Yoorrook : Truth Be Told
Yoorrook Justice Commission2025
Book
... Beyond the normal inquiry functions of a Royal Commission, Yoorrook was also tasked with creating an official public record based on First Peoples' experiences of systemic injustice since the start of colonisation.... Contained in these pages are some of the missing pieces of our state's jagged history. They are the words of First Peoples that will finally be granted admission to the public record alongside the version of history long accepted as definitive... -- page 14.
Main title:
Yoorrook : Truth Be Told / Yoorrok Justice Commission.
Author:
Bourke, Eleanor, contributorYoorrook Justice Commission, author
Work:
Imprint:
[Melbourne, Victoria] : [Yoorrook Justice Commission], [2025]©2025
Collation:
455 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Chairperson: Professor Eleanor A. Bourke AM.Includes bibliographical references.Also available online.
Dewey class:
305.89915
Language:
English
Added title:
Subject:
Yoorrook Justice CommissionColonisationAboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etcAboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Victoria -- HistoryRace relationsAboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- HistoryStolen generations (Australia)Social identity -- AboriginalityGovernment policy - State and territory - VictoriaAboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- Social conditionsVictoria -- History
BRN:
495894
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