“Djab Wurrung women are in an abusive relationship with Victoria’s government.” – Sissy Eileen Austin, The Guardian, Sep 14, 2019 It was a penultimate day in the Australian state of Victoria. The ...
About 60 people have been arrested while protesting against the removal of Djab Wurrung trees at the site of a regional highway duplication project in western Victoria. On Monday, a yellow box tree ...
Approximately 50 people were arrested at the Djab Wurrung protest today, with Victoria Police using additional powers allowed under the state of emergency to arrest, charge and fine protesters. Of ...
On the same day the rest of Victoria (and Australia) was celebrating the easing of lockdown restrictions in Melbourne, highway construction workers tore down the sacred, 350-year-old Djab Wurrung ...
The bulldozing of a sacred tree for Aboriginal people to clear land for a highway has sparked anger in Australia. Protesters have long camped at the site in Victoria to defend culturally significant ...
As demonstrations continue around the Djab Wurrung sacred trees, questions are emerging around what Victoria's Treaty negotiations mean when it comes to the destruction of cultural landscapes.