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Dear Foxy,

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I think you must have read the “Uluru Statement from the Heart” … with your heart !

I have just reread it very carefully once again and nowhere can I find the word “treaty”.

The 444-word text is written in perfect English. It is admirably well-written, concise and to the point. There is little doubt in my mind that if the authors absolutely wanted a treaty they would have clearly said so. They did not.

As I indicated in my previous post, while there is no specific mention of a “treaty” as such, I understand that the word “Makarrata", a complex Yolngu word, is used to describe a process of conflict resolution, peacemaking, and justice which, of course, leaves the door open to the possibility of a treaty.

Here is the text of the “Uluru Statement from the Heart” :

http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3755370-ULURU-STATEMENT-FROM-the-HEART

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Dear SteeleRedux,

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You’re right when you say : “Your narrow application of the word [treaty] is in the eye of beholder I'm afraid”.

Even when I broaden the application, I still don’t see any in Australia.

But the broader view does allow me to see those in New Zealand (Waitangi 1840), the US (370 treaties 1788 – 1871) and Canada (1701 – 1921) with more to come.

That said, I don’t think the problem is with my eyesight. I think It’s philosophical.

I grew up in the Queensland bush and went to primary school with some Aboriginal kids. They were far superior to the rest of us in all our sporting activities. They beat us hands down in everything we did. I had great admiration for them.

I also had great admiration for the Aboriginal rugby league team who regularly beat our local town team with their unorthodox style of play, throwing the ball all over the place.

And perhaps I should mention my fortuitous encounter with a tribe of Aborigines running across the dirt track on the Nullabor Plains as I was driving from Adelaide to Perth many years ago. They stood on the track and waved me down to trade objects. I admired their extraordinary sense of equity in the exchange as well as the superb aesthetic of their form and stamina as they ran off across the desert.

They knew how to survive in the desert. I had no idea.

I also admire the Aboriginal trackers who manage to find people long after they have gone missing, and I am proud of the thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander diggers who served on the ground, in the air, at sea and on horseback in all our wars, including the two World Wars, and who continue to serve in our armed forces.

I must confess I have great difficulty imagining the need for a treaty with our indigenous compatriots any more than with my family, friends and neighbours.

The fact is, we’re living in their country and I’m very thankful for that.

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Dear Banjo,

You wrote: "
I have just reread it very carefully once again and nowhere can I find the word “treaty”."

Perhaps you might read the whole Uluru statement then?

https://ulurustatement.org/our-story/makarrata/

"Makarrata is another word for Treaty or agreement-making. It is the culmination of our agenda. It captures our aspirations for a fair and honest relationship with government and a better future for our children based on justice and self-determination."

Maybe there is another version of the Uluru statement?

Maybe there is another version of the Uluru statement?
Fester,
I'd say so, the secret agenda one they're still hiding from us !

The lying government and activists will tell you that 'Makarrata is a word in Yolngu meaning "a coming together after a struggle, facing the facts of wrongs and living again in peace".

What the pure and simple translation means is, is TREATY. Any other thought up version is bulldust.

This is just another egregious example of bad people twisting language because they will never get what they want by telling the truth. But, as always, people are too stupid to get the message before it is too late.

People don't seem to realise that aboriginals had NO written language. Someone sat down with the 200 plus language groups and made up words that sounded as close as possible to utterances. We can be sure that the people doing this were not as capable as modern linguists who have refined the languages in modern times. We can also be sure that the knowledge and facts are beyond most of the bozos here, arguing the toss about things that they are completely ignorant of - including the fact that Albanese and his Blackticvists mates are pulling the wool over their eyes.

The whole Aboriginalisation of Australia is a symptom of societal decay. When fifty percent of the land mass is under native title, controlled by a paltry few Australians who can point to some Aboriginal ancestry, you know something has gone seriously wrong. Well, you would know that if your mind had withstood the warping influences of the past thirty years and more.