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Two tourists are fussing around in front of a statue. Vinnie (Kelton Pell) and Franky AKA The Dutchman (Bruce Hutchison) are growing frustrated, and eventually hurry them out of the way. While doing so, Franky lists the atrocities executed against Noongars by the colonists represented by the statue.
Curator’s notes
The symbolic war continues between the Noongars and the colonists as Franky hacks off the statue’s head with the intention of revenging the beheading of the statue of Noongar warrior Yagan. The removal of the statue’s head is a strong political statement that depicts a war that has never truly been acknowledged by Australian history.
