As Tasmanian Colonial Governor, George Arthur, observed, Batman "...had much slaughter to account for". Closer examination of this quote from Governor Arthur reveals a more complex picture of Batman's motives and actions on behalf of the government in these so-called "roving parties".[9] For example, in September 1829, Batman (aged 28), with the assistance of several "Sydney blacks" he brought to Tasmania, led an attack on an Aboriginal family group together numbering 60–70 men, women and children in the Ben Lomond district of north-east Tasmania.
"If I was a child in that situation I would align myself with the oppressed (Aboriginal people) "
So its not the guilt of being a direct descendant of someone who did the actual genocide but rather identity to the vague group of people of oppressed first peoples?
