White Settlement, what really happened in your backyard?
August 26, 2018 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Join festival co-director Kevin Childs in conversation with leading historian Bain Attwood (The Good Country) as they discuss the impact of white settlement/invasion on Aboriginals in Central Victoria.
Bain Attwood
Bain Attwood is a leading scholar in the field of cross-cultural history. He is professor in the School of Historical Studies, Monash University, and adjunct professor in the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, The Australian National University. He is the author of The Making of the Aborigines, Rights for Aborigines, Telling the Truth about Aboriginal History and Possession: Batman’s Treaty and the Matter of History.
Words in Winter is an annual literary and arts festival held in August each year in the Hepburn Shire and surrounding districts.