I’ve always meant to look up the relationship between aboriginal people and the original British colonists in Australia. Any recommendations? Non biased books? So they have activists who clamor endlessly about oppression like we do here? One of the funny things here are black people in their 20s or teens who grew up in nice suburbs but to hear them talk they have suffered more than any slave ever did. Same with some women and whatever other “marginalized” group.
Hope things get better. Ive always wanted to visit down there.
Keith Windschuttle is generally the sole "dissenting" (non-woke) academic voice on that particular topic.
But I would also recommend "The Secret River" (fiction) and "Arthur Phillip: Governor, Soldier, Spy" (non-fiction) for good early historical context...
Also, the classic, "For the Term of His Natural Life", which, while mainly focussed on the convict story, naturally touches upon some of this, too...
Robert Hughes' "Fatal Shore" is also probably a key book to start with. And maybe "The Cotton Papers" (about Tasmania), if you can find it.
Finally, Quadrant (https://quadrant.org.au/) and the Australian Spectator (https://spectator.com.au/) have both long-form essays and lists of "recommended readings", so that should be a good start.
For a centrist take, Griffith Review (https://www.griffithreview.com/) is ok. Sometimes a bit too "left wing", for me, but they do the job.
Left wing sources are ubiquitous, if you wanted those. The Conversation is at least academic (if very biased), and The Monthly... Well, at least it pretends to have academic rigour, if nothing else.
Aus Geographic is relatively not bad. It's "drier" than Nat Geo, so there's that. Occasionally they'll touch on these issues. Older editions are, naturally, going to be better. I assume they're available online.
Hope that gets you started!
If you ever do get down here - if you stay away from the capital cities (and especially inner city/wealthy areas), generally it gets much less woke, and more tolerable.
There's plenty to see here, still. It's just that, as you can see here, our "social betters" are utterly determined to take away anything they can, at every given opportunity!
I’ve always meant to look up the relationship between aboriginal people and the original British colonists in Australia. Any recommendations? Non biased books? So they have activists who clamor endlessly about oppression like we do here? One of the funny things here are black people in their 20s or teens who grew up in nice suburbs but to hear them talk they have suffered more than any slave ever did. Same with some women and whatever other “marginalized” group.
Hope things get better. Ive always wanted to visit down there.
Keith Windschuttle is generally the sole "dissenting" (non-woke) academic voice on that particular topic.
But I would also recommend "The Secret River" (fiction) and "Arthur Phillip: Governor, Soldier, Spy" (non-fiction) for good early historical context...
Also, the classic, "For the Term of His Natural Life", which, while mainly focussed on the convict story, naturally touches upon some of this, too...
Robert Hughes' "Fatal Shore" is also probably a key book to start with. And maybe "The Cotton Papers" (about Tasmania), if you can find it.
Finally, Quadrant (https://quadrant.org.au/) and the Australian Spectator (https://spectator.com.au/) have both long-form essays and lists of "recommended readings", so that should be a good start.
For a centrist take, Griffith Review (https://www.griffithreview.com/) is ok. Sometimes a bit too "left wing", for me, but they do the job.
Left wing sources are ubiquitous, if you wanted those. The Conversation is at least academic (if very biased), and The Monthly... Well, at least it pretends to have academic rigour, if nothing else.
Aus Geographic is relatively not bad. It's "drier" than Nat Geo, so there's that. Occasionally they'll touch on these issues. Older editions are, naturally, going to be better. I assume they're available online.
Hope that gets you started!
If you ever do get down here - if you stay away from the capital cities (and especially inner city/wealthy areas), generally it gets much less woke, and more tolerable.
There's plenty to see here, still. It's just that, as you can see here, our "social betters" are utterly determined to take away anything they can, at every given opportunity!
Cool! Thanks!!!