mhaze: Yes, there is much we can learn from aboriginal 'culture'. But only if we ignore the facts and fall for the fantasy.

I agree entirely.

"Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!"
Foxy,
last time I heard a crowd attempting to shout that I thought that was filmed in the Middle East but then I saw that it was in a Sydney suburb.

Human beings, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal have lived for most of their existence in a pre-literate culture. Therefore we do not have a written record of most human history. However, great advantages have been made in recent years by the discoveries of archeology. A C Grayling in "Frontiers of Knowledge" has written of this history. Control of fire, domestication of animals, agriculture, art and tool-making were all developed by pre-literate people, and there is no written record of any of it. Some on this list have pointed that there is no written record of Aboriginal development for most of their existence. The same is true whichever tribe we came from.

individual,

AUSSIE! AUSSIE! AUSSIE! The legendary cry that we happy
products of the great southern land emit in order to inform
the world that not only are we Australian, and not only are we
present, but we are, above all, loud.

When we gather in large groups to bellow these three simple
words that are actually one simple word,
we are affirming our identity, and expressing our pride in
the country we call home.

But perhaps, when we express that pride, we fail to think
deeply about exactly why we feel it. What, after all, is
so great about Australia?

Is it the glittering beaches? The rugged outback? Do
we really express pride in our nation based only on the
natural wonders offered by the landmass?

Surely not. As Ben Pobjie tells us in his great read of
a book - "Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!" The real beauty of
this country lies not in trees, seas, or cassowaries, but
in the greatest resource that any country can have,
its people.

And that's a fact worth remembering.

Dear David F.,

Thank You. As always, you lift the tone of any
discussion.

Control of fire, domestication of animals, agriculture, art and tool-making were all developed by pre-literate people,
davidf,
True & sadly it is due to the over educated in bureaucracy that these sensible practises are no longer permitted & cause so much dreadful damage to environment & society !