Can anyone tell me what the First Nation is, as mentioned in the Uluru Document?

Paul,

That made me laugh. Forty years ago, i was a Maoist, and had many of the views and hopes and aspirations that you seem to have now. I guess I've moved on a bit.

Back then, my wife and i were making Aboriginal Flags and sending them around the country. We made our first in 1972 for the Aboriginal embassy here in Adelaide, five of them, 3 ft by 5 ft - too long in normal weather, but up on the hill at North Adelaide in Winter, they flew magnificently. We'd been concerned earlier that every piss-ant group was knocking up 'its own flag', one only of each, full of spear-points and boomerangs and most Australian fauna and in all colours. Harold Thomas had drawn up a model Flag, the current one, simple to make, expressive, beautiful. We made maybe a hundred of them and sent them all over the country. I think the first one at the Canberra Embassy was one of ours. They had a wonky central disc, so if you saw one like that ..... We were factory-workers and knocked them up after we'd put the kids to bed.

So I wish you well on your long journey of discovery :)

Best wishes,

Joe

The first step in the right direction to solving this problem might be to drop the outdated nomenclature ‘aborigine’. After 230 years, no such person exists. It could be time to think about our ‘fellow Australians’ - then, perhaps, next time we see a tiny child in a disposable nappy of dubious cleanliness, face covered in snot and flies, wandering around what is really a camp in a desert, the Leftists responsible for that child’s shameful existence just might compare that little person with their own child, grandchild or great grandchild. I already make the comparison, as I’m sure many other decent, non-Left people do.

But, of course, the Left thrives on divide-and-conquer, otherness and identity politics, so it’s probably too much too much to hope for.

Another misconception about Aboriginal people is the majority are living in far flung remote communities in WA and the NT, not true. More than 68% live in NSW and Qld, with only 5% in Joe's SA. 81% of the Indigenous population live in cities or regional centres, those living in very remote locations account for around 12%.

Big Nanna, you seem to put forward the negatives of remote living, is that the full story. Claiming I was denying that some of the worst outcomes for Aboriginal people are for those living in remote communities, is untrue, I never said that. I was reading an article today, white men in remote communities are twice as likely to present with alcohol related health issues that the general population of males.

Joe with all those flags you were flying its a pity the Aboriginal population of SA was so small, there were hardly any to see them

Foxy,

The preamble is part of the constitution but has no legal effect. I strongly doubt that 90% intended for the full intent of the Uhluru Statement to be implemented.

Gosh, Paul, that was clever. Actually 6 - 6.2 %. There were plenty of people back then to see them, since even then, half of the Aboriginal population lived in Adelaide. But the purpose was to get it all over Australia. And across to New Zealand too. Well, all over the world actually.

Some of us have been saying for years that only a minority of the Indigenous population lived in remote communities. Glad you've caught up :)

Here are other stats you may like to broadcast amongst your many friends: there are now more than 60,000 Indigenous university graduates - maybe 65,000 by the end of this year. Currently, there are 20,000 Indigenous people enrolled at universities in standard degree-level and PG courses, and since 1990, around 120-140,000 Indigenous people have been to university. The great majority are enrolled in standard, non-discriminatory courses, about 17 % in PG courses. Two-thirds of the students are female. The vast majority are from urban backgrounds.

Here's another stat: Indigenous females are enrolling at a greater percentage of their population than NON-Indigenous Australian males. Another landmark stat :) .

Joe