Henry Reynolds Australian historian January 24, 2021 — 12.05am The problematic nature of January 26 has been apparent for a long time. It was clearly displayed in 1938 when Sydney commemorated the sesquicentenary of the arrival of the First Fleet. While crowds watched a replay of the British arrival, leaders […]
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Cathy Freeman
Cathy FreemanOAM Freeman in 2008 Personal information Full name Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman Born 16 February 1973 (age 47)Mackay, Queensland, Australia Education Kooralbyn International schoolFairholme College Alma mater University of Melbourne Occupation Australian sprinter/runner Height 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) Weight 56 kg (8 st 11 lb; 123 lb) Spouse(s) Sandy Bodecker (1999–2003), James Murch (2009–present) Sport Country Australia Sport […]
Space Aliens In Australia
In a rock shelter in the NSW Blue Mountains 20 years ago, I came across a mysterious Aboriginal carving. Etched into the rock it appeared to depict a human-like figure seated in an airborne vehicle. Flying saucer enthusiasts would take this carving as clear evidence that astronauts from outer space […]
Things that can happen to you in the Australian Outback!
by George W Rehder My Wife and I had gone shopping at Newman. For us it was the closes place to do our shopping as we were working at Jigalong Aboriginal Community. It had been raining continuously for weeks and all the Roads were closed to all traffic by the […]
The ugly past of Australia’s ‘lock hospitals’ on Bernier and Dorre Islands slowly revealed
ABC Pilbara / By Karen Michelmore Copied, Compiled & Edited by George W Rehder JulJuly 2020 at 2:01pm Ugly past of ‘lock hospitals’ slowly revealed Between 1908 and 1919, more than 800 Aboriginal men, women and children were removed from their homelands across Western Australia and taken to ‘lock hospitals’ on Bernier and Dorre Islands […]
Aboriginal Murder Mystery: What Killed Kaakutja?
Tantalizing glimpses into life and death in pre-colonial Australia are written on the bones of a skeleton found in New South Wales. A Crushing Blow Nicknamed Kaakutja, meaning “older brother,” this skeleton of an Aboriginal man (right) rested for some 800 years near a southern Australian riverbank before being found […]
Aboriginal Australians co-existed with the megafauna for at least 17,000 years
Authors Michael Westaway Senior Research Fellow, Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University Jon Olley Professor of Water Science, Griffith University Rainer Grun Professor of Archaeogeochemistry, Griffith University Disclosure statement Michael Westaway receives funding from the Australian Research Council. This research was supported by the Three Tribal Groups of the […]
The Political Uses of Australian Genocide
Ray Gibbons (2015) Abstract: This is a summary document of a more detailed semantic typology of mass killing and its variant terms, as they applied to Australia. The investigative methodology makes extensive use of modelling. Massacre events are presented as a nested type instance of the relevant process. Intentionality is […]
How to get to Australia … more than 50,000 years ago
May 21, 2018 5.48am AEST Authors Sean Ulm Sean Ulm is a Friend of The Conversation. Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, James Cook University Alan Cooper Alan Cooper Director, Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, University of Adelaide Michael Bird Michael Bird is a Friend […]