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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Collard and Lorena Allam in Geraldton, Western Australia, and Ella Archibald-Binge, with photography by Tamati Smith

Families unite at site of massacre in Western Australia: ‘Something spoke through me’

Kehlani Councillor with an illustration of a dead tree overlaid over the image
Kehlani Councillor at Bootenal Springs, a massacre site near Geraldton in Western Australia. Composite: Tamati Smith/Victoria Hart/Guardian design

Warning: This article contains historical records that use racist and offensive language, and descriptions of events that will be distressing to some readers. It also contains references to Indigenous Australians who have died

The trees have a voice here. A gentle whispering of the needle-like pins of the casuarina pines as they rustle in the winds. Some say if you walk by the banks of the Greenough River you might see the eyes of spirits glowing among the dense trees and shrubs.

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