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The story of My Dark Brother

 Leandro Illin, Greenvale Station ca 1927,
Leandro Illin, 1927. Source: With the permission of Elena Govor (Courtesy of the Illin family)

This week the Logie-award winning series First Contact are coming back for a second season. It is trying to mend the wounds of two centuries of abuse but also the mutual misunderstanding from a conflict between indigenous peoples of Australia and the European settlers. But throughout this history of injustice there were some brighter pages. And one them if not the directly, then indirectly is related to the Russian humanistic ideals from early last century. This unique story is shared by the historian and writer, Dr. Elena Govor.


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This week the Logie-award winning series First Contact are coming back for a second season. It is trying to mend the wounds of two centuries of abuse but also the mutual misunderstanding from a conflict between indigenous peoples of Australia and the European settlers. But throughout this history of injustice there were some brighter pages. And one them if not the directly, then indirectly is related to the Russian humanistic ideals from early last century. This unique story is shared by the historian and writer, Dr. Elena Govor.


season 2 of First Contact is on SBS and NITV at 8.30pm over three big nights - Tuesday 29 November, Wednesday 30 November and Thursday 1 December and also available on SBS On Demand


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