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Tag Archives: frontier wars
John Menadue. The Anzac Myth.
Conservatives and militarists want us to cling to a disastrous imperial war. They encourage us to focus on how our soldiers fought in order to avoid the central issue of why we fought.
Posted in Defence/Security, World Affairs
Tagged ANZAC myth, Australian War Memorial, Billy Hughes, frontier wars, Maori wars
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JOHN MENADUE. Best we forget. We commemorate Australians who died in foreign wars in foreign lands, but not Australian aborigines who died in defence of their own country.
Yesterday, in a moving ceremony, the remains of 33 Australians who were buried in military cemeteries in Malaysia and Singapore were returned to Australia. Our Governor General, Sir Peter Cosgrove, and Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Mark … Continue reading
Jim Bowler. Mungo Man needs help – to come home
It’s time for funds and a plan to preserve and commemorate this visitor from Ancient Australia, writesJim Bowler, the geologist who discovered Mungo Man’s remains. Forty-two years ago, on 26 February 1974, I first encountered the remains of Mungo Man … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Indigenous affairs, Politics
Tagged ancient Australia, frontier wars, Inside story, Jim Bowler, Mungo Man
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The frontier wars – best we forget.
I have posted many blogs about our refusal to acknowledge the frontier wars, when we suffered the largest death toll in war in our history in relation to our population at the time. In the SMH on February 12, … Continue reading
Posted in Defence/Security, Human Rights, Indigenous affairs, Politics
Tagged aboriginal warriors, frontier wars, SMH, Tim Flannery
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John Menadue. The ANZAC Myth.
The four-year and well-funded carnival celebrating Anzac and WWI is now rolling. The carnival will depict WWI as the starting point of our nation, as our coming of age! It was nothing of the sort. It was a sign of … Continue reading