What role has the British crown played in the Aboriginal experience? This essay is the first in a series of extracts from Griffith Review 59: Commonwealth Now,which provides fresh perspectives from around the world in the lead-up to Chogm and the Commonwealth GamesIn 2002, Bundjalung songman Archie Roach released Move It On, or a jaunty 12-bar blues number approximately his childhood in Victoria. He sang:Well I was born in Mooroopna,we lived by the river bend. Well I was born in Mooroopna, we lived by the river bend, and Then the Queen advance and visit us!We had to move it on again.
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Source: guardian.co.uk