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Noongar Aboriginal elders' fight for recognition documented in podcast, short film and book

In 2015, an Indigenous-led protest against state government plans to shut down a number of remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia spawned a tent embassy and "refugee camp" on an island in Perth's Swan River.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains images and names of people who have died.

After weeks of tension, police and council rangers moved in to forcibly shut down the Heirisson Island (Matagarup) camp and remove the protesters from the island.

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