A few days ago on OurABC news from Northern Perth suburbs The town time forgot Planned as a model urban community, Cullacabardee was once filled with Indigenous families and playgrounds, but today it’s virtually abandoned, with its few remaining residents facing an uncertain future. 19Aug24 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-19/wa-cullacabardee-aboriginal-housing-at-risk/104194142 Oh how can awful white people do this to dear ATSI people - you might rush to think -
But hey - read down further for the truth Quote [Cullacabardee was built by the WA and Commonwealth governments as a “community welfare proposal” and “housing experiment”, according to media reports of the day. -- Community unrest and violence marred the settlement in the decades that followed.Public housing was gradually knocked down and never rebuilt. Ms Lewis said Cullacabardee became a liability and had been left to slowly die.]
I have witnessed the same things happening east of Kal near the transline. Crime gangs take over - then houses get wrecked to punish people - then any "law abiding are driven out - Now some houses are just occupied by wanderers -
