Genocide in the Wildflower State Screening

The University of Melbourne's Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences and WEHI warmly invite you to a special screening of Genocide in the Wildflower State. The event includes a post-screening Yarn, Cuppa and refreshments with Dr Jim Morrison, Chairperson of Yokai.

Content Warning

This award-winning documentary provides a deeper understanding of the experience of the stolen generations from the firsthand voices of survivors. Their stories illuminate ongoing impacts of Western Australian state policies including systemic violence, child removal, eugenics, forced assimilation and cultural trauma. This is confronting material for which viewer discretion is advised. It is about acknowledging survivor resilience, truth, justice and healing, offering essential context for contemporary reconciliation work.

This film contains confronting material about state-run policies of racial absorption, eugenics, and forced assimilation of First Nations people in 20th-century Western Australia. It includes references to systemic violence, child removal, and cultural trauma. Viewer discretion is advised, and attendees are encouraged to take breaks or step out if needed.

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Ian Potter Auditorium, Kenneth Myer Building, 30 Royal Parade, Parkville, Australia

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