cont'd ...

According to many historians, the British colonisers
were the ones who caused the most damage around
the globe and were the last I believe to grant
independence to their colonies.

Even today, they still won't let go by establishing
the British Commonwealth.

Foxy,

You have a gift for believing bullsh!t without question. You would have made a good altar-boy. Why do you think the population was all that high in pre-colonial times ? Maybe a quarter of a million, up to half a million after long periods of very good climatic conditions, dropping again to the lower level in 'ordinary' conditions.
As for the 1920 figures, it's very likely that many people were 'passing', or simply weren't counted in any survey, or most likely were simply counted as Australians.

The rapid 'growth' in the supposed Indigenous population after 1971 when a special box was allocated in the Census, from barely 150,000 up to 300,000 and 400,000 and currently around 700,000 has a lot to do with people re-identifying, plus a bit of number-fudging.

And by the way, the smallpox epidemics all seemed to have come down from the north, sometimes long before whitefellas were in the vicinity - one down the east coast around 1788-1789, another through the Channel country from the Gulf in about 1828-1829, and another down the north-west coast in the nineteenth century, as Judy Campbell has exhaustively shown:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10314618308682899?journalCode=rahs19

and in other papers. Perhaps people did not have the immunity to the disease that Macassans and Timorese had. Get your facts right, not just from Google.

Joe

Dear Joe,

If I believed bullshyte without question I'd
be swallowing yours.

No chance.

cont'd ...

Dear Joe,

As for my having the qualities of a good altR BOY.

I know that you meant that as an insult knowing
full well that females don't qualify for that job,
yet.

However, Thank You for that. I take it as a
compliment.

Have you ever been to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve?

It is breathtaking. Magical, and truly wondrous.

I envy the altar boys.

My husband was one as was my father.

So again - Thank You. You Sir, are a gentleman, and
ever so gracious - with such a big heart.

A true Brit.

mhaze,

Donald Horne in his celebrated book, "The Lucky
Country" meant the title as irony.

"Australia is a lucky country run by 2nd rate people
who share its luck," he lamented in 1964, describing much
of the Australian elite as unfailingly unoriginal race
obsessed and in thrall to Imperial power and its wars.

Nothing much it seems has changed for some.

Loudmouth,
as I have said before, you are miles ahead of all of us on the Aussie blacks and all things about them.
I also advised you to not waste your time with the likes of Foxy, SteelRedux, Paul and some others.
There appears to be a theme emerging, that shows them to be objectionable people both in attitude and in reality.
They seem incapable of understanding clear and concise facts or truths.
You have answered all the questions thrown at you and more and yet these fools refuse to eat umble pie (yes UMBLE)and instead of accepting that you know what your talking about and just shut up, they keep wasting everyones time with continual unsubstantiated rebuttals.
I have warned you previously of Foxy and this being her tactic.
She brags about her topic receiving over 400 postings.
Unfortunately nearly all of them are in attempting to sway her and her opinion on the topic, that she is wrong or mis-leading.
Her manner is a very irritating and counter productive one and we should not facilitate her because of it.
Anyway, don't let them get you down.
I only listen to or take advise from those more aware and knowledgeable than myself, and am happy to say there are many.
Sadly, foxy, Paul, SteelRedux and one or two others that don't come to mind at present, are not amongst them