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The First Australians single work   poetry   "They invaded us, and took our land, then labeled"
Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 The First Australians
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Notes

  • Editor's note: This poem was written in 2009 while the author was serving a prison sentence. It was then that he met Lex Wotton who was serving a sentence over the Palm Island 'riots', following the death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee, and was inspired to write this poem. Mr Hopkins told the Koori Mail he was considering changing the K-Rudd in power' reference to Prime Minister Julia Gillard. But he said: 'Just because we have someone else running the show, the results towards our people will never change.'

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    y separately published work icon Koori Mail no. 498 6 April 2011 Z1774753 2011 newspaper issue 2011 pg. 25
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