7th Geoff Craig Memorial Lecture

Presented by the Friends of Stanley Athenaeum 28 September 2025 at 2 pm STANLEY MEMORIAL HALL Spaces of Survival: Aboriginal Reserves and Ration Depots in North East Victoria Megan Carter This presentation uncovers the deeply personal and often painful history of Aboriginal reserves and ration depots in North East Victoria. These places, created through policies…
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September 28, 2025 – September 28, 2025
Stanley Memorial Hall
2-8 Mount Stanley Road, Stanley 3747,
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Event details
September 28, 2025 – September 28, 2025
Stanley Memorial Hall
2-8 Mount Stanley Road, Stanley 3747,
14:00 –
Presented by the Friends of Stanley Athenaeum
28 September 2025 at 2 pm
STANLEY MEMORIAL HALL
Spaces of Survival: Aboriginal Reserves and Ration Depots in North East Victoria
Megan Carter
This presentation uncovers the deeply personal and often painful history of Aboriginal reserves and ration depots in North East Victoria. These places, created through policies of control and exclusion, disrupted lives, families, and connection to Country. Yet within these imposed boundaries, Aboriginal people found ways to endure, resist, and hold onto culture and identity. This is a story of survival against the odds—a testament to strength, resilience, and the unbroken spirit of community in the face of injustice.
Megan Carter is a Waywurru researcher, historian and storyteller. She has been collecting stories, images, places and biographies of Indigenous people in the NorthEast of Victoria for over 10 years.
Contact – stanleyathenaeum@gmail.com or 0458 606 922
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