Thread: Sadly our history has some very dark parts

was at Windsor on Australian day.
Had a great time

(One of friends there is aboriginal

Cheers

Very good article by Peta Credlin in today's Herald Sun, touching on several of the issues mentioned in this thread.
Pickles.

Originally Posted by trout1105

That has nothing to do with anything.
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Had Australia actually been invaded, the descendants of its native population would be classified as a conquered people and their land rights would be abolished under UN Resolution 3314.

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So it is irrelevant when the indigenous population first "Settled" Australia prior to the "so called" invasion of Europeans 3 centuries ago.

Of course Australia was invaded, that's just historical fact. Why try to deny reality?
Pretty sure there wasn't an Indigenous Welcoming Committee on the beach chanting, "Welcome gubbas, please steal our land, take our women and destroy our society. " That's just silly.
The High Court has found that land rights do exist under certain conditions, so there is nothing to debate.
Attempts to undermine native title are just a refusal to accept reality, I think. The issue is settled.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Of course Australia was invaded, that's just historical fact. Why try to deny reality?

What a load of Codswollop.
The Vikings "invaded" England, The Romans "invaded" England These were acts of "Conquest"

The Brits "Settled" Australia as they didn't bring an invasion force with them and the point of coming to Australia was for "settlement" and they didn't need an invasion army to do that.

No that's wrong. They were a military force controlling convicts. It was quite some time before free settlers began to arrive in any numbers.
Anyway, an invasion doesn't have to be military.

invasion Meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Invasion | Define Invasion at Dictionary.com
invasion (noun) definition and synonyms | Macmillan Dictionary

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

No that's wrong. They were a military force controlling convicts. It was quite some time before free settlers began to arrive in any numbers.

Yes I know But that military force was used to control convicts NOT as an invasion force in conquest of Australia.
You can't call the settlers that came "Invaders" they were farmers, miners, engineers and tradesmen Not armed militia.

Did you read the definitions I posted?
Of course we invaded. Denying there was an invasion is just distorting history to pretend reality didn't happen.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Did you read the definitions I posted?

Yes I Did and all of them agreed with my definition regarding the use of force or an army.
I suggest you revisit these sites yourself.

This didn't happen in Australia So it wasn't "Invaded", End of Story.