Warragamba Dam: Greg Simms

"We had no say.” Uncle Greg Simms tells how his family and many others were pushed, or dragged if they wouldn’t leave voluntarily, off the land that was used for the Warragamba dam. Now, under the water are Aboriginal rock paintings and carvings. Uncle Greg feels that “this land is a powerful spiritual place” and wrong-doers will be punished eventually.

Keywords: Identity; racism; values; moving; heritage; change, city

South Coastal
Time Periods
Glossary

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