook Justice Commission hears from descendants of colonists about their horror regarding families’ impact on Indigenous Victorians
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For years, Peter Sharp thought his great-grandfather – Australia’s second prime minister – was an honourable man and a great defender of Aboriginal rights.
As a child, his grandmother said Alfred Deakin – her father – was a “wonderful man”, “a storyteller” and a “playful” person.
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