@Paul1405,

Freudian slip but the word is 'bated.'

Hi Rhross,

Good questions. Yes, Aboriginal people - at least in the 'south' - have been enmeshed, to varying degrees, with the rest of Australians for upwards of two hundred and thirty years. Perhaps one could say that, early on, of course they brought aspects of Aboriginal culture with them, but have had their own perceptions of how to live in Australian society ever since. In that sense, they have developed an Aboriginal-Australian culture ever since, with varying degrees of diversity.

So sociologically - like any other group - they have created amalgams, modified them, had a vast range of different experiences which strengthened and loosened some earlier aspects and created something different (to varying degrees) from their origins. Traditional cultural practices which were no longer relevant to the lives that they were living have been put on the backburner and/or withered, as new practices have been incorporated into their daily lives.

Aboriginal children brought up in that environment have been socialised, as families and siblings, with varying degrees of difference from the practices or perceptions of other families around them. So people have 'culture' on a sort of spectrum from much more to much less traditionally-oriented, and much more to much less contemporary-society-oriented. And have remained, in their own creative way, Aboriginal.

Joe

Pul,

Everybody in the business knows that payment for 'welcome to country' goes on, tax-free. And that particular people get the lion's share of the opportunities. Good earner.

Joe

Paul,

"I await your response with baited breath."

What did you bait your breath with?

Hope that it was something sweet and not a raw prawn that had gone off.

Do get Grammarly.

You have my response, take it or leave it, but do do something about your breath, perhaps you could "bated" it.

Well Joe "everyone knows" except Issy, cause he can't name names I take it you are one of those "in the business" down there in the almost Aboriginal free South Aussie.

Oh dear Issy, the Tribunal has reviewed your case, and it finds you guilty of telling another porky. The up side is you are eligible for yet another PORKY MEDAL. In your absents I will have the kitchen mop stand in for you, and with a full "smoking ceremony" and "welcome to county ceremony" I shall pin the cardboard medal on the kitchen mop representing you in your absence, the mop being propped up against the dunny door. Can't be fairer than that!

Gee Joe, we pay Aboriginal people about $400 to $600 to do welcome to country ceremonies at every campaign launch, nothing new in that.
How much did they pay the menacing savages in 1938 for the 150th reenactment of Phillips landing at Farm Cove. The answer is NOTHING! They locked the poor fellas up in a police cell the night before, and threatened that their rations would be cut off if they didn't cooperate.

paul,

You got sucked in, deliberately.

What were you trying to catch with your breath; blowflies?