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The descendants of people who were murdered in one of Western Australia's most brutal attacks on Aboriginal people — the Pinjarra Massacre — are set to hear an apology from the WA governor today after inviting him on country.

It's the first time the Binjareb people of the Nyungar Nation will have the deaths of their ancestors publicly recognised, 191 years on.

In 1834, then-Governor James Stirling led a group of armed officials to ambush a Nyungar camp in Pinjarra where they shot and killed around 20 unarmed and unprepared Indigenous men, women and children.

Now, WA's current Governor Chris Dawson will be welcomed by Traditional Owners to stand on their country and acknowledge the genocide that took place.

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