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A good news story about Australia’s past : Comments

By Don Aitkin, published 19/1/2017

So much of our media news is dire that I thought it would be good to start the year with a story of virtue and prosperity.

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good and then use it to allow subtitles for your streams and also films. http://koditvguide.com obtain online TELEVISION in your media center nice.
Posted by Anthon, Saturday, 21 January 2017 8:58:44 PM
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Don Aitkin,

Nice little article
.
I did some study at UNE and my wife has two degrees through UNE as well.

I visit the excellent library occasionally and have a bite or two at the cafe.

Pity that your article attracted the dingbats.
Posted by Is Mise, Sunday, 22 January 2017 10:00:16 AM
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Yes Ismise I second your opinion.
I found the article VERY interesting.
It was probably one of those type of houses that was used in the TV
program A Place to Call Home.
Posted by Bazz, Monday, 23 January 2017 4:44:10 PM
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The share farming system has been common all over Australia. Share farmers are not necessarily poorer than the farmer whose crop they put in and reap: they often are the people with the right sort of gear to do the job, which the farmer-owner may not have.

Some Aboriginal missions and government settlements, and now of course community-controlled councils, have continued the system, sometimes going back into the nineteenth century: a Mission might be allocated a large area of land, say twenty thousand acres, but doesn't have the machinery to work it, so it share-farms, taking the proceeds of half the crop. Considering that all the labour is put in by the share-farmer, it's not a bad deal for both parties.

Joe
Posted by Loudmouth, Monday, 23 January 2017 9:48:46 PM
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A very nice article, thank you, Don.

I don't understand why it draws some of the odd comments here.

Some amazing individuals deserve articles like yours to remind us of their legacies. It's sad that we cannot all agree about that, it seems.
Posted by Luciferase, Monday, 23 January 2017 10:17:24 PM
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