Tennessee Tea Party Trying to "Rewrite" History

[Justtristo]

If it is such a "Whitewash" then how do you know about it...??? how is it public knowledge if it is the "cover-up" you are trying to support?

I am of the opinion that your information is incorrect or at least biased Trist. And yes ALL countries native peoples suffered under the "English invasion/ colonialism" The American Indian just as much as the Aboriginal. The only group I am aware of who signed a treaty were the Maori of New Zealand and only because they had a social structure that the British recognised and could deal with.

Firstly, I have actually read the first volume of the The Fabrication of Aboriginal History by Keith Windschuttle and other works of his. Also I am familiar with the opinions of groups such as the Bennelong Society (which Windschuttle is a part of) which has some support from political figures (such as Keating government minister Gary Johns, former senator John Herron, the late Peter Howson).

If people holding opinions similar to the Bennelong society were in power, they would promote "sanitization" of the history of Australia to make the British colonists into saints and the Aboriginals into devils. Also they would also advocate the total assimilation of Aboriginals into the broader Australian culture, effectively wiping out their cultures. That segment I would suspected would be shared by a significant slice of the public who are more likely to have racist sentiments towards Aborigines than those people who don't hold those views I have outlined above.

Secondly, although there were numerous treaties signed with various American Indian nations, although they were often broken. This all recognised that the American Indian nations owned the land. Also in Canada there were numerous treaties (The Numbered Treaties) signed between the Crown and Native American nations along with the lines of the Treaty of Waitangi. I am not denying the treatment of the Native Americans was deplorable, however the authorities at least recognised the native american nations owned the land.

However only one treaty was ever signed between the British colonists and the assorted Aboriginal nations. That was the Batman's Treaty signed between John Batman and Wurundjeri people of what is now the Melbourne region. However the governor of NSW had the treaty voided because it was considered that the Wurundjeri land was owned by the crown. The legal concept behind the voiding of the treaty was terra nullus which was overturned in the Mabo case