Reservoir ceremony remembers Aboriginal massacre

By Brittany Stewart
Updated July 9 2014 - 8:18am, first published 4:00am
Joining the Winda Mara dancers are (from left) Wannon Water chairman John Vogels, Southern Grampians Shire mayor Albert Calvano, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Tim Bull, and Nationals Candidate for Lowan Emma Kealy.
Joining the Winda Mara dancers are (from left) Wannon Water chairman John Vogels, Southern Grampians Shire mayor Albert Calvano, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Tim Bull, and Nationals Candidate for Lowan Emma Kealy.

THE name gives away no clues about the events that happened there, but the commemorative Konongwootong Quiet Place was opened yesterday at the site of the 1840 Fighting Waterholes massacre.

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