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

Originally Posted by trout1105

Getting back to the topic of this thread The Mungo Man.
Yes he is an interesting piece of our history But it is Not that important of a find to dedicate millions of dollars of taxpayers money to creating a monument too.

I agree, but they don't have to spend money, there is already a place, the Willandra Lakes Heritige centre. The perfect place to study ice age Australia and Post Ice age man in Australia. I haven't been there, but From what I've read, there was a set up in place, but it was dismantled.


Willandra Lakes Region - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

I have not or could not because of the vitriol, gone back through and read the 5 pages of this "Debate" so forgive me if this has been mentioned.

Facts are carbon dating proves remains approximately 40,000 years old. Surely we can recognize and celebrate this appropriately?

For those who complain about spending money on celebrating this, as a nation we are about to spend 500 million!!!!!!!!!! on extensions for Australian war memorial. That is Australian history going back maybe 120 years to the Boar war, all well and good we should learn by our history as somebody else suggested or we are condemned to repeat it but 500 million? The AWM seems to show we keep repeating the same mistakes by fighting other peoples wars. 500 million seems excessive, shows what this current conservative federal govmint's priorities are.
Our countries history going back 40,000 years is worth learning about and being proud of, why can't people accept that?

Maybe if there was a novel written about 1500 years ago about somebody with unbelievable super powers that was killed and came back to life then went to live in the clouds makes for better reading for some? Then you could extort money from gullible people to build temples and cathedrals. You could also spend hundreds of millions of dollars of public money supporting the same organisations by supporting religious schools. Hang on, that happens now.

Matter of perspective really.

Agreed. I was watching 'Civilisation' on SBS last night and thinking how Euro-centred it was and when would they mention Australian rock art going back 60,000 years, but instead all we got was much younger examples from Spain. And where were the Chinese?
Talk about cultural imperialism.

Originally Posted by Zeros

The cliche that Aboriginal people are more susceptible to alcohol abuse is Null. Disadvantaged, disrespected people living in poverty anywhere on the planet are susceptible to substance abuse, let alone the wealthy and privileged! whose abuse of all kinds of drugs is destroying our society, and even though whilst they (sometimes) attempt to keep it more private is totally transparent and hypocritical.

The real story above above is the local knowledge of ancient aquifers, which the testing only confirmed.

Look deeper into the story. Ancient cultures have a dark side, like every where else.

Police seize land council chief's old Toyota in Wrong Skin cold case

Every time i watch tv and there is a program on indigenous people there is a warning that Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander viewers might be distressed seeing images of those that have departed. Maybe a Mungo man statue would be be spooky to the indigenous.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Agreed. I was watching 'Civilisation' on SBS last night and thinking how Euro-centred it was and when would they mention Australian rock art going back 60,000 years, but instead all we got was much younger examples from Spain. And where were the Chinese?
Talk about cultural imperialism.

And the Vikings beat Columbus to America

Originally Posted by bob10

Look deeper into the story. Ancient cultures have a dark side, like every where else.

Police seize land council chief's old Toyota in Wrong Skin cold case

Yes some people from all cultures / nationalities all over the world do bad things. Selectively sharing an article that happens to be about someone who is Aboriginal is not helpful.

Again, this has nothing to do with a persons cultural or racial identity, unless what is alleged was actually racially motivated.

This however does: Aboriginal massacre sites uncovered in first forensic science study - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
...and I doubt these are the 12 unsolved deaths your previous article relates to.

If you must select articles, let’s see some balance.

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

Every time i watch tv and there is a program on indigenous people there is a warning that Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander viewers might be distressed seeing images of those that have departed. Maybe a Mungo man statue would be be spooky to the indigenous.

Obviously the local people involved would be making that call.