Maybe this blog is too altruistic. Just tell a story, your story so that all Aussies understand about indigenous culture(s) warts and all.
Tell a story about indigenous life in urban Australia, in rural (farming) Australia and in remote Australia.
One regular story is the negative comments from all in sundry when young indigenous persons commit crime and tangle with the full force of western law. I read a blog the other day by an indigenous person in which he berated the federal government for not being proactive on this and other matters.
I worked with indigenous persons who told the story of some indigenous persons who are called "coconuts": brown on the outside, white on the inside. Followers will know that this is indigenous persons criticising their own for adopting too much of the "so called" white lifestyle but I still ask: What's that all about?
I met a Principal of a Christian school who told me that indigenous Aussies worshipped the created and not the creator. A sad story as this so-called misguided christian revealed his misguided inner thinking.
Maaaate there are dozens of stories to be told. Facing the realities of how Aussies think will clear the air and hopefully lead to greater understanding and tolerance. We need to get on our bikes as the 2013 referendum is not far off.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Sounds of Silence - Australian Aboriginal Affairs
No comments as yet to enrich this blog. That's ok.
On the spiritual theme I had the good fortune in the 1980s to visit what was then called the Olgas, now called Kata Tjuta. It was like standing in a giant cathedral and circling overhead was a large eagle, almost as if it was the spirit guardian of that sacred place. I'll never forget that moment as the land whispered to me.
I have travelled all over the Kimberley, the Pilbara, the Goldfields and the South West of WA. There are so many wonderful spiritual places like the desert, especially at night with the pitch black contrasted against which are the stars of the rich southern hemisphere skies. It's shivering cold, even in summer, but the blazing sun of the day makes another contrast. It would be great to see comments on this blog site giving more detail about the significance to indigenous Aussies of various places across Australia.
On the spiritual theme I had the good fortune in the 1980s to visit what was then called the Olgas, now called Kata Tjuta. It was like standing in a giant cathedral and circling overhead was a large eagle, almost as if it was the spirit guardian of that sacred place. I'll never forget that moment as the land whispered to me.
I have travelled all over the Kimberley, the Pilbara, the Goldfields and the South West of WA. There are so many wonderful spiritual places like the desert, especially at night with the pitch black contrasted against which are the stars of the rich southern hemisphere skies. It's shivering cold, even in summer, but the blazing sun of the day makes another contrast. It would be great to see comments on this blog site giving more detail about the significance to indigenous Aussies of various places across Australia.
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