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» 23/11/2019 4:57:50 PM My question would be, in regard to a published 'voice' for Australians with Aboriginal anc.....
» 3/08/2019 3:45:42 PM @Joe, That all makes sense. I am no expert but my understanding was that the absence of a.....
» 2/08/2019 5:20:42 PM @Joe, When you say culture would be varied - in what ways? It seems to me perhaps to be a.....
» 28/07/2019 1:10:40 PM @Joe, What you describe for some women with Aboriginal ancestry is no different a reality.....
» 27/07/2019 7:46:56 PM @Joe, I do not think in 2019 and a modern democracy we can talk about Aboriginal women be.....
» 27/07/2019 7:44:46 PM @Paul1405, The facts are what matter. Read the material, follow the information and see w.....
» 27/07/2019 4:46:49 PM @Joe, I don't think there is any doubt that women were the backbone of such societies and.....
» 27/07/2019 3:52:32 PM From Dark Emu exposed - my point exactly. Quote: As we checked Mr Pascoe’s text, and comp.....
» 27/07/2019 3:50:32 PM @Paul1405, When I find my copy of the book I am happy to go through it. However, I knew h.....
» 26/07/2019 11:05:31 AM @Joe, p.s. Bruce Pascoe doesn't 'make' discoveries, he invents them. easy peasy......
» 26/07/2019 11:04:21 AM @Joe, Yes, I did read Kangaroo Grass had good levels of nutrition at certain stages but c.....
» 25/07/2019 5:13:35 PM @Paul1405, I know Joe has touched on this, i.e. the lack of agricultural equipment used b.....
» 25/07/2019 5:02:08 PM @Joe, Sorry, I should have been clearer - I meant Australians in general have had to move.....
» 25/07/2019 12:42:53 PM @Paul1405 If you are suggesting walkabout was or could be a spiritual practice and no dou.....
» 25/07/2019 12:31:40 PM @Paul 1405 You said: In response to; "is the difficulty of first getting Aborigina.....
» 25/07/2019 12:25:42 PM @Paul1405 You said: I note from your above post a blinked and pessimistic view of Aborigi.....
» 24/07/2019 11:17:26 AM @Loudmouth, Being closely involved with mining companies in WA, NT and Qld., one thing is.....
» 24/07/2019 11:13:08 AM @Paul1405, My assessment of Pascoe is sourced in: Forty years as a journalist, editor,bo.....
» 23/07/2019 3:26:33 PM @Loudmouth, Having lived so many years in Third World countries, I have often been remind.....
» 23/07/2019 12:00:07 PM @Paul1405, Yes the British struggled to farm in the strange environment. But they also le.....
» 23/07/2019 11:57:38 AM @Paul1405, In regard to the one instance you cite of something appearing to be soil tilli.....
» 22/07/2019 1:42:12 PM @Paul1405, I don't recall anyone suggesting that the many different Aboriginal peoples di.....
» 15/07/2019 3:22:19 PM @SteeleRedux, Re-reading, my response remains the same. In terms of your post: Abstrac.....
» 14/07/2019 4:20:49 PM @Joe, Yes, and that is an interesting insight regarding the Sumerians being farmers and s.....
» 13/07/2019 4:31:35 PM @SteeleRedux, Since all stone-age peoples appear to have gained some comprehension of eas.....
» 13/07/2019 4:29:33 PM @Loudmouth, sorry I missed the irony. The medium is cryptic. However, I do not agree re:.....
» 12/07/2019 6:34:51 PM @Loudmouth, Naming stars and planets is not astrology. Astrology is finding meaning and p.....
» 12/07/2019 6:31:32 PM @IsMise, Yes, Vedic astrology does still do quite a bit of predictive. But I thought we w.....
» 11/07/2019 2:06:05 PM @IsMise, You did it again. Demonstrated abject ignorance. Astrology is not about foretell.....
» 10/07/2019 4:25:15 PM @ Is Mise, Just as a guide. You said: 9. Why do horoscopes of the same zodiac sign in di.....
