MUNGO MAN...SHOULD WE GIVING THIS MORE PRIORITY?

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Originally Posted by bob10

Mate, you are on a crusade. I'm on your side but if you want to have the majority listen to you and you have a story to tell, don't be so intense. Tell your story, educate people. But make your story educational if you want to be an advocate for Aboriginal Australia, and you sound like you would be a good one. Don't be like me and be easily taken off on a tangent . Keep it straight, keep it in focus, and just remember sometimes you have to give the punters just a little bit of what they want to hear, to keep them interested. But don't stop talking. Aboriginal Australians need more like you, as long as you don't lose the plot.[smilebigeye]

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Respectfully Bob, your post is condescending. I’m one of the few not losing the point.
I’m not going to sugar coat it to make people feel better.

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Originally Posted by Zeros

Respectfully Bob, your post is condescending. I’m one of the few not losing the point.
I’m not going to sugar coat it to make people feel better.

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You will attract more with sugar than vinegar. As I said you are on a crusade and you probably know what happened there. Just offering advice , don't be too proud to take it.

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Originally Posted by bob10

You will attract more with sugar than vinegar. As I said you are on a crusade and you probably know what happened there. Just offering advice , don't be too proud to take it.

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From the arch-provocateur himself. ...looking for advice Bob? likewise, don’t be too proud. When you’ve actually been there let me know. Cheers.

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Originally Posted by Zeros

From the arch-provocateur himself. ...looking for advice Bob? likewise, don’t be too proud. When you’ve actually been there let me know. Cheers.

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And still you look for a reply. Arch provocateur. Good one . Good bye.

I recommend reading The Other Side of the Frontier by Henry Reynolds, which is a history of the 150 year frontier wars from the indigenous side.

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Originally Posted by Zeros

Sorry Trout but that’s just rubbish. Have you been to Mungo?

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Why is it rubbish?
How can anyone prove that the bones of Mungo man are a family member 40,000 years later?

There's an excellent column about this very topic on the Guardian Australia website but I'm not going to link to it because it includes references to politicians. Check it yourself if interested.
One point it makes is Mungo Man is only one of many sets of indigenous remains held in various places around the country, and I assume there would be others in the UK.
They deserve to be returned to a respectful home, I think.

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Originally Posted by trout1105

Why is it rubbish?
How can anyone prove that the bones of Mungo man are a family member 40,000 years later?

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Ancestry.com.au have a DNA kit, we are probably all related to Mungo man in some way if we pay and do the test . LOL

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Originally Posted by bob10

Who were the first humans to reach New Zealand? Certainly they arrived thousands of years after Australia's first people.

Who were the first humans to reach New Zealand? | Stuff.co.nz

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For a really interesting insight into our near neighbours' history, have a look at YouTube (this is the first in athree (maybe four) part series.

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Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

Ancestry.com.au have a DNA kit, we are probably all related to Mungo man in some way if we pay and do the test . LOL

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Everyone is related to everyone else if we go back far enough. For example, we are probably all related to Adolf Hitler by at least one cell. Bit unsettling really.