Speaking of aboriginal "knowledge", it is all bulls-t.

Without a written language, there is no evidence for any of the "lore" passed down orally for umpteen thousand years. Stories change after a couple of tellings.

"Romancing" of ancient lives has been popular with malcontents for thousands of years.

Read "Romancing the PRIMITIVE The Myth Of The Ecological Aborigine", by William J. Lines, and learn.

Paul,

highlighting typos? How pathetic? Can't think up even one defence for the failed Voice?

ttbn,

I somewhat agree with you there, oral story telling does lose meaning though the "Chinese Whisper" effect over time. Bit like Christianity and the life of Christ. Stories are misquoted and embellished, often from the get-go. In the case of Christ, I suspect much of Christs teachings are actually the thoughts of someone else. BTW; Stories can change with just one telling, but after hundreds. I'm more interested in social justice for Aboriginal people, more so than any ancient lore.

" Bit like Christianity and the life of Christ. Stories are misquoted and embellished, often from the get-go"

The trouble with that way of thinking, and this is common among those who just buy the anti-Christian rhetoric, is that people were writing down the Jesus story within 2 years of his death.

Aboriginal oral history wasn't even written down within 20,000 years of the supposed occurrence.

mhaze,

"within 2 years of his (Christ) death."

What writings are they mhaze? How is their date authenticated.

"The crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth in 1st-century, most likely in AD 30 or AD 33." Independent sources, not the Baptist Church of America. Like his death the birth year of Christ is also uncertain. Again most likely between 6 BCE and 4 BCE. The first 100 years of Christianity is still very much a mystery. The 4 Gospel writers, their true names are unknown, they were given Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

The Gospel of Mark probably dates from c. AD 66–70, Matthew and Luke around AD 85–90, and John AD 90–110.

Pilates report to Caesar.
http://www.johnthebaptist.us/jbw_english/documents/articles/rjmi/tr21_pilate_letter_on_christ.pdf