Is Mise,

I do have an answer - but all you
seem to know is piffle.

Foxy,
I recall you quoting a federal politician and not being able to verify the quote. One should ensure that the person being quoted actually said what is claimed he/she said. But according to you it is OK to misrepresent what someone has said. In this case it appears to be totally made up by you and is completely incorrect. You cannot even claim 'out of context'. I call that misrepresentation.

What other indigenous people around the world are better looked after by the descendants of their conquerors than here in Australia ?

Nothing ? Anyone ? Where's the Flak ? Surely I couldn't be that close to the mark ?

Just for you Indy, the indigenous Lapps of Norway and Sweden are better looked after than the indigenous people of Australia. can you show that they are not?

Paul1405,
Don't twist words again. I asked a question not put forward a query. Btw, how did the Lapps compare to the Aborigines when they were taken over & when was that ? Were the Lapps nomadic too? Did they have settlement communities & houses unlike the Aborigines ?
nb. This is a question to you, not a query !

Paul & Foxy,

Perhaps you're both right - if we complain and carp about something for long enough, it will reverse itself. In this case, with just a bit more complaining and carping, we can all go back to before 1788.

Yeah, that would be so good. That would show them.

OR we can recognise that what has happened in history has happened and can never un-happen. The Normans invaded England. Napoleon invaded Russia. The European powers colonised Africa. The British invaded Aotearoa. The US invaded Iraq. None of that can un-happen.

Twenty five million people now live in Australia. They're not going back to wherever they came from. Cities and roads and bridges can't be easily un-built. The past has happened and it can't be reversed even by prayer.

Joe