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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Collard

Walk for truth: hundreds of people join 486km trek from Portland to Melbourne for reconciliation

Man walking with crowd looking on
‘Truth telling has never been more important than it is right now,’ says Travis Lovett. Photograph: Yoorrook/AAP Image

Travis Lovett began his 486km journey with a single step and a long-held hope to bring the people of Victoria with him on a journey through the state’s colonial past.

It’s a traumatic past that Lovett has been peering into for the past three years through his work as a commissioner and co-chair on the Yoorrook Justice Commission, the county’s first formal, Indigenous-led truth-telling process.

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