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The Forum > Article Comments > Did the events at Pinjarra WA in 1834 merit yet another official apology to Aboriginal people? > Comments

Did the events at Pinjarra WA in 1834 merit yet another official apology to Aboriginal people? : Comments

By Brendan O'Reilly, published 7/11/2025

A modern Governor says sorry for an 1834 conflict under British administration. Is that accountability - or branding?

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Most Australians don't know anything about our history - particularly the Woke lot who like to hear such meaningless apologies on behalf of some unknown people 191 years ago.

It takes a real dill and super-dooper virtue signaller to pull stunt a like this. And, it does nothing for people struggling with life in 2025. Most people would say, "Who gives a stuff" - if they even heard or read the pointless twaddle.
Posted by ttbn, Friday, 7 November 2025 7:50:39 AM
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This idiocy is on a par with nut-zero.

Very joyful to see, an Australian Leftist nut case, was deported from Israel on Wednesday; banned for ninety nine years. Some of the evidence against him were photos of him holding a placard praising Sinwar in 2024, at a rally in Melbourne.

The World is putting us on notice!
Posted by diver dan, Friday, 7 November 2025 8:07:25 AM
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It clearly shows that education does not make a person wise nor does it cure ideological short sightedness. The money wasted on "educating" hopeless idiots could do a thousand times more good helping the unfortunate.
Anyone who judges the past out of context of the prevailing era should not be allowed in any official position.
Posted by Indyvidual, Friday, 7 November 2025 9:17:23 AM
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I think it is clear the indigenous population was the aggressor.
I don't for one minute believe that the british arrived, and immediately set about slaughering the local peoples.
The british reacted only when they were attacked.
This happened because the locals thought the british were invaders.
They tried to defend their land.
Which is honorable.
However, their defence was so weak and ineffective. that they had no chance.
They lost whatever control they had over the land.
The brits were now the dominant force.
That means the locals could not pass their control on to subsequent generations.
They could only pass knowledge to their children.
So any of their modern descendants have no claim whatsoever to control, and hence 'ownership', of any land.
Claims of that nature are irrelevant and absurd.
The recent 'apology' appears also to be just as absurd.
However much we bemoan the use of force by past generations, we were not there.
We have no responsibility for the actions of those who lived at that time.
We simply cannot make any meaningful apology for any 'wicked acts' they committed.
To do so is totally meaningless, and we should know it.
History if full of conflict and aggression.
That appears to be the nature of man.
To apologise for it all would mean we are endlessly in a state of abject regret.
Which is in itself absurd.
We all start with a clean slate.
And we need to live wisely in the present, and not in the past.
Posted by Ipso Fatso, Friday, 7 November 2025 12:14:19 PM
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Small point but Pinjarra is south east of Perth. South west would put the locality in the Indian Ocean.
Posted by BernieMasters, Friday, 7 November 2025 12:32:08 PM
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Here's some background to the Battle of Pinjarra - an extract from the City of Mandurah's website. It refers to Thomas Peel who purchased a large area of land in the very earliest days of the Swan River Colony:

"The Aborigines were becoming more and more aggressive. They stole stock, set fires, and harassed people. Peel had very little sympathy for the Aboriginal people, and it was apparent they did not care for him. On 15th July, Messrs. Barron & Nesbit accompanied several Aboriginal men to find a horse belonging to Peel. The idea behind this trip seemed to be the killing of Peel, who did not go with the two men. More aboriginal men appeared, surrounding the two men. Barron felt threatened and attempted to return to Mandurah. Nesbit was struck with three spears and fell from his horse. Barron fled with spears in his back. Whilst Nesbit died from his injuries, Barron recovered. This was the trigger to the Battle of Pinjarra."
Posted by BernieMasters, Friday, 7 November 2025 12:33:56 PM
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