Reflections on 24 February - Cheers, flag-raising and British law.

Reflections on 23 February - ‘...the cruellest abuse...’ - A note in regard to terra nullius.

Reflections on 22 February - The State takes lives and land.

Reflections on 21 February - ‘...a good deal of shooting...’

Reflections on 20 February - Aborigines had “prior ownership”: William Cooper’s powerful critique.

Reflections on 19 February - ‘...their numbers diminished...’ - Aboriginal peoples had a ‘plain and sacred right’ to their soil.

Reflections on 18 February - ‘...shot and slaughtered wholesale...’ - “another reminder of the quiet extermination of Aboriginal people.”

Reflections on 17 February - ‘They all used to hide their children.’ - “...The invaders wanted it all.”

Reflections on 16 February - ‘The land was taken...by force.’ - “The land was taken...rhetorically, as well as by force.”

Reflections on 15 February - Pastoralist companies and their killings: “Aboriginal resistance to the intrusion of settlers into their country was widespread and persistent.”

Reflections on 14 February - Original inhabitants but ‘dispersal’.

Reflections on 13 February - A national apology: A Prime Minister says “sorry”.

Reflections on 12 February - Children and families: An Indigenous boy’s childhood fears

Reflections on 11 February - Abductions, Poisoning and Genocide: Treatment of Aboriginal women

Reflections on 10 February - Ratio of killings: Killing statistics

Reflections on 9 February - Aspects of deaths of Aboriginal persons: Lack of any interest in reporting the deaths of Aboriginal persons.

Reflections on 8 February - Acts of extreme violence: “Jonathon (‘Jack’) Watson was involved in slaughtering unknown numbers of tribespeople”.

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.

Reflections on 6 February - How can you buy or sell the warmth of the land? A call for a ‘truly balanced approach’.

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.”