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27/01/19
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Originally posted by darryle:
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The myth that all was good before the British arrived. If you read Cook’s journal he talks about the Illawarra escarpment being an open forest. The indigenous people burnt the place to the ground. Today the area reverts to a lush rain forest. The mega Fauna we’re whipped out by aboriginals. Burning the place down whipped out the dominate wattle trees and allowed eucalyptus to prosper. This added to the drying of Australia as eucalyptus are known to consume massive amounts of water. The Israelis used them to drain the swamps on the land they purchased from the Palestinians. Some Kibbutz still have the odd gun tree. Australia is a modern democracy with excellent health, education and personal freedoms. Just what do the freaks want? As said there were 100’s little tribes at war with each other. Just who could Phillip have signed a treaty with? But as usual Getup conspire to bring down our values and move that little bit closer to anarchy.
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What a load of codswallop! Just personal opinions No one knows exactly why the mega fauna became extinct. Just who could Phillip have signed a treaty with? There were only a handful of aboriginal tribes in the Melbourne region. They would have been known to Philip and there would have been opportunities to develop a respectable rapport with the natives..