Understanding Welcome to Country
Ok, so let’s explain this once and for all. Welcome to Country is an important aspect of First Peoples and Australian culture that annoys quite a few people. Typically we’re talking about people who...
Category: Social Organisation
A Hijacked Past & The Importance of Maintaining Cultural Identity
“A nation that forgets its past has no future.” – Winston Churchill For all people, no matter where on Earth we call home, having a clear sense of cultural identity is important. Whether an...
“Aboriginal people never even invented the wheel.”
The following article by John T. Patten is the first in a series examining some of the most commonly stated and ridiculously racist beliefs held by many Australians. Let’s start the series by examining something seemingly quite simple...
Were Aboriginal Australians Nomadic: Fact or Fiction?
One of the first ‘facts’ commonly taught when it comes to Aboriginal culture, history and people is the notion that prior to invasion all Aboriginal people were nomadic. This is an idea that exists and flourishes, despite...
