Sickness Country

Not far from #Kakadu are deposits of #uranium. #Aboriginals have known to avoid this area for centuries—it is known as "sickness country". The artwork shown here depicts a person with swollen joints—the first signs of radiation poisoning.

#Bula (The Creator) and #Bolung (The #RainbowSerpent)

"Our land was first created by Bula, who came from saltwater country to the north. With his two wives, the Ngallenjilenji, he hunted across the land and in doing so transformed the landscape through his actions. In a number of places, Bula left his image as paintings in rock shelters. Bula finally went under the ground at a number of locations north of Katherine in an area known to us as 'Sickness Country'. It is called this because the area is very dangerous, and should not be disturbed for fear that earthquakes and fire will destroy the world… Bolung the Rainbow Serpent inhabits the deep green pools found in the Second Gorge. We do not fish in the pools where Bolung sits. When fishing close to these pools, we can take only a small portion of the fish caught and throw back the rest in order to appease Bolung. Drinking water must not be taken from these deep pools but rather from the shallow associated waters. Pregnant women and new initiates may not swim in the Katherine River for fear of disturbing Bolung, who must not be spoken to and must be left undisturbed.”
- #Dreamtime of the #Jawoyn people

https://www.artistwd.com/joyzine/australia/abr_culture/sickness_country.php

#Nuclear #NuclearWaste #UraniumMining #Australia

#SurPlus on Ngunnawal & Ngambri Land @otiose94 #Aboriginals Sacred Sites #Mining vs #religion sites by @moir_alan #QT #Voice

(2+end) #PrettiggestoordNL

..als het woord #aboriginals of #Aborigines toch op het biljet zou komen te staan.
Het zou mooi zijn als hun #historie werkelijk wordt geëerd door hen te vragen welke naam er dan op moet komen.

En als ze dan toch bezig zijn, wijzig dan ook de naam #Arnhemland in #Yolŋu land, want dat volk woont daar. Géén #Arhemmers.
Er zijn aanwijzingen dat zij de 1e #australiers waren.

#justsaying: eer hun #geschiedenis.

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnhemland
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yol%C5%8Bu

(1) #PrettiggestoordNL

Op #australische bankbiljet van 5 dollar komt geen afbeelding van de Britse koning Charles te staan. De centrale bank kiest voor een afbeelding die de "cultuur en geschiedenis van de eerste Australiërs eert".

Welke naam gaan ze geven aan de 1e bewoners?. #aboriginals noemen zichzelf niet zo. Zij noemen hun eigen stam, bv Tiwis, Gagudju, Pitjantjatjaras, Mutijulu, Koories of Yolŋu.

Het zou een #farce zijn als..(2)

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aborigines_(Australi%C3%AB)#Eigen_benaming

https://www.nu.nl/economie/6249592/australiers-zetten-koning-charles-niet-op-briefje-van-5-dollar.html

My ancestors came to #Australia from #Italy in the 1920s, and *all* of my living relatives were born in Australia… To the best of my knowledge, none of them has ever been racist towards somebody. Yet I’m expected to be forever indebted to #Aboriginals because of the mistakes people *unrelated to me* made in the past, for no other reason than the fact that I happen to white? I’m sorry, you can package Aboriginal issues however you want, but racism is racism and that my friends, is blatant racism.

"For more than eleven long years, Aboriginal women and their allies have been fighting property giant Roche Group to prevent the destruction of their sacred women’s sanctuary, the Butterfly Cave."

#Australia
#nsw
#aboriginals

https://www.change.org/p/don-t-bulldoze-aboriginal-heritage-save-the-butterfly-cave

RT @otiose94
#Aboriginals by @moir_alan #InvasionDay

@harikunzru it's not that long ago when #PaulineHanson advised we were going to be or were being, swamped with Asians.

A few years later the same #FishShopWoman was advising we were being swamped with #Muslims.

We are currently waiting for her to advise we are being swamped with #Aboriginals ( her word not mine).

And if course whenever she is questioned, like must Australians, she isn't a #racist

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/dec/18/we-have-yet-to-reach-our-postcolonial-moment-chelsea-watego-on-colonialism-and-the-canon #aboriginals #settlercolonialism #ChelseaWatego #AnotherDayintheColony

This definitely goes on my 2023 booklist.

@Bulwark
That's a sad reflection on the human condition. Next year #paulinehanson will be telling the #senate that "we are being overrun by #Aboriginals".

Last time it was #Asians and the year before it was #Muslims, so it makes sense that in the year of the referendum it will be #FirstNations.

I often think about a report of how when native #Australian #Aboriginals saw a car for the first time they were terrified because they thought a rock had come alive and started moving on its own. A large rock was the only point of reference they had for the car. Imagine seeing something for the first time you have utterly no conception of. 🤯

@davpope's #Cartoon #Aboriginals' #Voice #lnp LISTENING by #TheDrum #AusPol
#alt #alttext

https://www.9news.com.au/national/kowanyama-watchhouse-death-in-custody-man-dies-in-queensland-indigenous-community/aa16e139-78d4-497a-bdef-cb50582cb84a

#aboriginals #AboriginalLivesMatter #Queensland #Australia 🇦🇺

Mass #genocide against the #natives

https://newstarget.com/2021-11-29-australian-military-forcibly-injecting-indigenous-covid-vaccines.html

#aboriginals #Australia #covidvaccination

Mass #genocide against the #natives

https://newstarget.com/2021-11-29-australian-military-forcibly-injecting-indigenous-covid-vaccines.html

#aboriginals #Australia #covidvaccination

Mass #genocide against the #natives

https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-11-29-australian-military-forcibly-injecting-indigenous-covid-vaccines.html

#aboriginals #Australia #covidvaccination

*Aboriginal Language Map*

"This map is just one representation of many other map sources that are available for Aboriginal Australia. Using published resources available between 1988–1994, this map attempts to represent all the language, social or nation groups of the Indigenous people of #Australia."

Source: https://mgnsw.org.au/sector/aboriginal/aboriginal-language-map/

High resolution: https://mgnsw.org.au/media/uploads/images/map_col_highres2.jpg

#mapporn #aboriginals #languages