7th January 2008, 08:35 AM
A number of points, it is not that people only been interested in historical archaeology, classical archaeology, who do not bother to study anything about Aboriginal society are definately racist. But some are.
If you need confirmation of this then email me and I will give you the number of Mike an Aboriginal archaeologist who was with me at UWA in 2003.
He can tell you what people said to him or maybe you could talk to the present Aboriginal honours student.
Starchers were you at UWA 2003?
Coming from WA did you think it was strange that Rottnest Island is a holiday resort on the site of a concentration camp?
Or is it the rest of the world who are odd?
Do you think thats why they don't tell the holiday makers about Rottnest, might the Europeans be put off?
If your really want I could give you the name of the person currently working for the DIA in Perth who made racists comments (often)to Mike (an Aboriginal student) in 2003.
You want his number he went to Flinders.
Why not contact Jane Balme and ask how many students are interested in Indigenous archaeology compared to classical.
The point is if you recognise lithics you can quickly learn how to recognise Australian tools.
Many white Australian archaeologists believe that as Australian only they can work with Aboriginal people. In fact this is rubbish, outsiders who wish to learn have just a good chance of geting on with Aboriginal people.
I stand by this statement, my experience of working as a nurse for many years was that Aboriginal prisioners prefered the Irish or Scotts but took to anyone who was honest.
There are unlimited jobs at the moment due to the mines, why would such a minority of students not be interested in Aboriginal archaeology when WA has some of the most important sites in the World?
And you must know tyhe student who is getting $90 000 a year at BHP.
Never met a racist archaeologist! There aint many but you have not been asking the right questions.
Could you honestly say that Aboriginal people have never met a racist Archaeologist or anthropologist, just ask them.
Ask R (who is Aboriginal) doing honours, do you know him?
Or is it they who a wrong?
Ring up your Aboriginal friends and ask them.
Shoot to kill still happpens in the bush.
Just over 2% of the Australian population are indigenous but they make up 14% of the adult gaol population and 44% of juvenile justice.
On average Aboriginal Australians die 20 years before white Australians.
Would any white students at UWA have mixed with Aboriginal kids at school?
Not many and so the white students are at least confused and affraid.
Perth has a nice climate but is a bit of a racist hole. For example many of the British migrants who came in the 1970s came to 'get away from the blacks in Birmingham' (sic)and now we have had an influx of white south Africans (not ALL racist of course).
What to you think of the hundreds of statues in Perth to whites but the one statue of Yagan on Herrisson Island has his head cut off every year.
What about the first 10 executions at Fremantle gaol being Asian people and the lack of knowledge of the Kimberley being opened up by Asian cow boys.
The fact that the finest rock art in the world is not fully protected.
And incidently colonialism, racism, predjudice is everywhere.
In 1968 Catholics in Northern Ireland could not vote and were machine gunned by the B-specials.
In 1968 Aboriginal people could not vote either.
Ireland was Englands first colonial conquest Australia a later one.
In fighting racism we need to look at our own backyards.
I have fought racism in the UK,Japan and Australia.
Racism is not the preserve of the working class there are plenty of racists in Perth. Many went to scotch college and probabily some of their Fathers and Grand Fathers used to gaol people up to 1968 for walking across Perth CBD or drinking with their white friends.
Do you think the people who are still alive who gaoled, screwed, ripped off and beat Aboriginal people ought to apologise?
And how about the government apologising for the stolen generation?
Arthus
If you need confirmation of this then email me and I will give you the number of Mike an Aboriginal archaeologist who was with me at UWA in 2003.
He can tell you what people said to him or maybe you could talk to the present Aboriginal honours student.
Starchers were you at UWA 2003?
Coming from WA did you think it was strange that Rottnest Island is a holiday resort on the site of a concentration camp?
Or is it the rest of the world who are odd?
Do you think thats why they don't tell the holiday makers about Rottnest, might the Europeans be put off?
If your really want I could give you the name of the person currently working for the DIA in Perth who made racists comments (often)to Mike (an Aboriginal student) in 2003.
You want his number he went to Flinders.
Why not contact Jane Balme and ask how many students are interested in Indigenous archaeology compared to classical.
The point is if you recognise lithics you can quickly learn how to recognise Australian tools.
Many white Australian archaeologists believe that as Australian only they can work with Aboriginal people. In fact this is rubbish, outsiders who wish to learn have just a good chance of geting on with Aboriginal people.
I stand by this statement, my experience of working as a nurse for many years was that Aboriginal prisioners prefered the Irish or Scotts but took to anyone who was honest.
There are unlimited jobs at the moment due to the mines, why would such a minority of students not be interested in Aboriginal archaeology when WA has some of the most important sites in the World?
And you must know tyhe student who is getting $90 000 a year at BHP.
Never met a racist archaeologist! There aint many but you have not been asking the right questions.
Could you honestly say that Aboriginal people have never met a racist Archaeologist or anthropologist, just ask them.
Ask R (who is Aboriginal) doing honours, do you know him?
Or is it they who a wrong?
Ring up your Aboriginal friends and ask them.
Shoot to kill still happpens in the bush.
Just over 2% of the Australian population are indigenous but they make up 14% of the adult gaol population and 44% of juvenile justice.
On average Aboriginal Australians die 20 years before white Australians.
Would any white students at UWA have mixed with Aboriginal kids at school?
Not many and so the white students are at least confused and affraid.
Perth has a nice climate but is a bit of a racist hole. For example many of the British migrants who came in the 1970s came to 'get away from the blacks in Birmingham' (sic)and now we have had an influx of white south Africans (not ALL racist of course).
What to you think of the hundreds of statues in Perth to whites but the one statue of Yagan on Herrisson Island has his head cut off every year.
What about the first 10 executions at Fremantle gaol being Asian people and the lack of knowledge of the Kimberley being opened up by Asian cow boys.
The fact that the finest rock art in the world is not fully protected.
And incidently colonialism, racism, predjudice is everywhere.
In 1968 Catholics in Northern Ireland could not vote and were machine gunned by the B-specials.
In 1968 Aboriginal people could not vote either.
Ireland was Englands first colonial conquest Australia a later one.
In fighting racism we need to look at our own backyards.
I have fought racism in the UK,Japan and Australia.
Racism is not the preserve of the working class there are plenty of racists in Perth. Many went to scotch college and probabily some of their Fathers and Grand Fathers used to gaol people up to 1968 for walking across Perth CBD or drinking with their white friends.
Do you think the people who are still alive who gaoled, screwed, ripped off and beat Aboriginal people ought to apologise?
And how about the government apologising for the stolen generation?
Arthus