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Australia

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Australian Sovereignty – Aboriginal Sovereignty – Which is the real deal?

In Australia, one day you may find that the land you own, the laws you follow, and the taxes you pay are no...

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Native title – The Australian judicial & parliamentarians’ action is political insanity and an act of treason

Paul Keating muttered the High Court “rejected a lie and acknowledged a truth” and, after a convoluted negotiation, parliament legislated the Native Title...

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Anthropology pulls the wool over our faces to allow the sheep in wolves’ clothes to settle into the paddock with the flock Part 2 of 2

Past injustice has been acknowledged – but modern Australia has allowed it to dominate identity, law, and narrative beyond what is proportionate or...

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The Australian continent in 1787 was a ‘desert and uncultivated’ land mass “Anthropology” a myth maker Part 1 of 2

Anthropology is a relatively new professional discipline that commenced in 1850 with the establishment of formal academic departments, professional societies and arduous fieldwork...

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Being a legal “Aboriginal” today is a wank! An over-the-top glorification of a character that no longer exists…

In good faith and in the public interest let’s start having some honest conversation about the numerous people who have been given credit...

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Born emersed in the Australian bush and died emersed in Australian civilisation David Gulpilil Part 3 of 3

Airlie Thomas, a whitefella nurse was David’s on and off de facto wife around 1990 -1993. Airlie Thomas believed David had an internal...

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David Gulpilil shivering like a fish in the billabong before going back to his waterhole to be a little fish again Part 2 of 3

David Gulpilil is one of the last first-contact natives. He was about eight years old when he first saw a whitefella land in...

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‘Full Red Blood’ Australian David Gulpilil the boy then the man the camera found irresistible and mesmerising Part 1 of 3

David Gulpilil was born an Australian citizen with full citizenship rights. The Aboriginal flag and the red, black and yellow associated political and...

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Albert Namatjira – Speak the truth, strip beliefs back to the core – Part 2 of 3

Albert Namatjira was a proud Australian full blood local native. The word Aboriginal is and was during his lifetime a word used for...

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Without assimilation Australian culture and values are being lost, confused, and overridden

Without assimilation Australian culture and values are being lost, confused, and overridden A national constitution is a set of rules for the responsible...