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Eelemarni Close-Brown

Place of Aboriginal activism and connection recognised

A former Aboriginal mission that has become a crucial place for Indigenous activism and resistance will be formally recognised in cultural laws.

Aboriginal families have lived at the La Perouse site south of Sydney for more than 7500 years.

The Frenchmans Bay location has a long and troubled history of oppression and dispossession, dating back the late 1800s when Aboriginal people were forced out of the city, with many moving to La Perouse.

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