Makarrata is imbedded in Aboriginal histories: after struggle, the coming together truthfully for a better future of justice and self-determination.
David Unaipon (1872-1967), the man on the 50 dollar note - Australia's Leonardo da Vinci - was multi-talented: philosopher, theologian, inventor, musician. Born in a wurley at Tailem Bend on the lower Murray River, he was raised a gifted Ngarrindjeri at the Port McLeay mission, South Australia. His family suffered massacre by invading colonists.
