Place - We Belong to the Land
La Grange Memorial, Fremantle, Western Australia
Click image to enlargeLa Grange Memorial,
Fremantle,
Western Australia
2000
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Reassessing Our History

The following text is from a plaque placed on La Grange Memorial in protest to the views expressed in the plaque pictured.

'This plaque was erected by people who found the monument before you offensive. The monument describes the events at La Grange from one perspective only: The viewpoint of the white settlers.

No mention is made of the rights of Aboriginal people to defend their land or the history of provocation which led to the explorers’ deaths.

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