There were no Aboriginal nations, despite what the Aboriginal Nationalist Industry says. Furthermore, they are not indigenous in the ordinary sense of the word as indigenous applies to a single society where a modern part is layered over a pre-existing part, whereas Aborigines had their own societies and did not constitute an indigenous base. They were replaced, not augmented. Otherwise a very good lecture. Though I would date the consolidation of Australian identity to the 1870s with the establishment of the Australian Natives Association. Also, why are the colonists referred to as European when 99% of them were British - it makes no sense to lump the Danish and Bulgarians in. Calling them Europeans is like saying that the Asians invaded Australia during WW2 because the Japanese did so. How strange!
thank you Ms Jones for the lecture, from someone in China who shares an "unusal" interest in AusLIt.
Time stamps that I think are worth noting
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There were no Aboriginal nations, despite what the Aboriginal Nationalist Industry says. Furthermore, they are not indigenous in the ordinary sense of the word as indigenous applies to a single society where a modern part is layered over a pre-existing part, whereas Aborigines had their own societies and did not constitute an indigenous base. They were replaced, not augmented.
Otherwise a very good lecture. Though I would date the consolidation of Australian identity to the 1870s with the establishment of the Australian Natives Association. Also, why are the colonists referred to as European when 99% of them were British - it makes no sense to lump the Danish and Bulgarians in. Calling them Europeans is like saying that the Asians invaded Australia during WW2 because the Japanese did so. How strange!