Foxy,
The majority of Australian Aboriginals could not read or write in 1788, in fact 100% of them.
They couldn’t do so for 60,000 years but the British brought with them the great gift of writing and reading…
Since those days our Indigenous brothers and sisters have benefited mightily, to the extent that thousands of them now live a European lifestyle and hav little or nothing to do with Aboriginal culture.
My own relations of Aboriginal descent identify as European as that is their dominant ancestral origin; having, for the most part, only one Aboriginal ancestor.

Foxy,
The link you posted was about astronomy, if you live under the stars, you will work out some patterns of behaviour of your environment after 60,000 years. We are not claiming they were unintelligent, but they did not develop any tools more than sharpened stones or sticks. They just learned where to find food in the environment and build funnell stone fish traps. Existence was about food and dreamtime.

Where is the Australian Stonehenge> When was it built? The Great Pyramid was built 5,000 years ago with precise astrological dimensions recording the sun movements and the circumference of the Earth, some cut blocks of stone have been raised over 300 feet and weigh 1,200 tones. Long before Galiao. We have developed beyond the history and knowledge of Egypt

Is this promotion wanting us to return to hunter gathering so that it does not destroy their land? This land in their view belongs to aboriginal tribes sanctioned by Local Councils- other cultures are invasers and have stolen their land.

Their message is vague and confusing! We want them to adopt our culture and become equal to us; not we become equal to their culture.

The claim is aboriginals had a sophisticated numerical system - this must be challenge as I had a young man from West Papua with degrees after his name from Indonesian university live with me for several months. His tribe only had words in their native language for one, two three and many. He developed a mathmatical language for his tribe and language to express all mathmatical complexities in a commercial World. He developed this while living and studying in Australia. At least his tribe farmed yams and pigs in the highlands and built housing shelters. His Grandfather was a cannabal - he could equally live off the environment catching elles and birds for food, his favourite was dog which they also raised.

It's important to understand the past to help us understand
the present. There are many Australian Indigeous people
still alive today who were:

1) Forcibly removed from their parents under government
policy.

2) Separated from their children.

3) Barred from towns after 6.00 pm.

4) Not allowed to be in public areas without permission.

5) Banned from schools and hospitals.

6) Forced to work in the homes or on properties of
non-Indigenous people and have their earnings permanently
withheld by the government.

And the list goes on.

Had it not been for oral traditions and people had stopped
sharing their stories and cultures - it all would have
been lost.

We need to stress the need to respect cultural diversity
and encourage people to understand each community is
distinct and unique. And there are valid reasons for
the current behaviour of many of our Indigenous people.

maze your total negativity towards aboriginal people in your pointing out post shows you to be a racists.

Actually Bazz it took me no time at all to realise you are a racists, just reading your bile was enough.

Thanks for the link Foxy, if Morrison has his way the Aboriginal voice to parliament will be more like a murmur than a voice.

Hi Foxy,

Totally off the subject, but who cares, great fund raising idea. Ask local businesses etc to create a Xmas tree display each, and display them all in the local hall. Have nightly viewings and folks buy a ticket to see the display. All the basic tree's are simmilar but it's how each one is decorated with lights etc that determines the winner who gets a very nice Xmas hamper. The hall is all decked out, Te said it looked fantastic, lots of trees etc, she did a couple of nights on duty from 6 to 9, and a good roll up of families with the kids. Going to raise several thousand in 10 nights.

Ps all have put in great efforts to make their tree stand out, some very innovative ideas to be had.