~ Voltaire ~
We remembered the Frontier Wars ... There are many who find this all too hard to deal with. I have no issue in seeing the truth of what happened. The British came here and killed the people of this land in what could not be termed anything but WAR! The people took up their spears and woomeras and their waddies and set about to protect the only way they knew how when they witnessed the cold blooded murders of their clan groups. The east coast has been at war since those days, people are still fighting against genocide, today in 2016.
Anzac Day Deepwater NSW. We laid a specific wreath in Aboriginal flag colours for all those who died in what has become known as "Australia's Frontier Wars".
When the British invaded this great land, it was indeed a war. It was the filthiest kind of war. War with no rules. Murder and rape were ordered by the crown. Genocide is what this country Australia was built on. Many say the "Sheep's Back" but it was the Black mans back it was built upon.
With out making friendships with the original people - the British would have perished. For the life of me I cannot understand how people see it any different.
This war still rages today.
Those incarcerated feel it on the daily. Aboriginal people represent the highest group of people incarcerated.
My father served in Korea, he was on the ship "HMAS Arunta", named after the Arrente indigenous people from the Northern Territory. Two ships have been commissioned with this same name. My father was on the first of these ships.
The Arrernte people marched with people from that ship or people representing them in the march around 11am in Sydney. The parade was a live telecast.
Images @ Eminpee Fotography
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