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- THE UNSPOKEN HISTORY OF COLONIAL AUSTRALIA.
FOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WHO LOVE AUSTRALIA AND ALL THINGS AUSTRALIAN, THIS BOOK WILL ROCK YOU ON YOUR HEELS! YOU HAD PROBABLY ASSUMED LIKE MYSELF, THAT THE DEMISE IN NUMBERS OF THE ABORIGINAL RACE WAS DUE MAINLY TO DISEASE,ETC, IMPORTED BY EUROPEANS OVER A COUPLE OF CENTURIES.-- WRONG!!! THIS BOOK REVEALS THE REAL REASON -,ONE THAT HAS BEEN HUSHED UP AND SIDE-STEPPED BY THE EUROPEAN POPULATION SINCE 1788! MURDER,AMOUNTING TO VIRTUAL GENOCIDE!!! THATS THE REASON. AND THAT'S THE REASON FOR THIS BOOK BY BRUCE ELDER. EVEN AS A HOME BASED SCOTSMAN,I WAS LEFT FEELING GUILTY AFTER READING THIS BOOK,SINCE SCOTS SETTLERS I'M ASHAMED TO SAY, WERE AMONGST THE MANY WHO MURDERED AND MAL-TREATED THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THIS ISLAND. MASSACRES WERE A REGULAR OCCURRENCE BY A WHITE POPULATION WHO TREATED THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION AS NO BETTER THAN A BLIGHT ON THE LANDSCAPE OF THIS STOLEN LAND. AND THEY USUALLY REQUIRED LITTLE OR NO JUSTIFICATION FOR THEIR ACTIONS!! HOWEVER ,AFTER READING MR ELDER'S BOOK I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT THE ABORIGINE'S FATE WAS SEALED THE MOMENT THAT EUROPEAN FEET STEPPED ON TERRA AUSTRALIS. I THINK THAT REGARDLESS OF WHICH EUROPEAN POWER HAD LANDED THAT DAY,HAD IT BEEN THE FRENCH, DUTCH, OR BRITISH,- THE CULTURE GAP WAS SO IMMENSE,THAT IN THE END THE RESULT,TRAGICALLY,WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME AS IT HAS TRANSPIRED TO-DAY. HOWEVER YOU CAN FORM YOUR OWN OPINION WHEN YOU READ THIS BOOK. FOR ME THE BRILLIANCE OF THE AUSTRALIAN SUN HAS DIMMED SOMEWHAT BUT MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY HAS BEEN ENLIGHTENED.
- THE UNSPOKEN HISTORY OF COLONIAL AUSTRALIA.FOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WHO LOVE AUSTRALIA AND ALL THINGS AUSTRALIAN, THIS BOOK WILL ROCK YOU ON YOUR HEELS! YOU HAD PROBABLY ASSUMED LIKE MYSELF, THAT THE DEMISE IN NUMBERS OF THE ABORIGINAL RACE WAS DUE MAINLY TO DISEASE,ETC, IMPORTED BY EUROPEANS OVER A COUPLE OF CENTURIES.-- WRONG!!! THIS BOOK REVEALS THE REAL REASON -,ONE THAT HAS BEEN HUSHED UP AND SIDE-STEPPED BY THE EUROPEAN POPULATION SINCE 1788! MURDER,AMOUNTING TO VIRTUAL GENOCIDE!!! THATS THE REASON. AND THAT'S THE REASON FOR THIS BOOK BY BRUCE ELDER. EVEN AS A HOME BASED SCOTSMAN,I WAS LEFT FEELING GUILTY AFTER READING THIS BOOK,SINCE SCOTS SETTLERS I'M ASHAMED TO SAY, WERE AMONGST THE MANY WHO MURDERED AND MAL-TREATED THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THIS ISLAND. MASSACRES WERE A REGULAR OCCURRENCE BY A WHITE POPULATION WHO TREATED THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION AS NO BETTER THAN A BLIGHT ON THE LANDSCAPE OF THIS STOLEN LAND. AND THEY USUALLY REQUIRED LITTLE OR NO JUSTIFICATION FOR THEIR ACTIONS!! HOWEVER ,AFTER READING MR ELDER'S BOOK I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT THE ABORIGINE'S FATE WAS SEALED THE MOMENT THAT EUROPEAN FEET STEPPED ON TERRA AUSTRALIS. I THINK THAT REGARDLESS OF WHICH EUROPEAN POWER HAD LANDED THAT DAY,HAD IT BEEN THE FRENCH, DUTCH, OR BRITISH,- THE CULTURE GAP WAS SO IMMENSE,THAT IN THE END THE RESULT,TRAGICALLY,WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME AS IT HAS TRANSPIRED TO-DAY. HOWEVER YOU CAN FORM YOUR OWN OPINION WHEN YOU READ THIS BOOK. FOR ME THE BRILLIANCE OF THE AUSTRALIAN SUN HAS DIMMED SOMEWHAT BUT MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY HAS BEEN ENLIGHTENED.