Welcome to Country Ceremonies are authoritarian and mad

[Antipostmodernism]

Acknowledgement of Country is woke totalitarianism writ large. It fails reason and freedom on multiple levels. It's something I'm sure many Australians detest but I can't find any dissent anywhere online, such is the advanced state of thought policing. Therefore I will attempt to deconstruct this power play. When someone starts an activity with an AOC they are saying it's the first order of business, so it's their priority, not the reason you attended. You must participate in order for the event to take place. They are also implying this is accepted as a social norm. This is unbelievable hubris and gaslighting, This ritual is no more valid than a Christian reciting The Lords Prayer. It's utterly extraneous woke sermanising. If these alleged Aboriginal people were known to be in attendance then there might be some context to recognise them, but these people don't have to be there or even be known to exist. Peoples are conjured up that we have never even heard of. It has no context beyond the very weak idea that everything in Australia takes place on alleged Aboriginal land therefore every activity is an excuse to 'recognise' Aboriginals, but really it's to recognise that the far-Left controls you. I don't want to be part of a mandatory ceremony that randomly pays tribute to a race, that isn't doing anything for me, and represents a culture that I do not value. So what that someone's ancestors were here before mine? AOC doesn't do Aboriginals any good. The really surreal bit is where I not only have to pay respect to Aboriginals in the present but that I must pledge support to the dead and yet to be born too. It's lunatic stuff, highly inappropriate, and culture invented five minutes ago. We must resist.

 

[thelastman]

Ernie Dingo invented the Aboriginal Welcome to Country in the 70s so that some Maoris would dance for some leftists at an arts festival. Im serious.

 

[thelastman]

Here is something I wrote about the topic a while ago -

Being an Australian I was taught that that the Dutch were the first Europeans to 'discover' Australia - but at the same time Captain Cook was often credited with 'discovering' Australia due to the fact that he charted the East Coast and stuck a Union Jack in it and claimed it for Great Britain - so I always assumed that Cook was the first Englishman in Australia. It wasnt until I was an adult and read a bit about Australian history that I discovered that the first Englishman was not Captain Cook at all but a pirate named William Dampier. This idea that Captain Cook discovered Australia is something that a lot of Australians still believe to this day and its something that really bothers leftists -

Captain Cook ‘discovered’ Australia, and other myths from old school textbooks​

Approaching the 250th anniversary of Cook’s first journey to the Pacific, The Conversation asked readers what they remembered learning at school about his arrival in Australia.

Most people said they learnt Cook ‘discovered’ Australia – especially if they were at school before the 1990s.

Captain Cook ‘discovered’ Australia, and other myths from old school textbooks - Research Division | University of Tasmania (utas.edu.au)


Dampier had a very interesting life and its worth reading about, but being Australian what interests me the most about him is the fact that he was the first Englishman to set foot in Australia and that he has been described as Australia's first natural historian band what interested me the most was his description of the native Aboriginal people. Here is what Dampier had to say about the Aboriginals in 1688 - "The Inhabitants of this Country are are the Miserablest People in the World". He added that "They have great Bottle noses, pretty full lips, and wide mouths".

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[thelastman]

Dampier was the first man to circumnavigate the world three times and had certainly encountered a native or two in his travels so his low opinion of the Australian Aboriginals surprised me but what really shocked me was that when Dampier returned to Australia/New Holland in 1699 on an exploration mission he and some of his men went ashore in search for water only to be attacked by the Aboriginals. The reason this shocked me so much is because according to wikipedia the Aboriginals have welcomed strangers with a 'Welcome to Country' ceremony that dates back thousands of years and it was not thought up by Aboriginal comedian Ernie Dingo in 1976 to convince some visiting Maoris to dance for some leftists at an arts festival who refused to perform unless they got a 'Welcome to Country'. Supposedly the Aboriginal people performed a 'Welcome to Country' dance for Dutch explorers in the seventeenth century so perhaps the Aboriginals didnt like the look of Dampier either. However the wikipedia link making this 'Welcome to Country' dance for the Dutch claim makes no mention of it but does say that the Aboriginals attacked the Dutch as well - and a Dutchmen was murdered.

