Observations

Once you have seen the movie AUSTRALIA you may start to look at the true history of our land. I might suggest you take a quick peak at the promo running on the official movie site that shows an African American slave running up the lawn of a southern Mansion. A hint of parallels that may exist between the American slave culture and the treatment of aboriginal people by the subjects of the British empire. In Perth as late as the 1930s Aboriginal women worked in the wealthy homes of white Australia and were subject to curfews in the evenings. There is much debate as to our right to be here. Many non indigenous Australians are immigrants or were infact convicts sent out to the colonies. Many had no choice to come here. Thus there are mixed emotions for many who landed on this continent far from their own relatives and families. I cannot speak for people of aboriginal origin, I can respect their history and regret any harm done by mine. I say sorry and I listen. I am in awe of their gentle natures and kindness when many have suffered so much. I do not understand why we have not given them more. People talk of the welfare state and aboriginals taking advantage.... I cannot agree and believe they are due much more than we have ever offered. Much like the silence in America about the American Indians, the movie Australia looks to comparisons with the African american experience, (which I would never wish to play down.) not the Native American.