Throughout Australia lie traces of other civilizations which came and went
Amongst those advanced civilizations are numbered the Phoenicians, Spanish, Chinese
Some of those evolved civilizations left a record in the form of metal plates attached to poles/trees. Others left traces of substantial mining operations
Suffice to say, none of them was interested in colonising Australia until the British who were spurred by the need to establish a new colony in face of events in the US, primarily for strategic reasons. To populate the vastness of Australia some of the most vulnerable people of Britain were despatched to Australia for extremely minor & petty crimes in many instances
The Australian aborigine practised infanticide, cannibalism, slash and burn, according to accredited researchers whose works have been hidden in recent decades because they didn't conform with the new 'political correctness'
So what would Australia have been like today if no-one had colonised it ? Well, assumiing alcohol, mass media and welfare had never entered this country, we must assume aborigines would have continued with child-marriage, infanticide, etc.
If the Spaniards had colonised Australia, they would have dealt harshly with most aboriginals until aboriginal practises had been stamped out
If the Chinese had colonised Australia, we have no reason to believe they would have granted aborigines the life of ease they enjoy today - ditto the Indonesians
If the Phoenicians had colonised Australia, they would have treated aborigines as a slave-class due to the vast disparity between the advanced Phoenician culture and that of the primitive aborigines
The British, contrary to common belief, in fact made generous allowance in land terms for indigenous people. They also established educational facilities and strove to save young aboriginal children from being forced into marriage with aboriginal senior citizens. They outlawed cannibalism and infanticide and introduced agriculture
Currently, discussion still rages about the connection between Australian aborigines and the Vedda people of southern Sri Lanka, with many obvious and linguistic similarities between the two
It seems ironic that so many Sri Lankans and Indians now call Australia home
And several years ago I was introduced to a man who was a Lebanese-Aborigine. He'd gained a government grant to produce 'authentic Aboriginal art-work'. He was indistinguishable in appearance from both Lebanese and aboriginal people. He laughed as he told us he couldn't get local aborigines to produce the 'art work' and instead sought back-backers (Dutch, German, Irish, etc.) to produce it
Many years ago, through an association with several Lebanese families from Sydney, I learned that groups of young Lebanese men went a few times a year to rural NSW for 'kangaroo hunts' (consisting of mounted 'spotties' on trucks and random firing, thus killing, injuring and orphaning of native Australian animals and their young) after which they'd engage in rough sexual hijinks with local aboriginal girls. Doubtless these 'kangaroo hunts' resulted in the births of numerous Lebanese-aboriginal fatherless children
There's a strong physical similarity between Lebanese and aboriginal people in any case -- possibly due in part to the Phoenicians who conducted large-scale mining operations in Australia long before British colonisation. And of course the Spaniards would have left their seed within the aboriginal tribes, as would the Chinese, Dutch and other sailors who passed through - not to mention the strong contribution from the Vedda
No place is an island, not even Australia
As an aside, I'm reminded here of waiting with friends for a train on the long platform at Wagga. Numerous aborigines were already on the platform when a large family of Indians arrived. The Indians sallied forth looking resplendant in saris, seeming very much pleased with themselves and the attention they drew -- until they spotted the aborigines amongst the onlookers. Immediately, the Indians averted their faces from the aborigines as they hurried to the other end of the platform. The Indians very strongly resembled the aborigines - it would be a lie to say otherwise. And it was the Indians who appeared to become very uncomfortable about that
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