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Harry and Meghan join Aboriginal walking tour in Australia
Local Indigenous guides led the couple through a tour linking Aboriginal history, river art and a protected heritage site.
- On Thursday, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex joined the Scar Tree Walk in Melbourne, a tour connecting traditional and contemporary Aboriginal cultures and histories of the local Kulin Peoples.
- Led by local Indigenous guides, the tour began at the Koorie Heritage Trust in Melbourne's Federation Square, where the couple met with representatives before departing.
- The route follows the Birrarung, or Yarra River, through Birrarung Wilam art installations and over the William Barak Bridge, which crosses Batman Avenue into a traditional Kulin Nation meeting place.
- Scar Trees provide a link to 60,000 years of continuous culture, with bark historically removed by Aboriginal Australians to create canoes, shelters, weapons, and tools.
- The walk concludes in Yarra Park at the Scar Trees, a protected cultural heritage site situated on land where the Melbourne Cricket Ground now stands, marking the Wurundjeri people's meeting place.
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