Do we really want to give ‘serious regard’ to Professor Pascoe’s version of Aboriginal Law and Democracy?
All in Aboriginal Women's Life
Dr Liz Conor - A Nominee for The 2020 Bruce Pascoe Award for Selective Photo Editing?
Is this an example of Privileged Whiteness and Complicity in the Appropriation of an Aboriginal Woman’s Image?
Aboriginal Grain Farmers? - Well Maybe Not
No truly agricultural society can be based on native grain species that grow abundantly in wet years, but will not grow in dry years. Settled, Aboriginal ‘farmer’ societies would not have survived Australia’s ruthless swings from droughts to floods.
Why No Agriculture? Maybe it was due to Aboriginal Fundamentalism?
Did Aboriginal Blasphemy Laws Snuff Out Any Agricultural Advances by Aboriginal Women?
The Daily Grind - A Day in the Life of an Aboriginal Woman Baker
Aboriginal communities own some 30% of Australia’s land mass, much of it encompassing Mr Pascoe’s Aboriginal Grain Belt - Why can’t I buy a decent Aboriginal Seed Cake, Mr Pascoe?
First Contact Part 3 - Trade & Women
Once the initial shock and novelty of ‘First Contact’ had subsided, the Aboriginal tribes and Colonial explorers and settlers then began that most important aspect of mankind’s cultural evolution - Trade. Tobacco, sugar, flour, axes, and clothing, in exchange for women, labour, local knowledge and access to the land.
First Contact Part 2 - 'Jump up Whitemen' & Ghosts - European Explorers & Aboriginal Spiritual Beliefs
The strong, cultural Aboriginal traditions of relating ‘white skin’ to the dead and their spirits or ghosts, meant that on First Contact, Europeans were often accepted and welcomed by the Aborigines as relatives returning from the dead.
Mannalargenna - An Aboriginal Warrior or Misogynist Slaver? The Unintended Consequences of Re-Writing History
Supporting the Progressive Left mob as it attacks our colonial past may seem like a good idea to some - until the mob comes after your Aboriginal heroes too - and it will.