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Bension Siebert and Jennifer Douglas

Honouring Aboriginal history and mourning an atrocity at the Mount Dispersion massacre site

Mount Dispersion officially recognised as site of massacre (ABC Mildura-Swan Hill: Jennifer Douglas)

At Mount Dispersion, on the banks of the Murray River, the scars of an atrocity co-exist with pride — and hope for the future.

At least seven Aboriginal people were killed there, as they tried to flee across the river to safety, 186 years ago.

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