All Daily Entries
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.
February 8.
Reflections on 8 February - Acts of extreme violence: “Jonathon (‘Jack’) Watson was involved in slaughtering unknown numbers of tribespeople”.
February 7.
Reflections on 7 February - ‘...the title deeds being the stories told and the paintings... - The British, capable of defeating the French, could easily have protected the Aborigines.
February 6.
Reflections on 6 February - How can you buy or sell the warmth of the land? A call for a ‘truly balanced approach’.
February 5.
Reflections on 5 February - Bloodlines and ‘a line of blood’ - “...the advance of settlement has, upon the frontier at least, been marked by a line of blood.”
February 4.
Reflections on 4 February - Abuse of girls - Kidnapping of men: Abuse of Aboriginal girls by white stockmen.
February 3.
Reflections on 3 February - Killings in Maryborough: The killing of indigenous people in Maryborough in Queensland
February 2.
Reflections on 2 February - Australia’s past violence: An assortment of pictures of violence in Australia’s past.
February 1.
Reflections on 1 February - 'Snipe shooting' - “...private persons go out to kill blacks... ”
January 31.
Reflections on 31 January - Practices and attitudes: “By the end of the 19th century, the racist attitudes core to 'colonialism' had long been reinforced...”
January 30.
Reflections on 30 January - A desperate resistance: Scope of sources on Tasmanian history.
January 29.
Reflections on 29 January - Theory versus Practice: Hot pursuit [of indigenous personnel] trumped technical legality.
January 28.
Reflections on 28 January - Violence and Land lost: “Violence necessarily underpinned the whole colonial project.”
January 27.
Reflections on 27 January - A Treaty was not made: An official ‘whitewashing’ document and regret that a treaty was not made.
January 26.
Reflections on 26 January - Imperial invasion, raising a flag and claiming the country, as well as the Waterloo Creek Massacre held on 26 January, 1838.
January 25.
Reflections on 25 January - Civilised Resistance: “The pattern of raids conducted by Sydney people on colonists had all the hallmarks of guerrilla warfare...”.