What's the beef? Aborigines were the first people in this country we whites encountered! So...?

Yes so...! Every child should be told the true history of Australia. What we did to the original owners of these lands...the nasty stuff and the good things. Sure it was a two-sided affair but does that mean we don't want the future generation members to know? Or does that mean that we don't want the presence of the Aboriginals certified in a revision of our Constitution?

Just because there are claims by some that there were people in Australia before the Aboriginals, the group of people we recognise as the original owners of this land, what has that to do with a non-recognition of them in our revised Constitution? Sorry I can't understand this blast of hot wind from the conservative side of politics. Go and look at some of the magnificent examples of Rock Art available to anyone in the north of Australia. I don't like to brag but these images were taken with my little Canon G10 in the most private of places...we had access only via a helicopter. And the locations are secret. Of course they are! The infrastructure needed to welcome tourists to these places so far does not exist. But it will happen as it has in other countries where tourism to sites such as these have proven to be great sources of income. It is recognised that we need protection of these areas not only from tourists but greedy commercial mining companies allowed to do what they like with the support of a money-driven government. So let us begin with a recognition of our long history in the revision of our Constitution and be inclusive of our original Aborigines.

 Sure there is a controversial position taken by some the GWION GWION figures otherwise known as Bradshaws differ from the representation of the Wandjinas...a different style implying that a group of painters existed before the presence of the Aboriginals.

However a Fact/check on The Conversation has shown that the issue in the Constitutional recognition debate is about recognising that there were people in Australia when Europeans arrived to colonise it.









If you were wondering these images were most often found on the underneath of rocky outcrops. A click on the images will enlarge the picture.
As far as my trusty Canon G10 camera goes it landed in crystal clear water after lunch one day and spent the night drying out in the engine room of our boat. However the outcome was not good. A claim on insurance resulted in a new camera.