Well said Susanne, continued genocide and unending colonialism take on many
guises, but outright war is not over in Australia, the drive-by shooting of
11 houses in Redfern last year received little or no media coverage, no
paper or TV station in Adelaide covered it does anyone remember hearing
about this terrorism, reconciliation will remain a political football , a
sellout ,a bad joke until we address peoples contemporary lived experience
and cease to perpetuate the lie that is Australia through this sort of media
censorship,
Dave
PS I have some invader ancestors who owned Elkedra station in the
Territory,could you please fill me in on the useage of Elkedra in 'bush
terms'? Dave
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From: webweave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, 5 August 1999 11:54
Subject: Re: [recoznet2] Elkedra
>all 'sides' are looking inward and searching for 'origins' and 'identities'
it
>seems
>let's not diminish any energies in our respective searches, by confronting
>eachother with our different levels of understanding and information about
'our
>past' and it is 'our past'
>- ie a shared past, with sh*tty bits on all 'sides' - more has stuck to
some
>than others
>which is why 'we' today are having to deal with it now so that children can
>settle and a sovereign peoples can thrive, no matter 'who' they are OR
'where'
>they 'come from'
>
>indigozians 'were herded' and are still being 'herded' today
>- redfern gentrified and the indig population forced out thru high 'rents'
>among other things
>- bulldozing the block in redfern is specific eg - homes - what the people
who
>live there want, not to be moved to 'somewhere else', they have already
come
>from somewhere else to the block, or moved back and will be moved on no
more
>
>everyone looking for their 'roots' has the privilege of staying still long
>enough to begin the search, and energy enough to fight with eachother
>
>others are still too mobile and tired to fight - the one resident left in a
>street, may be consumed by thoughts of where they are going to rather than
>coming from
>- she is fighting for her future as well as her past and present
>only the depth varies
>
>the practice of herding - moving groups from here to there or just away
from
>'here' - regardless of method eg guns/bulldozers/high rents/company lore/
>progress/equal pay/common lore etc - is the 'dispersal of communities' -
>experienced by country youth now as well - 'forces' have had consequences
that
>result in die back of towns and before that - indig communities
>
>- redfern's gentrification is equivalent in consequence to 'ethnic
cleansing'
>of particular areas of other cities around the world where religion or
party
>dominate
>in redfern and surry hills and ... 'the most violent' consumption of
>neighbourhoods continues to occur - total obliteration of the existing
>community to build a new one as need arises - regardless, of what, or who,
is
>in front of, or driving, the 'bulldozer' it seems
>- in bush terms - elkedra - 'gentrification' is the exclusion of
indigozians
>from their neighbourhood ie those willing to be most violent consumers of
>neighbourhoods by making them 'their own' - fenced off, then thrown off
again
>when equal pay was raised and now and imprisoned for tresspass in a
national
>forest etc
>
>THERE IS NO PLACE FOR INDIGOZ AND MANY NONINDIGOZIANS TO WALK WITHOUT
THREAT OF
>REMOVAL OR CHALLENGE
>
>CENSORSHIP ON SPEAKOUTS OCCUR TO EITHER IGNORE THE FACTS OR MAKE IT
PALITABLE
>ENOUGH FOR SOME TO EVEN THINK ABOUT READING OR SIGNING OR MARCHING
>
>what's in a word?
>indigozians 'come from' here = not ethnic so not 'ethnic cleansing'
>indigozians 'come from' here = so not 'refugee'
>indigozians 'come from' here = but not from english speaking background -
no
>interpreters
>indigozians 'come from' here = but are not all 'land/property/home owners'
>indigozians 'come from' here = so not terra nullius
>indigozians 'come from' here = but not = sovereign selves
>that's what's in a word
>
>manyozians 'come from' here = but do not know their origins
>many others don't know where they are headed
>cheers
>susanne
>
>
>
>
>
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