All Daily Entries
February 28.
Reflections on 28 February - “Men, women and children are butchered...” - “...clear the country of them entirely.”
February 23.
Reflections on 23 February - ‘...the cruellest abuse...’ - A note in regard to terra nullius.
February 20.
Reflections on 20 February - Aborigines had “prior ownership”: William Cooper’s powerful critique.
February 19.
Reflections on 19 February - ‘...their numbers diminished...’ - Aboriginal peoples had a ‘plain and sacred right’ to their soil.
February 18.
Reflections on 18 February - ‘...shot and slaughtered wholesale...’ - “another reminder of the quiet extermination of Aboriginal people.”
February 17.
Reflections on 17 February - ‘They all used to hide their children.’ - “...The invaders wanted it all.”
February 16.
Reflections on 16 February - ‘The land was taken...by force.’ - “The land was taken...rhetorically, as well as by force.”
February 15.
Reflections on 15 February - Pastoralist companies and their killings: “Aboriginal resistance to the intrusion of settlers into their country was widespread and persistent.”
February 13.
Reflections on 13 February - A national apology: A Prime Minister says “sorry”.
February 12.
Reflections on 12 February - Children and families: An Indigenous boy’s childhood fears
February 11.
Reflections on 11 February - Abductions, Poisoning and Genocide: Treatment of Aboriginal women
February 9.
Reflections on 9 February - Aspects of deaths of Aboriginal persons: Lack of any interest in reporting the deaths of Aboriginal persons.