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Our bog paddock’s understory

Katherine Wilson

Winter 2024

Left to her own devices, our bog paddock became a biodiverse wonderland. She hadn’t had her way for nearly two centuries. But by increments she disclosed her secrets and assured us her history—her continuum—was not lost.

When my family occupied this land—part of the former Coranderrk, the Aboriginal station where Woiwurrung, Boonwurrung, Bunurong and Taungurung people lived, farmed and famously resisted colonising oppression—we were in a privileged position. Conor had worked as a lawyer and I worked primarily as a journo. Our situation allowed us to prioritise land regeneration and social benefit alongside any earnings from land use. Living on stolen land, we decided to muddle our way towards decolonising it, whatever that meant.

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