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Musgrave Park Persuasive Speech

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Hello Mayor Batri, and fellow citizens. I’m Talia Johnson and I’m here on behalf of the entire Local Aboriginal Community. Musgrave Park Can Not be destroyed by property developers and their ‘aspiring plan’ to reinvent Brisbane. I know that amongst us today there are good people, and I know that there are property developers. And, I’ve got something to say to you Property Developers. Musgrave Park is not a patch of grass on a large block of land, it is a crucial part of my Indigenous Heritage. We need to consider not only the Indigenous significance of Musgrave Park Past, and Present, but we must look at the true importance of Brisbane’s Green Space. Green space is becoming quite a point of discussion because it’s not being accommodated in …show more content…

If any Property developers are going to take this important area away from us then good luck, because we are determined and no-one is going to stop us. The park holds special significance to the local indigenous population due to a past restriction barring Aborigines from crossing the park and entering the city of Brisbane. This land represents our freedom. The freedom that the white settlers ripped out from our grasp. I’m furious. This is where we belonged. Imagine it this way. ‘Belonging’ by Jeannie Baker. The people made their land their own. My Great, Great Grandparents made this land their own. They lived there, they created a family environment. But then, it all got taken away. What if the people from the book got their environment taken away? The reader’s would be furious, wouldn’t they? Well, as I have just told you, this scenario has happened but in a much realer way. This scenario was not fiction. It really happened. It really impacted on thousands of lives. And after this significant change was retracted, and Aborigines were allowed back in the park, they made Musgrave Park the land that they knew, that was taken away but they regained. So, are you really going to take this historical landmark away from us? By ruining the sacredness of the beautiful

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