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Victoria announces landmark truth and justice royal commission as part of Aboriginal treaty talks
Ian Hamm calls it “the transformation document”.
It is a single piece of paper that outlines the legal end of his life as Yorta Yorta baby Andrew James, and the start of his new life as the adopted son of a white family in Yarrawonga.
It is a document that took Mr Hamm, a member of the Stolen Generations, decades to find.
ABC News: Joseph Dunstan
)“At the top of the page I’m referred to as Andrew James … and at the bottom of the page, it says, ‘shall henceforth be known as Ian David Hamm’,” he said.
Mr Hamm has…
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