Paul,
The Aboriginals immediately abandoned their old way of life because the British offered them something better, that's the way colonisation works, it's how 70,000 British were able to govern 150 million Indians.
Because Lefties see all non Whites as inferior they can't credit Aborigines with the brains to have been able to see that they were better off adopting superior European technology and customs straight away.
The White racism profiteers need to portray Aborigines as eternal victims, objects who are always acted upon by Whites because if Aborigines are seen as agents of their own destiny there's no more gravy train for the carpet bagging White Lefties and bleeding hearts.
Remember my post about "Invasion Day"? That summed it up, if you want to portray Aboriginals as the losers and Whites the winners then it's obvious what your agenda is.

Dick Smith writing in The Age suggests that January 26th
could simply be known as "First Fleet Day."
He says that "Celebrating our national day on the day of
British settlement in 1788 has never been a date that
brings all Australians together, no matter how many flags
we wave or happy barbeques we may enjoy."

He also points out that "we have built a remarkable nation
in the years since 1788 and one of the advantages of
living in a democracy is we have the freedom to say what
we think and be able to stand up for what we believe is
important."

However, much as I believe that we're all entitled to our
opinions and Mr Dick Smith certainly is to his,
the opinion that resonated the most with me while surfing
the net - was the following expressed by
Benjamin Thomas Jones. Who wrote:

"As an Australian of European descent, I am sorry for the
brutal dispossession that followed first content. I am
sorry for the rape, murder and other acts of violence
suffered by Aboriginal people. I am sorry for the families
that were needlessly broken apart."

"But one thing I can't be sorry for is the arrival of the
British on 26th January. I am glad they came, if they
hadn't, I would not be here. I'm also glad the Italians,
Greeks, and other Europeans arrived after World War II.
I'm glad the Vietnamese arrived in 1980s and I'm glad for
the handful of boat people fleeing persecution who manage
to negotiate our draconian immigration policy and find
shelter on our shores."

"Australia in the 21st century is home to people from
virtually every country in the world. Each wave of immigration
has enriched Australia as a whole. I am proud to live in
one of the most peaceful and multicultural nations on the
planet."

Yay!

http://benjaminthomasjones.com/?p=483

Having read all the above I have come to the conclusion we definitely should change the date of Australia day.

There is really only one day suitable, & that is of course,

The First of April.

& happy Australia day to the lot of you.

Dear Hasbeen,

Most Australians would not agree with you.
But then again most today have an
IQ is that is higher than their shoe-size. ;-)

Hasbeen, you really are an engineer! :)

Hi there FOXY...

As much as it pains me to say, but I definitely don't agree with your statement, '...each wave of immigration has enriched Australia as a whole...' ? I will agree, most new settlers have made a good fist of Australia as their new home, and I for one most certainly welcome them.

However, during the troubled times in Lebanon, the then Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm FRASER offered sanctuary to many of those Christian Lebanese who become disenfranchised, and who sought to escape from all the violence that was occurring over there.

Mr FRASER'S policy in principle, was quite good except, there was virtually no screening taking place of many of these people ? Consequently we were allowing many of the criminals and other fugitives seeking foreign shores in, unabated. Many having committed very serious capital crimes, and now we're paying the price, in fact we're STILL paying the price, only now it's a case of radicalized home grown terrorism !

Again, I would draw your attention to Bankstown and it's environs. It should be noted, I worked the Bankstown local command, so I do have specific knowledge of the area and it's many problems. Further, these people represent one of the largest criminal gangs, currently in (and running) NSW gaols, second only to the 'Bikie' gangs !