» 10/07/2019 4:22:24 PM @IsMise, Your reasons indicate much time spent reading sceptic sites talking about astrol.....
» 10/07/2019 4:16:52 PM @Paul1405, Alchemy is a serious interest of mine but, I believe, like religious teachings.....
» 10/07/2019 4:15:34 PM @Paul1405, Real astrology does not have a concept of which Sun Sign might believe or not .....
» 9/07/2019 4:59:59 PM @Loudmouth, My understanding was the earliest guestimates, working on how many languages,.....
» 9/07/2019 4:57:14 PM @IsMise, So, where did you study astrology? Was it a two year course or a five year cours.....
» 9/07/2019 10:39:12 AM @Paul1405 Very droll. :).....
» 8/07/2019 6:23:01 PM @IsMise, Thanks for admitting you know nothing. This is a digression from the topic anywa.....
» 8/07/2019 11:33:26 AM @Is Mise, So, can I know how in depth your studies of astrology have been for you to form.....
» 7/07/2019 4:44:16 PM @Paul1405, Astrology can be used very effectively as a psychotherapeutic tool and also sh.....
» 7/07/2019 1:45:42 PM @Joe, In terms of culture, I do believe in cellular memory and indeed, growing research i.....
» 6/07/2019 4:39:39 PM @Paul 1405, Thousands have been paid for WTC ceremonies. Quote: Matilda House-Williams, .....
» 6/07/2019 3:56:34 PM @Loudmouth, yes, all of that makes sense but the reality is, all cultures change and evol.....
» 5/07/2019 5:56:07 PM @Paul1405, Freudian slip but the word is 'bated.'.....
» 5/07/2019 5:35:56 PM @Loudmouth, The real question is, just what is Aboriginal culture? Any culture today is s.....
» 5/07/2019 5:29:57 PM @Ismise, Having one out of eight part Aboriginal great grandparents, means one is so mini.....
» 4/07/2019 5:57:31 PM @ loudmouth, You said: - if someone has been raised as Aboriginal by an Aboriginal parent.....
» 4/07/2019 12:28:44 PM @Loudmouth, And of course, when the label Indigenous is used, it covers a huge range of p.....
» 3/07/2019 2:15:32 PM Corrected post. @Paul 1405 you appear not to know, that, like many things associated wit.....
» 3/07/2019 2:13:45 PM @Paul 1405 you appear that, like many things associated with Aborigines, the Welcome to C.....
» 3/07/2019 2:10:09 PM @ Loudmouth, yes, anyone involved with the remote communities is aware of the practice of.....
» 28/06/2019 5:44:17 PM @Paul1405, Any bignoting tactics escaped me. Pray, clarify your claims or retract. Or do .....
» 28/06/2019 4:13:56 PM @Paul1405, It would be wise to assume, that others are not ignorant, but that they may we.....
» 28/06/2019 4:02:29 PM @Loudmouth, I was saying if you had to have a colonial ruler then the British were the be.....
» 28/06/2019 4:00:17 PM @Paul1405 Have you ever lived in former colonies in the Third World? I have and I can ass.....
» 28/06/2019 12:43:59 PM @Banjo, I repeat, even in the time of King George, while token consultations were made, i.....
» 27/06/2019 5:14:35 PM @SteeleRedux, Just a word of caution. Wikipedia is not accepted as a source by any respec.....
» 27/06/2019 4:06:49 PM @Banjo, The odd comment is your response. You have suggested it was Government policy. I .....
» 26/06/2019 5:38:36 PM @Steele, Aboriginal cultures were primitive. There is nothing said here that did not appl.....
» 26/06/2019 5:31:41 PM @Steele, No, we did not establish that Aboriginal women were treated by whalers as they w.....
» 26/06/2019 9:43:46 AM @Banjo, I accept that you have no idea how wrong you are but by all means, do some resear.....
