Aha I thought about replying to the parent comment.

(Long time no see)

Haha hows it going mate! There's a lot of sweeping generalisations in this thread. Should be expected considering the audience, I guess, but it's still disappointing

Oh hush. It's a generalization, not an absolute. Pearl clutch elsewhere.

Right, so you're allowed to spout whatever idiocy you want, but others aren't allowed to call you on it. Sounds about right.

You grew up in Aus apparently, but seem to have very little understand of ATSI culture and how diverse it is. Come work with my partner at IUIH and then generalise the way you have been.

Generalise disparate groups of people elsewhere. And shove off with your thought terminating cliches: it's not pearl clutching, it's educating you, because you apparently require it.

Sigh. It's not idiocy buddy. It's a generalized statement. Maybe read up a little more on what that means, because you don't seem to understand.

It's funny, people that make the comments like you do are the people that never have anything actual to contribute, but just want to feel good about spotting a 'mistake' or some trivial shit.

You're not educating anyone, just arguing nonsense and pearl clutching in lieu of any real points.

Your point was hardly "real" either bucko, you ascribe a large group of people with a specific belief (without any citations) and then try to skip out of any culpability by saying its a generalisation.

lol, ok champ.

Another informative and education comment. Clever as roo shit you are.

You seem like one of those insecure types who need to have the last word, so it's all yours buddy. Enjoy, and I hope you get whatever feeling it is you're seeking by doing so.

Best of luck to you in life kiddo. Cheers.

Thanks mate, I'll happily take the last word. After all, how else would I heal those insecurities your have so poignantly diagnosed?

You seem incapable of doing anything other than dismissing anyone who raises any flaws with your logic. I sincerely hope you grow as a person.

Best of luck to you in life, Ole Fella. Cheers.

Would assume you're of or closely affiliated with Aboriginal heritage given the phrasing. My assessment of this is that if this were to become part of the established history of indigenous Australians, quite a bit of the narrative around 'ownership' changes dramatically.

I doubt it, either way they were here before Europeans who declared them non-human and assumed ownership of the landmass based on that declaration.

For the international audience, that UK assumption of "Terra Nullus" was knocked back and overturned by the Mabo decision of 1992:

    In Mabo v. Queensland (No. 2), judgments of the High Court inserted the legal doctrine of native title into Australian law.

    The High Court recognised the fact that Indigenous peoples had lived in Australia for thousands of years and enjoyed rights to their land according to their own laws and customs.

https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/mabo-case

I'm sorry, did all Europeans declare them non-human? What a sweeping weak sauce generalization about an entire group of people.

Ahh, sweet gotcha you found there fella. I don't think I need to explain to you the difference between members of the British government declaring Australia Terra-Nulius (with approximately 0 outcry from their citizens) and some bozo deciding that all Indigenous Australians don't believe in science. If you cant see the difference it's only because you choose not to.

It doesn’t, though. It doesn’t matter if they’re genetically intermixed with Indians at some point in the last few thousand years. They were still here before White Australia was. And where I live, we still fought wars to eradicate the local mobs. We still stole children from them, not that long ago.