Evidence Flashcards
“Also being intimately connected”
Common Spiritual Identities that linked clans
Deborah Bird Rose
(Not geared to the) “endless satisfaction of human wants”
Deborah Bird Rose
“Greediness in us, with them a great crime”
Referring to Aboriginals
J.D Wood (An Early Settler)
“The cost of our Property”
Their ‘Ignorance’ supposedly prevents the Aborigines from understanding this
J.D Wood (An Early Settler)
“To make them generous in later life”
Referring to tokens given to children by elders during traditional Aboriginal ceremonies
Geoffrey Blainey
“Intrinsic part of a group”
(Referring to how each Aboriginal felt and were treated in their clans, were their responsibilities lie, not individualistic)
K.L Parker
“Principles of Reciprocity”
Values aborigines held, when referred to their social norms and customs
Geoffrey Blainey
“Testified to a divine presence”
When referred to the landscape and its living inhabitants, in Aboriginal belief
Geoffrey Blainey
“According to terrain and climate”
Referring to when the most suitable time is to practice Firestick Farming
Bill Gammage
“Planned, Precise, Fine-Grained local caring”
Referring to Firestick Farming, and the Aboriginals knowledge of its usefulness and effective means of utilisation
Bill Gammage
“Herbaceous Plants and Grasses give way for the Silk Grass”
On Pastures with years of being occupied by Sheep, Silk Grass appears and eliminates stronger, taller grasses
John G Robertson (Pastoralist)
“Half of the diet of the Aboriginal population in that area”
Basalt plains, Vegetable Foods gathered
Dr Shaun Canning
“Disease, Malnutrition and Alcohol”
We’re biggest killers
Richard Broome