» 26/06/2019 9:38:18 AM @IsMise, The irony is that many Greeks, including my ancestors, were so black they were n.....
» 26/06/2019 9:36:12 AM @Paul1405, White is a term used by racists against those with European ancestry. However,.....
» 26/06/2019 9:34:04 AM @Paul, Let me get this straight, your view is that somehow, magically, remarkably, the ma.....
» 25/06/2019 6:33:18 PM @Joe, aka Loudmouth. Well said again. I really struggle with this concept that migration .....
» 25/06/2019 4:00:45 PM @Banjo, I said: And the idea that invasion and colonisation by those with pale skin is wr.....
» 25/06/2019 3:33:47 PM @Paul1405, Eyre's comments are relevant to the peoples whose lands he crossed. There were.....
» 25/06/2019 3:01:39 PM @banjo You seem to have little understanding of primitive cultures. You think slaughterin.....
» 24/06/2019 2:18:46 PM @IsMise, Well, it is ridiculous to think that the many diverse groups of peoples here in .....
» 24/06/2019 2:16:29 PM @Joe, Yes, smaller populations for whatever reasons would have removed the impetus for ch.....
» 24/06/2019 11:39:01 AM @Paul 1405, It looks like someone beat me to it. But the Indian/Dingo connection has been.....
» 23/06/2019 4:47:40 PM @Joe, thanks, yes, fascinating stuff. The ability of humans to walk, ride, sail their way.....
» 23/06/2019 4:06:04 PM @Joe, The interesting question is why, since Aboriginal peoples in the north of Australia.....
» 23/06/2019 3:10:37 PM I wonder at this desire to paint Aboriginal peoples in 1788 as something other than human......
» 23/06/2019 3:06:32 PM @Banjo, Plenty of time to read and ponder. Normandy has good wi-fi access, but probably b.....
» 22/06/2019 5:39:18 PM Part Three: Also in the 1830s ex-convict Lingard wrote: “I scarcely ever saw a married wo.....
» 22/06/2019 5:38:48 PM Part Two. Marine Lt. William Collins wrote, “We have seen some of these unfortunate being.....
» 22/06/2019 5:38:03 PM @Steeleredux, So, here you go, life for Aboriginal women in their real world. Quote: Pal.....
» 22/06/2019 5:34:33 PM @Steele Redux. You said: If rape was part of the aboriginal culture then is was a shining.....
» 22/06/2019 4:21:42 PM Why is there denial of the fact that all humans have the same ancestor, all walked out of .....
» 22/06/2019 2:44:26 PM @Banjo, You said: Europeans and Asians did not « do the same thing ». The Europeans walke.....
» 22/06/2019 2:38:12 PM @Steele, So, while the Aboriginal practice was to kidnap and rape women from other Aborig.....
» 21/06/2019 6:08:58 PM @Banjo Paterson, You said: It is not surprising, under these circumstances, that many of .....
» 21/06/2019 5:35:19 PM @Paul405, I have no issue with people citing instances of violence toward Aborigines but .....
» 1/06/2017 2:50:05 PM @ Joe, Eloquent and sensible as usual. And of course there was every chance the child cou.....
» 31/05/2017 12:06:34 PM All nations exist because of colonisation and assimilation. The notion that a less develo.....
» 31/05/2017 11:59:19 AM @ Ise Mise, Quote: So far, the earliest finds of modern Homo sapiens skeletons come from .....
» 30/05/2017 5:00:05 PM Hi Joe, I have read material suggesting that Homo Sapiens came out of Australia and I sup.....
» 30/05/2017 2:52:16 PM @ShadowMinister, Why would we recognise those with Aboriginal ancestry as original inhabi.....
» 30/05/2017 12:43:19 PM One thing is certain, the level of misunderstanding, misinformation, distortions, lies and.....
» 30/05/2017 10:27:55 AM @Big Nana, Your comment is worth repeating and repeating and repeating in the face of the.....
