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Keira Jenkins

Truth-telling urged as governor apologises for massacre

West Australian Governor Chris Dawson has apologised to Noongar people for the Pinjarra massacre. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

Almost 200 years ago, a state governor led a massacre of at least 15 Aboriginal people.

On Tuesday, Western Australia's current governor, Chris Dawson, went to the massacre site, south of Perth, with a different intent. 

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