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...the ripples are still going out...
'The legacy is critically the case and all the ramifications that have followed from it and the ripples are still going out. I mean you can see it as a story of courage and determination and a belief that justice would prevail. A confidence in Australian society that it would deliver justice. He hadn't written off Australian society. I've got no doubt that he will be seen as one of the major figures of the second half of the century in Australia.'

Keywords: determinations, High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, High Court of Australia, 1992-

Henry Reynolds interviewed by Trevor Graham, 1996.
Author: Graham, Trevor
© Film Australia
Source: Reynolds, Henry