Hanging Rock landscape. The unique geographical formations of Hanging Rock are considered sacred to the Indigenous Australian Peoples. The site is located near the ancestral boundary of three distinct Aboriginal language groups, the Dja Dja Wurrung, Taungurung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Peoples who inhabited the area prior to British descent.

Swans were introduced to Australia by colonists. Black swans are nomadic and have erratic migration patterns depending on climatic conditions, however, have survived in high numbers in the wild.

Pillars of Melbourne University, for which the foundations were laid on 3rd July 1854, Melbourne, Victoria. The city of Melbourne was originally known as Naarm, inhabited by the Wurundjeri Peoples for an estimated 40,000 years before the land was taken over by British colonisers.

Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation Portrait, photographed by Dorothy Wilding and hand-coloured by Beatrice Johnson in 1952 to mark her ascension to the throne. The sitting resulted in 59 original copies of the portrait sent to embassies of the Commonwealth countries, including Australia and was later adapted for use on banknotes and stamps. Queen Elizabeth II is still featured on all Australian coins and the five dollar note.

The introduction of religion played a crucial role in the 'progress' which drove imperialism.

Shepparton, Victoria. Prior to British invasion the region was originally inhabited by the Yorta Yorta People.

Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Ballarat, Victoria. The city of Ballarat is situated on Wadawurrung Country.

The tenets of Christianity were used to justify many actions of the colonisers.

The idea that the European race was superior to any other played a crucial role in the 'progress' which drove imperialism.

The Victorian flag flies outside a home in Ballarat, Victoria. The Victorian flag is a modified version of the Australian flag which features the imperial crown of St Edward above the Southern Cross.

Graffiti found in Mildura.

The constellation of the Southern Cross helped colonial explorers navigate the Southern Hemisphere seas yet in modern times it has come to be a symbol of colonial patriotism and a popular tattoo in Australia.

Horse and carriage rides around Echuca. Echuca was an important town along the Murray River in the 19th century river trade. The town is also part of the Traditional Yorta Yorta Lands.

St Thomas’ Roman Catholic church situated within a native eucalyptus forest in Steiglitz, Victoria, named after the first European colonisers who arrived in the district in 1842, brothers Charles and Robert von Stieglitz. The town is now preserved as a historic park where visitors can see remnants of buildings, mines and other historic artifacts honouring the colonial and gold mining history. Before European invasion the Kurong people, from the Wathaurong Aboriginal group resided here. By the 1880’s almost no Aboriginal Peoples remained in the area.

In 1918 Red Cliffs was chosen as the site of what turned out to be the largest soldier settlement in Australia. Prior to European settlement the district was home to the Kermin Aboriginal People.

Colonial cottage, Castlemaine, Victoria. Castlemaine became a gold rush town in 1851 and is located on Dja Dja Wurrung Country.

Highway near Echuca.

Swans were introduced to Australia by colonialists. White swans have not survived in the wild and can now only be seen living in captivity.

Gazing upon La Trobe’s cottage, the original home of the state of Victoria’s first Lieutenant-Governor, Charles Joseph La Trobe. The cottage is situated on Bunurong Country.

The troubling existence of the false category of ‘whiteness’ and the practice of ‘whitewashing’ are elements which continue to influence our view of the world around us.