No lasting negative impact of colonisation? Try telling that to survivors of Kinchela

The Kinchela boys’ home in NSW was one of the most violent institutions of the Stolen Generations era. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has revealed an “offensive” view of Australian history more closely aligned with old culture warriors like former prime minister John Howard than most other First Nations people.

Howard, wheeled out in July for the no campaign, rehashed an old history war theme when he said colonisation by the British was “the luckiest thing that happened to this country”.