» 30/05/2017 10:25:17 AM @IsMise, Indigenous should be treated as equals. End positive discrimination now. No extr.....
» 30/05/2017 10:23:33 AM @ Foxy. Q&A is politically correct propaganda. It is a travesty of real journalism. @ Pa.....
» 30/05/2017 10:18:40 AM @leoj, I don't think people hate science but increasingly I believe many mistrust and que.....
» 30/05/2017 10:16:45 AM @ Foxy: You said: All that is being asked is that the problems that the indigenous people.....
» 29/05/2017 4:37:54 PM @leoj, You are correct. The concept of inherited inter-generational trauma is handing dow.....
» 29/05/2017 1:47:02 PM Joe, Common sense as usual. The goal of the British was to help Aborigines join the moder.....
» 29/05/2017 12:00:08 PM Joe, Is there even an Indigenous entity beyond the groups pushing this agenda who don't r.....
» 28/05/2017 2:45:57 PM There are important points which are overlooked: 1. Aborigines in 1788 were not united, i.....
» 28/05/2017 2:09:00 PM It is not simply a matter of getting past the propaganda, misinformation and outright lies.....
» 27/05/2017 11:47:37 AM Most indigenous are of very mixed race. Many are so minimally Aboriginal that in no other .....
» 29/05/2006 6:29:13 PM On your criteria though, Aussies would have 'rights' to a lot of places across the world, .....
» 26/05/2006 7:53:58 AM Philo, Hamas said some weeks ago it would talk to Israel if it returned to 67 borders.... .....
» 25/05/2006 11:50:41 PM Strewth, Michael K and co. support the re-instatement of ancient kingdoms, or homelands b.....
» 21/05/2006 6:48:49 PM Wrong Michael. The Jews did not have a State as you suggest because the concept of State i.....
» 14/05/2006 11:42:58 PM Gosh Philo those Kalashnikovs are really going to make Israel quake. There jet fighters, m.....
» 12/05/2006 6:38:44 PM Continued: And again there is the same propaganda that really the Jews just wanted to live.....
» 10/05/2006 5:49:54 PM Eisen puts a Jewish perspective to this of course because he is trying to see something of.....
» 10/05/2006 12:44:55 AM Mr Pig, There was some interesting reading in those links and most of it brought out in de.....
» 6/05/2006 10:56:50 PM Israelis believe that Arabs are inferior. They like to believe that they are superior and .....
» 4/05/2006 10:41:34 PM Philo, I have good friends who live in Israel but that does not stop me recognising the fa.....
» 4/05/2006 9:23:20 PM Philo: Many nations use the goose-step march. Would you bomb all of them for this? Probabl.....
» 28/04/2006 9:03:06 PM Boaz_David 2 So, the finger of blame is pointed clearly at the UN and the international co.....
» 28/04/2006 8:59:27 PM Boaz-David Religion does not repulse me. I merely find it to be more about man (in the mas.....
» 27/04/2006 8:17:03 PM Philo, If you wanted to trawl the fundamentalist Jewish and Christian sites, which you pro.....
» 27/04/2006 8:08:09 PM Boaz-David. One cannot go back too far because it is simply not practicable. As you say, e.....
» 26/04/2006 6:58:43 PM Meredith You were out of context because you missed the basic point Chomsky was making. Ch.....
» 26/04/2006 6:57:40 PM Boaz-David Palestine is no more the ‘former homeland’ for Jews than England is for Italian.....
» 25/04/2006 6:52:22 PM Yoyogitoj: You clearly subscribe to the ‘never let the facts get in the way’ school of arg.....
» 25/04/2006 2:53:58 AM Meredith, your quotes to support the accusation of ‘dodgy’ are not only out of context the.....
» 24/04/2006 7:55:59 AM Mr P. Pig. You refer to 'threats' made against Israel by the Iranian President as if this .....
» 24/04/2006 2:12:16 AM Colin Rubinstein fails to deal with the core premise of the article which clearly argues w.....

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