The nation is now at a crossroads: there’s the trail of ugly nationalism and the trail of beneficiant patriotism.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers please be aware that this text comprises photographs and point out of deceased individuals. It additionally comprises depictions of violence and racism.
The picture is repulsive. Contemplate the light contours of the Kimberley pastoral station stretching into the huge distance to the left; the way it’s partially obscured by the tin edifice that was the Wyndham jail round 1901, and the way each converse to the unchecked avarice and prejudice that located the group of boys and males within the dusty filth on the photograph’s centre.
Now deal with the 2 most placing elements of the body: the handcuffed and chained existence of the boys and males, who’re shackled collectively by neck chains weighing near 2.5kg every. And behind them, pipe in hand, their keeper, a white man sporting a handlebar moustache and a touch of triumphalism.
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