Minister Linda Burney mentioned whereas Australia is making progress in telling the reality about our shared historical past, there’s nonetheless a journey forward.
“There may be nonetheless to this point to go together with reality telling, which is why we as a nation, we as a parliament, will embark on a reality telling course of,” she advised .
She mentioned she nonetheless vividly remembers the historical past classes she was taught in highschool, and the way it made her really feel.
“I used to be 13 or 12 and made to really feel completely ashamed of my Aboriginality,” she mentioned.
“I bear in mind it so clearly it was a social research lesson. And I used to be taught that Aboriginal folks had been the closest instance to stone age males residing on Earth right this moment.
“I used to be taught that we had no tradition. I used to be taught that we had been nomadic and simply roamed round wherever we needed to.
“And I used to be taught that we had no science or know-how, which in fact is absolute garbage, however that is what I used to be taught.”
I’ve to say that it had the impact of constructing me really feel so ashamed I needed to show into a bit of paper and slip by the cracks within the ground.
Linda Burney, Indigenous Australians Minister
Warfare Memorial recognition
Minister Burney made the feedback in a wide-ranging interview, which comes amid NITV’s screening of the , by filmmaker Rachel Perkins.
Filmmaker Rachel Perkins known as for an finish to the Nice Silence of Australia’s historical past together with recognition on the Australian Warfare Memorial. Supply: NITV
Following the printed, the Australian Warfare Memorial has dedicated to a “a lot broader, deeper” depiction of the frontier wars.
Minister Burney mentioned issues had modified since her faculty days, and he or she was “thrilled” the Warfare Memorial “might be reflecting the true historical past of this nation and the wars that had been fought on this land by our folks for his or her land”.
Tune into NITV’s The Level program at 7.30pm tonight, or in a while SBS and SBS On Demand.