Re: [recoznet2] kumarangk

[Ian Henderson]

David,   I have just finished reading this book and it is a great read. The para. you have quoted begins:   His (Howard) government has the uncertain distinction of being the first in the history of the Commonwealth to deprive Aborigines of rights and property already granted. (P47.)   ________________________________________________ Ian Henderson                Murdoch University 24 Harfleur Place            Murdoch 6150 Hamilton Hill                    Tel: 61 8 94183972 Western Australia 6163   Fax:61 8 93606575                                         E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   'Freedom is having nothing left to fear.' _________________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: David Sjoberg To: recoznet Sent: Tuesday, 4 January 2000 3:37 Subject: [recoznet2] kumarangk I just got this email from a friend and thought I would send it around - it is a section of David Marr's book  - 'The high Price of Heaven'.  It is about the hindmarsh Island Bridge:   The Hindmarsh Island Bill was designed to silence Aboriginal women who claimed their spiritual life would be compromised by the building of a bridge to a little resort island in the murray. The politics of Hindmarsh were ferocious. A minister fell. Labour eventually supported the legislation. When it was challenged before the High Court, the howard government instructed counsel to argue Canberra had the very widest power to legislate against Aboriginies,-powers as broad as Nazi Germany and South Africa if necessary.Canberra won and so esteblished a legal and political precedent for denying aboriginies protectionwhen white Australia wants something of theirs badly enough. Its the old familiar principle of pre-Mabo Australia: what whites want - whites get. (p. 47,48).