//So no pushing people off their lands then ?//

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_War

Foxy,

"The most insidious myth perpetuated about Aboriginal society
is the idea it was "primitive," "stone-age," "nomadic," or
"unevolved."

Where's the myth?

They were primitive, very primitive, as anyone who knew genuine Australian Aboriginals in their tribal state could attest.
In my teens, I spent some months living with tribal people in the Northern Territory; a time of my life that I cherish.
They were lovely people and very skilled at survival in the bush, but believe me they were primitive, stone age (some still had stone axes although the better off had much worn down steel tomahawks), they were nomadic, in that they had no permanent abode and followed the seasons and the movement of game.
They were unevolved simple people and they stank, as I did after a while!! (they told me that I smelled better after the first month).

Dear Is Mise,

The point that is being made is that if the stereotypes
around Australia's human past PRIOR to the British
settlement in 1788 can be deconstructed and the
ARCHAEOLOGICAL history of Australia placed into its global
context, then we will move towards a greater respect for
the significant achievements of the First Australians.
Those were different times to what you experienced and they
should be viewed in their global context. The archaeology
of our continent and the achievements of ancient Australia
remain largely unknown to the mainstream public.

http://theconversation.com/why-our-kids-should-learn-aboriginal-history-24196

Foxy,

My experience was with some of the last of the primitive tribals, there is nothing to suggest that their forebears were any less primitive.

You might also consider doing a bit of proof reading before you hit the button,

"Then we so revere the notion of "Lest We Forget"
when remembering our role in a foreign war (WWI)
also hundreds of years ago."

WW I ended less than a hundred years ago!

Nicknamenick you are a racist crunt.

Foxy,

"The point that is being made is that if the stereotypes
around Australia's human past PRIOR to the British
settlement in 1788 can be deconstructed and the
ARCHAEOLOGICAL history of Australia placed into its global
context, then we will move towards a greater respect for
the significant achievements of the First Australians"

What achievements?