Curiously though the first descriptions of the Aboriginal people made by the Dutch seem to line up with Dampiers opinion. In 1623 Dutch explorer Jan Carstensz gave the first known detailed description of the Australian Aborigines saying that the they were "'less cunning, bold and evilnatured than the blacks at the western extremity of Nova Guinea; their weapons . . . are less deadly, than those we have seen used by other blacks'' adding that the Australian Aboriginals were 'the most wretched and poorest creatures' he had ever seen." Carstensz also claimed that "the Aborigines were man eaters who did not spare each other when driven to hunger". So if anything it seems that the Dutch had an even lower opinion of the Aboriginal people than William Dampier. Wikipedias claim that the Dutch were given a Welcome to Country' just doesnt add up to me and it makes a lot more sense that Ernie Dingo came up with the Aboriginal 'Welcome to Country' dance in 1976 and its a case of the modern day Aboriginals being guilty of the cultural appropriation of Maori culture and their pōwhiri welcome ritual.

Funnily enough Captain Cook himself gave a similar description of the Aboriginal people 1770 saying that the Aboriginal people "seem like the most wretched people on earth". Apparently Cook did not get a Welcome to Country' from the Aborigines either..

Now I dont bring any of this up to make the claim that Aboriginals are the most miserable and wretched people on earth or to make the claim that the Aboriginals of Australia are traditionally an unfriendly and murderous people. I am also not saying with any certainty that it is a lie that Aboriginals performed 'Welcome to Country' dances for strangers before Aboriginal comedian Ernie Dingo thought it up in 1976 to get some Maoris to dance for some leftists at an arts festival. But as the Ben Simmons funded Adam Goodes documentary says - only when the truth of history is told we can walk together. And there is nothing that I want more than for Aboriginals to forgive me for being white and stop blaming me for things that happened hundreds of years before I was born.

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[thelastman]

According to wikipedia Aboriginals performed a 'Welcome to Country' ceremony in 1600s for Dutch Explorers but where is the evidence? I cant find any. Even if Aboriginals did a little dance for some Dutch and this was recorded somewhere I highly doubt the ceremony was called 'Welcome to Country'. Some make the claim that Aboriginals performed 'Welcome to Country' for Indonesians hundreds of years ago - who recorded that? Other than the one claim of it being performed for the Dutch in the 1600s and some vague claim of it being performed for Indonesians there is no other history of this alleged ceremony apart from some little dance performed by Aboriginals for hippies in 1973 in Nimbin which was not called Welcome to County and the Welcome to Country invented by Australian comedian Ernie Dingo in 1976 to convince some Maoris to dance for some leftists at an Arts Festival. The Maoris would not dance unless they were welcome with a ceremony like their Pohiri. So the Aboriginal Welcome to Country in its modern evolution - even if this ceremony existed before Ernie Dingo - is a case of Aboriginals culturally appropriating Maori culture.

 

[Antipostmodernism]

Thanks for your research. In Sydney there is much acknowledgement of the Gadigal people which covers the immediate area where Sydney was settled by The First Fleet Europeans. The only recorded history states that this small group of natives were wiped out by disease within two years (1791) leaving only three known individuals. I believe Gadigals to be fictional at this point and If you're seeing Gadigals everywhere (like the ABC does) then consult a doctor. But of course once you start recognising identities an industry develops around it so its no surprise that there are now people calling themselves Gadigal, and one alleged elder has an 'Aboriginal Land Consultancy' where he promotes Welcome to Country including leading one at an Ashes test match at the SCG.

It's not so bad when its just something at the bottom of a webpage, but try saying the following with a mouthfull of marbles, "Victoria University acknowledges, recognises and respects the Ancestors, Elders and families of the Bunurong/Boonwurrung, Wadawurrung and Wurundjeri/Woiwurrung of the Kulin who are the traditional owners of University land in Victoria, and the Gadigal and Guring-gai of the Eora Nation who are the traditional owners of University land in Sydney." Strewth.

I attach an article about compulsory woke activities at universities.

 

[thelastman]

Exactly - these people did not write anything down so there is no record beyond the word of the money grubbing so-called 'elders' and the Aboriginal political class. I live in 'Wiradjuru Country' apparently - if these Kooris are to be believed. I prefer the old terms 'Murrayian' and 'Australoid'.

The first Aborigines came to Australia from south-east Asia some 20,000 or more years ago, when sea levels were much lower than now and the present East Indies was an almost continuous land mass, broken only by a few narrow straits which could be crossed in primitive craft.

It used to be thought that the Aborigines were of two races who came in separate waves. The first of these were of Negroid origin and the second wave came of ancient Caucasoid stock, possibly from Southern India. For convenience they were called the Tasmanoids and the Australoids. It was believed that the Australoids either conquered or absorbed most of the Tasmanoids and drove the survivors to present day Tasmania, which was then part of the mainland, and that here they eventually became safe by the flooding of the bass strait.

