Ultimately, Aboriginal societies in Port Phillip were unable to resist the consequences of the Heroic Materialism of the First Melbournians
All in First Contact
Why Isn't There Any Physical Evidence of the So-called 'Frontier Wars'?
The Colonisation of Australia involved Frontier Clashes and Deaths. But Was it a War?
Part 2 of our Series on the so-called ‘Frontier Wars’ - Truth or Fiction?
How many is 20,000 Aboriginal Deaths?
Part 1 of our Series on the so-called ‘Frontier Wars’ - Truth or Fiction?
A Sad Day for Australian History : Professor Henry Reynolds - Nominee for The Bruce Pascoe, Best Selective Quoting Award for Distorting History.
It is with Great Sadness that we Accept Henry Reynolds’ Nomination for The Bruce Pascoe, Best Selective Quoting Award for Distorting History.
Massacres & Makarrata - Truth-Telling or Moving-on? It's Our Choice.
Truth-telling works both ways. Is it really a good idea to have a big public Makarrata or Truth-Telling Commission? Won’t this just open old, largely forgotten stories regarding conflicts which no Australians today are responsible for?
Is this Why Dark Emu Was Written ?
Has Henry Reynolds found some ‘political value’ in using the ‘selective quoting’ techniques of Professor Pascoe, and indeed the whole Dark Emu Agriculture thesis itself, in supporting his new book, Truth-Telling?
Has Henry Reynolds signed on as the latest 'Sorcerer's Apprentice' to learn some 'creative writing' skills?
Has Henry Reynolds learnt some tricky ‘selective editing’ techniques from ‘best-selling’ author Bruce Pascoe?
How Photo-Cropping can Change the Narrative
Pascoesque Photography - A Cropped Photograph is Worth a Thousand Words
Film Clip Links
A List of Film Clips of Aboriginal Australia
Thanks to Mr Pascoe, we are all historians now, even Stan Grant and Peter FitzSimons
The sad, sad world of Stan Grant’s Politics
Why Australia has no Aboriginal Treaties - Part 1
There were no Treaties between the British and Aboriginal people because Aboriginal people failed to enter into negotiations
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.
First Contact Part 1 - A Craving for European Possessions - Clothing
European possessions, especially articles of clothing, were highly desirable by hunter gatherer peoples on ‘First Contact’ with Europeans and many Aboriginal people were similarly attracted.