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Villers-Bretonneux
A large, rural area in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, which was traditionally occupied by Indigenous people, who were slaughtered and evicted en masse during the 19th century. After World War One, a scene in Black Diggers shows the Soldier Settlement Commission giving away more Aboriginal land in the Western District (where Mick Dempsey lives) to white veterans.
Western District, Victoria Quotes in Black Diggers
The Black Diggers quotes below are all either spoken by Western District, Victoria or refer to Western District, Victoria. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act Two
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For you the war’s over. What’s starting to dawn on me is that, for us, it’s never going to end.
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Western District, Victoria Term Timeline in Black Diggers
The timeline below shows where the term Western District, Victoria appears in Black Diggers. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Act Two
At a public meeting in the Western District of Victoria in 1922, a worker from the Soldier Settlement Commission explains to three farmers that the...
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