The present theory is a little more complex. It envisages three types - Tasmanoids, Murrayians and Australoids - who reached Australia in that order. The advocates of this theory say that is was the Murrayians that drove the Tasmanoids to Tasmania and that they themselves finally settled in the fertile regions of the east and the south-east, particularly in the Murray River area; and that the last arrivals, the Australoids, never penetrated south of the tropics.

- Australia's Heritage

Whatever you want to call them - this idea that Aboriginal tribes lived in perfect balance and harmony before the arrival of so-called Europeans is both ridiculous and outrageous. If Aboriginal tribes occupied land it is because they fought for it and defended it just like any European or other peoples. The most powerful tribes obviously take and hold the best land. The Murrayians were obviously the most successful Aboriginal tribes because they took the best land. Are we really to believe that an Australoid living in some harsh part of the country did not want to live in the fertile land of the Murrayian? That the Tasmanoid wanted to be driven to Tasmania? Traditional Owners? Says who? The Gods of Dreamtime?

The God damn dot paintings annoy me the most. Every Government building seems to have them. And what does acknowledging so-called 'traditional owners' even mean? Oh look - we put up some dot paintings, displayed an Aboriginal flag and put a message at the front saying we acknowledge 'traditional owners' - cant call us racists... It is so tokenistic and insincere that Aboriginals should be insulted - and I think they would be if this wasnt all part of a larger scheme to force the non-Aboriginal Australian population to 'pay the rent'.

And yeah I remember reading about the mandatory 'compulsory consent' and 'respectful relationships' courses but I didnt know about the indigenous courses. I bet they are just as stupid. The laws do not even align with the nonsense taught in the 'compulsory consent' and 'respectful relationships' but they are catching up arent they? Coercive control laws etc. It would seem that these universities put the cart before the horse but clearly these institutions are being used to manufacture public consent for the laws that they want to bring about. Before these kids even get to university they are taught all this relationship nonsense in high school PDHPE class. I mean - Safe Schools was just the tip of the iceberg.. We can talk about Marxist 'permanent revolution' plots but no - I think this is something much worse than Marxism. 'Children of Gramsci'? Antonio would be rolling in his grave. What these people are pushing with their neoliberal 'universal values' propaganda is in fact NEOLIBERALISM. These people want to end history. And yes - these neoliberals are deep inside of our children long before they even reach university.

Where does it come from?

 

[thelastman]

Anyway - was Pemulwuy a a Gadigal? He seemed to terrorize a pretty large area. Did he need a 'Welcome to Country' when crossing tribal borders? I got some Pemulwuy script -

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I live in a small Australian town called Forbes and our claim to fame is that Forbes was the home of Australia's second most famous Bushranger - Ben Hall. Bushrangers were outlaws that lived in the Australian bush/outback early in Australia's history - basically highwaymen - and the most famous of them all was a guy called Ned Kelly who led a gang of Bushrangers that wore bulletproof suits of armour made from iron which was a quarter of an inch thick and weighed about 100 pounds. They even had helmet's to protect themselves from headshots.

But yeah not a lot of people know about Australia's first Bushranger and its a pretty funny story so I thought I would tell you guys about it.

So Australia's first Bushranger was a massive African convict from Madagascar called John Caesar, better known as Black Caesar. So Black Caesar was brought to Australia on the First Fleet with the first of the convicts sent here to Australia from England and for the first year or so he is said to have worked hard and he didnt cause any problems. But before long food stocks began to run low and rations were reduced which was harder on Black Caesar than anyone due to the fact that he was such a big massive muscular guy. So driven by hunger Black Caesar was driven to steal rations and before long he and another African convict called Black Jemmey were caught in the act and had his seven year sentence extended to life.

So with nothing to lose Black Caesar decided to steal a musket and some ammo from a marine and took to the bush. But Black Caesar couldnt find any kangarros to shoot apparently so he took to prowling around the outskirts of the colony with his loaded musket stealing what food he could. One of Black Caesars food raids involved him stealing the rations of a convict gang that was making bricks at Brickfield Hill but eventually he was caught while trying to steal food from the house of the assistant commissary of stores.

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[thelastman]

So Governor Phillip didnt really know what to do with Black Caesar. Phillip threatened him with flogging and even hanging but Black Caesar was unrepentant and to be honest I can understand that because he was hungry for goodness sake. So Phillip ended up deciding to have Black Caesar fettered and sent him to an island as part of a convict crew that were to dig a big vegetable patch. This seemed to do the trick and Black Caesar was the perfect convict while working on the island so it was decided that his fetters would be removed. Pretty much as soon as Black Caesar was out of his shackles he stole the full weeks worth of rations from the convict crew on the island along with a musket, ammo and a cooking pot and he escaped in a canoe that he stole from some Aboriginals.

