Descendant of Victorian colonial family calls for removal of monuments to her ancestors

Suzannah Henty, a descendant of the first permanent European settlers in Victoria, at a truth-telling hearing at the Yoorrook Justice Commission.Suzannah Henty, a descendant of the first permanent European settlers in Victoria, at a truth-telling hearing at the Yoorrook Justice Commission.A descendant of the Henty family – regarded as Victoria’s earliest European settlers – has called for monuments memorialising her ancestors in Victoria’s south-west region to be removed.

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup “There have been five generations of Henty family members who have not said anything and I don’t want to be part of the sixth generation who doesn’t say anything,” she told the hearing. Yoorrook held a ceremonial hearing on Gunditjmara country on Monday, with commissioners visiting the site of the Convincing Ground massacre at Portland Bay, to kick off the final round of hearings.

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