Re: Aboriginal term(s) for Australia?
Daniel70 <[email protected]> Fri, 6 Dec 2024 23:19:06 +1100
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David Dalton wrote on 6/12/24 2:38 pm:
> Tonight on the CBC Radio One program Reclaimed, which
> features indigenous music from Turtle Island and around
> the world, the host referred to “so-called Australia”.
>
> So does that mean there is no name agreed on by
> “Australian" aboriginals? Are there several names?
>
> Anyway, greetings from Newfoundland, where it is
> still Krampusnacht, and I am hoping to put a cramp
> in the lives of many criminals worldwide.
>
I've never considered that .... and as there never was ONE 'Aboriginal'
nation (as far as I know), I doubt they had one unified name for the
continent, either.
Apparently there were about 500 families/tribes/nations prior to the
White man getting here .... and claiming it was "Terra Nullius" ('No
Mans Land') and taking it all and calling it "Australia".
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Daniel