All Daily Entries
November 25.
Reflections on 25 November - ‘...justice, forbearance...land’. “Unease about settlers' abuses against Aboriginal people in the region.”
November 24.
Reflections on 24 November - Military police state and POWs: “Prisoners of war” or “subjects of the British crown”?
November 23.
Reflections on 23 November - Chaining or killing: ‘...he has killed and will kill blacks.’
November 22.
Reflections on 22 November - ‘...a brutal history.’ “British colonisation was seen as both an invasion and an awesome social experiment...”
November 21.
Reflections on 21 November - Dundalli, Indigenous warrior: Indigenous leader Dundalli and the legal silencing of Aboriginal claims and experience.
November 20.
Reflections on 20 November - Settlers’ might over right: “It would be 'extremely impolitic' to try settlers for killing Aborigines.”
November 19.
Reflections on 18 November - More massacres: Commentary on massacres in Queensland and Victoria.
November 18.
Reflections on 18 November - Conflict and white supremacy. Forcible removal of Indigenous people.
November 17.
Reflections on 17 November - “Domestic service was a cruel time for my mother, like so many women of her generation.”
November 16.
Reflections on 16 November - Concentration camp. It was how we felt about being Aboriginal that mattered.
November 15.
Reflections on 15 November - Subversion and separation of children from parents.
November 14.
Reflections on 14 November - Disproportionate killing. Conflict and mass killing in North Queensland.
November 13.
Reflections on 13 November - Military operations to Land Rights. Soldiery on the Western Front of Tasmania.
November 12.
Reflections on 12 November - “ My country – all gone.” Atrocities committed...women kidnapped...traumatic loss of land..denial of tenure...
November 11.
Reflections on 11 November - Wholesale slaughter. “Oral history...along the tip of Cape York still refers to Jardine's wholesale slaughter of Aboriginal camps.”
November 10.
Reflections on 10 November - ‘Slaughter had become routine’. Casualty figures – A ratio of 25:0.
November 9.
Reflections on 9 November - Mass killings. ”..at least 100 were killed in nine known mass killings of six or more, and many others were killed in ones, twos and threes.”
November 8.
So That We Remember. Reflections on 8 November - The effect of firearms. “...this fails to fully explain why white violence was so indiscriminate.”
November 7.
Reflections on 7 November - Warfare and martial law. Tactics used by the Darug people but casualties still occurred.
November 6.
Reflections on 6 November - A catalogue of destruction. “Had an encounter with the blacks; shot a lot.”