Re: Aboriginal term(s) for Australia?
[email protected] (The Doctor) Fri, 6 Dec 2024 17:33:14 -0000 (UTC)
| Newsgroups | soc.culture.australian,aus.general,alt.fan.countries.australia,alt.native,soc.culture.native,nz.soc.maori |
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| Organization | NetKnow News |
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In article <[email protected]>, Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote: >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". >-- >Daniel Something like Uluru... -- Member - Liberal International This is [email protected] Ici [email protected] Yahweh, King & country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! Look at Psalms 14 and 53 on Atheism ; Merry Christmas 2024 and Happy New Year 2025