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Two worlds colliding

9 August 2014

9:00 AM

9 August 2014

9:00 AM

The imagery was faintly disturbing. A powerful whitefella sits in the middle of a group of Aboriginal elders, themselves surrounded by an intrigued tribe of locals, many with painted faces, attempting to discuss a variety of complex and alien issues, not always in the same tongue. The lone white man at the centre of the ceremony could be a strict colonial governor in the midst of a throng of natives in a 19th century oil painting.

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