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Smoking ceremony is an ancient and contemporary custom among some Aboriginal Australians that involves smouldering native plants to produce smoke. This herbal smoke is believed to have both spiritual
Smoking ceremony during Aboriginal Welcome to Country in Townsville, Queensland
Welcome to Country smoking ceremony performed by an Aboriginal elder
Lidia Thorpe's induction into Parliament in 2020
Lidia Thorpe at a smoking ceremony
Lidia Thorpe
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Lidia Alma Thorpe is an Australian politician. She has been a senator for Victoria since 2020 and is the first Aboriginal senator from that state. She was a member of the Australian Greens until Febru
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…elected at the 2019 Victorian NAIDOC Pride Night, Stone Motherless Cold and Astro. Upon election to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 2017, Senator Lidia Thorpe was inducted into her position wearing a traditional possum fur cloak representing her ancestry as a Djab Wurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara woman. Her swearing…
Lidia Thorpe
Thorpe at a rally in Melbourne in 2019