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Originally Posted by limey
Some of the things one reads about treatment of the aborigine population and their culture make me question this bit, but I'm happy to be corrected. I'll also be the first to say the British can be appalling racists.
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Australia was settled under a lie, and Aboriginal people have been treated like shit right from the start. Almost as if they didn't even exist...which would explain why the country was declared 'terra nullius' by the British. Meaning of course, no human habitation what so ever. It may surprise you that even in those times, if a new land was inhabited, the 'discovering country' was supposed to make provisions for/ask for permission to settle the country.
Times are changing now. There's quite a discussion about our recent change of government and the events of the first day of parliament if you care to look
here. Times are changing. I have high hopes for the future of our country as we work towards leaving the crimes of our forefathers in the past.