Regarding Aborigines as subhuman,shooting them up for sport, dispossessing them of their land and languages are only some of the hideous crimes which were committed against them by many of the settlers and officialdom.
It is then hardly surprising that a migrant adopted by members of the first nations would condemn settlers for such atrocities.

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Andris,
Of course, many incidents in human history were appalling but as we see on the News daily, nothing really much has changed. From those committing atrocities to those who keep blaming generations who had no part in any of them !
Lying about ancestry to aid stirring up more conflict is not warranted either !
Such hypocrisy is what causes history repeating !

We, all the generations since the invasion of the first nations' Australia, are beneficiaries of this robbery' as we all live on stolen land. This is not a matter of guilt-whipping or blaming innocent by-standers, it is simply acknowledging the truth of this country's history. Such admission of truth is necessary if the Australian dream of a fair go is to have a chance for becoming a reality for the first nations' descendents too.

Your what’s called a “sucker” to the cause. You haven’t a clue!

Dan

stolen land
Andris,
Much land was taken over without agreement from the indigenous long-time occupiers. Some was sold for a few sticks of tobacco etc., some occupiers were chased out & many died from conflict !
Quite a few generations of Australians have compensated the indgenous to a greater extent than what the cost of buying it would be today.
Most Aborigines live on their land still with houses & services of all kinds provided by the perpetual indirect lease payments.
The activists in the city suburbs are misappropriating much of what is destined for the people in the Bush.
They're in fact stealing from their own. Todays non-indigenous are constantly paying for what their forebears did including the forebears of those claiming some indigenous heritage ! They're not living on stolen land anymore, they're now living on leased land !
The greater percentage of the past-blamers are hypocrites as they themselves live the lifestyle of those they condemn !