BOTH SIDES SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF.
Belly,
Yes,
I do not advocate military Service. I am all for National Service. Military Service has the added risk that the rebellious will use their military training against society. Teach them responsibility & let them use that against society. Remember, we have enough trouble the way it is, let's not give them the edge to be even more of a problem.
As for employment in the bush ? There would be so much to do out there but sadly, the environmentalists rather let the whole bush get flooded & then burnt down before consenting to let the people who live there take things into their own, much more capable hands.

Lexi:
<they [aboriginals] have traditionally been people who lived in rural areas, beginning to migrate to larger cities only a few generations ago>

Lexi,
"a few generations ago", before the white invasion, they "traditionally" occupied all of Australia and no doubt favoured the prime real estate we've built our cities and agriculture on. The fact that they're "beginning to migrate to larger cities" might be due to them being sick of the desert. Or maybe they're optimistic they won't be hunted for sport these days, or their skins are grown thick enough to stand being reviled by the hard-working whites..

jayb:
<To my opinion they should be away from towns, and living their traditional life, in areas that are exclusively theirs with out intrusion from white man>

Yes, but you're a racist, jayb. It clouds your judgement.
How about if we give them their prime land back and ask them not to intrude in the desert, where we can set-up our own little Mecca..?
I bet we'd never see them again..

Squeers:

Kindly don't patronize me. I'm more than aware of Aboriginal history.
Read my post in its entirety - I was trying to address the topic of this discussion.

Apologies if my quote unjustly represents your post.
But you can hardly argue the aborigines have been living a traditional lifestyle during the last 250 years? And I do wonder what "our" notion of "legitimacy" has to do with anything?
I'm also sceptical that <Education and community involvement and taking responsibility - is the key>
Why is it always about the marginal castes finding their way to fit into our system? Why is our way of life the default moral position, which need never test its legitimacy?

Squeers:

Good questions. And my apologies - I simply don't have the time or the inclination to deal with them at present (personal reasons). I'm going on leave for several weeks. See you when I get back.

Squeers: How about if we give them their prime land back and ask them not to intrude in the desert, where we can set-up our own little Mecca..?

"How about if we give them their prime land back"
I have no problem with that. Mind you they are not aloud to mine, develop or do anything else with it. Those that want to live there would live in their anchient traditional ways not encuumbered with anything brought in by whitie. No religion too. Only their original spirits. Those that lived in the desert can chose to live back their, those that lived on the top end can go there. The do gooders should be kept well away from them. The worst thing that ever happened to Aboriginals was the coming of religion it destroyed there traditional beliefs & way of life.

Mind you if they chose to live in town then they do as all Australians do. Mind you, they, as do some white people need lessons in etiquette, hygiene & social behaviour.

I.m no racist. I have the support of many Aboriginal people.