Australia Day is a celebration of unity, British settlement also unified the over 200 aboriginal nations within Australia. There are a few vocal activist who do not want to be unified with the majority of aboriginals.The Botany Bay settlement just came ahead of a proposed Spanish settlement by a few days.

The claim that British settlement brought hardship to aboriginal people is totally irrelevant in todays society. They forget the stone age hardship they put up with for thousands of years before modern Australia offered them new opportunities.

The federal govt under PM Ruddy Kev, officially apologised to the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia for all of the atrocities that were committed against them in the past and most especially for the stolen generation of children. All Australians agree that it was a reprehensible action to remove children from their families and we elected a PM knowing full well he was going to apologise for these crimes of humanity.

Now, my only disagreement or criticism of that was there was no Queen or Queen's representative apologising on behalf of the British Govt for all the murder or should I say slaughter of innocent men, women and children. Then they started the stolen generation that we kept going.

My question is, how come after this apology was made, there was no, none, zero, nada, zip, Aboriginal delegation standing in fed Parliament on a momentous day formally accepting that apology and asking that the two peoples begin to work toward reconciliation and being able to forgive, even if we decided to never forget?

So knowing that the Aboriginal people of Australia have not accepted our apology and are themselves much more racist than the average white Australian, I cannot see how they have a leg to stand on and demand we drop Australia Day.

I say keep Australia Day on the 26th of January and don't change it for anyone!

Hi Steele,

If it occurred, then it shouldn't be too hard to find forensic evidence, and to confirm, once and for all, that a massacre did take place where you said it did, and that doubters are fools, liars and scoundrels. Why the reluctance ?

Cheers,

Joe

Thank you Albi. I've been saying that very same thing for years.

PhilS: I look forward to the death of "Political correctness".

Me too.

runner: One needs to be racist, blind and ignorant not to see what a great place the British made Australia.

Too right. They really should be thankful that the French, Portuguese, Spanish, Belgians, Dutch or the Germans didn't come first. They would have had something to complain about then.

In answer to your question Foxy. No! It should be "Grateful Day" for all aboriginal Australian, Otherwise they would have been still living back 80000 years ago, or under the thumb of the Portuguese, Spanish, French, Belgians, Dutch or Germans. How would that have worked out for them?

ttn: I appreciate that SOME people with aboriginal heritage - all who benefited from the "invasion" - might think differently,

The ones that want the change also have their hands out the furthest.

Loudmouth: around 54,000 indigenous people have graduated from universities.

Are they using their Degrees to further their people , or just to create greater havoc in Modern Society & putting their hand out for their own benefit. My Bet. 4000 trying to do some good for their people 50000 trying to work the system.

Albie: Had Eureka been a victory for those involved, encompassing a wider pre Federation sentiment, we may well have seen a system of laws and government akin to the American model of that time.

Happy new year Albie. Peter Lalor went on to a career in Politics & helped design the Australian Constitution. Something I learnt in School 65 years ago.

Foxy: Australia day should be about unification of Australia, not dividing us as a society.

The only people dividing Australia are the Greens & their hangeroners. Best we just totally ignore them like the naughty children they are.

Dear Josephus,

Truly ignorant comments my friend. This is from one of the early settlers. Hardly enduring the 'stone-age hardships' you seem to feel they needed immediate rescue from.

“The aboriginal blacks on and near the western coast of Victoria—near Belfast, Warrnambool, and Portland—had always been noted as a breed of savages by no means to be despised. They had been for untold generations accustomed to a dietary scale of exceptional liberality. The climate was temperate; the forests abounded in game; wildfowl at certain seasons were plentiful; while the sea supplied them with fish of all sorts and sizes, from a whale (stranded) to a whitebait. No wonder that they were a fine race, physically and otherwise—the men tall and muscular, the women well-shaped and fairly good-looking. To some even higher commendation might with truth be applied.”

“One is often tempted to smile at hearing some under-sized Anglo-Saxon, with no brain power to spare, assert gravely the blacks of Australia were the lowest race of savages known to exist, the conecting link between man and the brute creation, etc. On the contrary, many of the leading members of tribes known to the pioneer squatters were grandly-formed specimens of humanity, dignified in manner, and possessing an intelligence by no means to be despised, comprehending a quick sense of humour, as well as a keenness of perception, not always found in the superior race.”

Within 40 years they were virtually wiped out.

Dear peter6,

I was there that day and there were certainly representatives from various aboriginal nations one of whom was handed the written apology from Rudd.

I also witnessed the relief and joy that so many indigenous people appeared to be experiencing on that day. It was well overdue but accepted with good grace by those thousands in attendance. If you have any other questions about the occasion let me know.

Dear Loudmouth,

Yes and we should sift through any remaining ashes in the ovens of Auschwitz every 5 years to pander to holocaust deniers? Sorry mate, still not bloody interested.

@SteeleRedux

You may have been there and it may have been received in good grace by some, but like I said in my other post, where is the delegation appearing before Federal Parliament officially accepting the apology on behalf of all Aboriginal tribes and where is the request and intent from these people to work towards reconciliation and for them to ditch their racism?

So far, nothing has come from these people, except more hatred, more violence, more racism and now they want to shame us into moving our day of celebration.

Aboriginals have allowed themselves to be caught up by the SJW/feminist/LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ snowflake crowd and they are now on the same bandwagon, beating the same 'victim' drum that these women and others of their ilk beat. And of course it is being pushed by the lunatic fringe dwelling Greens.
The same mob that push for all manner of abortions, they want our children force fed pofterism in schools where 6 year olds are told it is natural to stick a penis up another man’s arse and all the other filthy things these Greens are peddling.

The greens are the dregs of our political parties and they will push any low level cause they can get their grubby hands on.

We need to put out a strong message and tell these people to leave Australia Day alone!