Statues of Indigenous leaders Bennelong and Barangaroo unveiled in Sydney

SBS NewsThe busts, which frame the door at St Patrick’s Church in The Rocks, were unveiled by NSW Governor Margaret Beazley who urged Australians to gain a greater understanding of their achievements.

"It was a very emotional time for me, but happy to see my ancestors of Eora nation being acknowledged. It makes me very proud indeed." In recent years, some of the statues have been vandalised as Black Lives Matter protests erupted in Australia and overseas.She added: "They connect us spiritually [and it sends a message] that our culture is not something of the past. It is something that is very much of the present and the future.

"It is a reminder to everyone who comes here that they [Bennelong and Barangaroo] are not an addendum, an afterthought," he told SBS News.

Well there you go, on a roll now😎

Shhhh... keep it quiet. It's against their culture to mention the dead. Still, if it wasn't for 'us' there would be no record of their 'culture'.

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