Indigenous History
You want the truth? You can't handle the truth! Look here for articles on Aboriginal History.
There is a lot of noise in the dominant culture right now, basically Aussies whining about "political correctness" and complaining about "do-gooders" trying to change history with regard to the stolen generation, stolen wages, and other atrocities committed against Aborigines.
Okay, forget political correctness. But how about some basic social justice, for God's sake? And I agree - you can't just change history. Therefore, we should restore all the original history that has been altered regarding Aborigines in Australia.
Let's start with the lies that were introduced during Federation, when the White Australia Policy drove the racist re-framing of history in the media and in education, in order to justify the ongoing illegal occupation of the continent. You want the truth?
You can't handle the truth!
Only joking. The good news is, there's no such thing as one cultural truth for all Australia. But if you would like to examine history framed from one Indigenous perspective (and there are many) then check out the links below.
You can explore the past, present and future in these texts, so enter and enjoy the view through my eyes.
