Uluru 30th anniversary

[bluecat*dancing]

Congratulations to the Anangu people, who had Uluru handed back to them thirty years ago, today. A day worth celebrating.

[bushies.girl]

and boy they know how to charge ( rip off ) the tourists up there  as well

[opmania]

Yeah I worked there in the 70s

They were practicing even

Then

Old Capt no 7 

I think they called him that

Because he had 7 women

If anyone took their picture

With a camera they wanted

20c

If you had a video camera

On the other hand they asked

For $1.00

They no silly

[bluecat*dancing]

Their land.

[au_dup7]

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@bluecat*slowdancing wrote:

Their land.

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You know there may be some full bloods up there but in NSW ,VIC and Qld the vast majority are not.In fact there are many that are as white as white bread that claim to be "black".I have seen a woman with blonde hair blue eyes snow white skin state "that as a black woman ....."

Many say "if the whites never came here we would be better off ........."

If white s didnt come here they would not exist.Simple logic tells that.

It may be that if no one from outside came that someone would exist but not one of those of mixed blood would exist.Not one.So that argument has no legs at all.

[opmania]

The housing  trust waiting time for the general

Population in Adelaide is 23 years. 

Refugees are placed immediately as soon as a house

Unoccupied

Abirigimals have been known on several occasions

To have burned down their houses twice or even

Thrice and are given a replacement 

And I went with a builder to a new building site 

For aboriginal housing in Alice Spings

Beautiful new houses he said before long they

Move in the first thing they do is tear down

The doors and every piece of wood in the house

And have some lovely big bonfires

[janeababe · Accepted solution]

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@bluecat*slowdancing wrote:

Congratulations to the Anangu people, who had Uluru handed back to them thirty years ago, today. A day worth celebrating.

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ABSOLUTELY. 



I still havent been there yet, but i am looking forward to seeing it in all its wonderful glory. 

[the_great_she_elephant]

Many say "if the whites never came here we would be better off ........."

If white s didnt come here they would not exist.Simple logic tells that.

It may be that if no one from outside came that someone would exist but not one of those of mixed blood would exist.Not one.So that argument has no legs at all.

That would have to be one of the fuzziest piece of logic I have ever seen on these boards. Of course the 'mixed blood' individuals at Uluru wouldn't be here today if the whites hadn't come - chances are none of todays 'full bloods' inividuals would exist either. The group dynamics - and therefore the population - would have developed completely differently.

If one of Mr Elephant's  ancestors hadn't stolen 48 bottles from the back of a pub in 1791, or if I hadn't got bored with my life in London and decided to  become a 10 quid tourist in 1962, none of my children, grandchildren or great grandchildren would be here today. Every single individual living on this planet is only here because of an eons long sequence of random events so coincidental as to be almost beyond the bounds of probability. 

[raptor_rebooted]

Of course the 'mixed blood' individuals at Uluru wouldn't be here today if the whites hadn't come - chances are none of todays 'full bloods' inividuals would exist either.

so why would they be "better off"? 

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

Of course the 'mixed blood' individuals at Uluru wouldn't be here today if the whites hadn't come - chances are none of todays 'full bloods' inividuals would exist either.

so why would they be "better off"? 

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The words used were 'we'd be better off' not "I'd be better off" - which implies the  alleged speaker was talking about  the present day Aboriginal population of Uluru, not any particular Iindividual. Therefore  the argument about whether alleged speaker  would or would not be here today is   irrelevant. 

(And I use the word alleged because  I suspect  the poster in question is relying on hearsay and has never actually had that comment made to them by any individual)