So this time Black Caesar decided to go inland rather than prowl about the outskirts of the colony but he got lonely or something and he tried to make friends with a tribe or Aboriginals. Black Caesar did live with these Aboriginals for a while but apparently their black skin was pretty much all they had in common and before long the Aboriginals grew tired of him and they attacked him with spears and almost stabbed him to death. Maybe he stole their food or something. Ha. So somehow Black Caesar managed to make his way back to the colony bleeding and half dead where he gave himself up.

Black Caesar recovered from his injuries and was forgiven for his second escape before he was sent to Norfolk Island with others in a plan Governor Phillip had come up with to divide the colony to avoid famine where he stayed for about four years. Norfolk Island isnt very big and there really wasnt anywhere to escape to so while Black Caesar was there he didnt cause any problems but not long after he returned to the mainland he took to the bush again in search of more food.

So by this time Governor Phillip had gone back to England and the acting Governor was Mayor Francis Grose. Unlike Governor Phillip this Francis Grose guy was not %$%$ing around and when Black Caesar was captured Grose had him flogged severely but Black Caesar took it like a man and when it was over he declared that no amount of flogging would change his ways. He was hungry after all. Ha.

 

[thelastman]

So this is where we get to the really funny part of the story. One day Black Caesar is working with a convict crew at Botany Bay when they were attacked by a tribe of Aboriginal warriors led by an Aboriginal called Pemulwuy. Pemulwuy and his warriors were waging a war of resistance and had been terrorizing the colony for some time. Anyway during the fight Black Caesar managed to crack Pemulwuy's skull and almost killed him but Pemulwuy survived and managed to escape. Since this Pemulwuy character has been causing the colony so much terror Black Caesar ended up being a bit of hero for cracking his skull. Now this is hilarious to me because it does not fit the narrative of Australian history at all - you got a big black African convict from Madagascar cracking the skull of an Aboriginal warrior that is leading a war of terror on the colony for invading his land.

And imagine being a convict - you would be thinking - they sent me off to some hell at the end of the world - for stealing a loaf of bread - and the redcoats have me out here at Botany Bay doing hard labour and now I got %$%$ing Aboriginals attacking me and trying to kill me because they think that I have invaded their land. I DONT WANT TO BE HERE! Ha. And its even funnier that some of these convicts were black Africans - not 'white fullas'. Its hilarious.

On a side note - this Pemulwuy guy was such a terror to the colony that when he was finally shot and killed the English were so happy that they sent Pemulwuy's skull back to England. And a few years ago Prince William was here visiting Australia and some Aboriginals bailed him up and said that they wanted Pemulwuy's skull back. Wills said that he didnt know where it was but when he got back to England he would have a look for them. He still hasnt gotten back to them. I suspect that the English have either lost Pemulwuy's skull or thrown it in a bin or something. HA.

 

[thelastman]

But yeah cracking Pemulwuy's skull made Black Caesar somewhat of a hero in the colony but apparently Black Caesar was more interested in enjoying extra food than enjoying his hero-status and again he took to the bush. Black Caesar had a bit more success this time, terrorizing Sydney Cove for a time, then Parramatta. He also spent some time hanging out with some Aboriginals again and this time he managed to avoid getting speared by them. Black Caesar was having so much success that other escapees began to join him - forming what would be the first Bushranger gang I guess. The Black Caesar gangs food raids became so daring and serious that new Governor - Governor Hunter ( who also wasnt %$%$ing around ) declared Black Caesar to be an outlaw and put a price of five gallons of rum on his head ( rum was our national currency for a while ).

So a lot of settlers wanted that five gallons of rum and Caesar became a hunted man. One of the settlers chasing that five gallons of rum was man named Wimbow. This Wimbow dude ended up finding Black Caesars tracks and following them back to Black Caesars hideout. He waited all night and when Black Caesar came out the next morning Wimbow called on him to surrender but Black Caesar was also armed and he tried to shoot it out. Wimbow shot first - wounding Black Caesar. wimbow took Black Caesar to the hut of a nearby settler but Black Caesar could not be saved. Wimbow got the five gallons of rum.

Black Caesars obituary read - "He had given more trouble than any other convict in the settlement".

So how about that? Australia's first Bushranger was a big black African from Madagascar. Called Black Caesar.

They dont teach kids about Black Caesar in our schools for some reason. Almost nobody knows about Black Caesar and how he was our first Bushranger. And its a shame in my opinion because its a cool story. I am generally not a big fan of Bushrangers like most Australians are and I dont feel romantic about them at all. Sure - its funny and kind of cool that Ned Kelly and his gang wore suits of bulletproof iron armour and maybe he had reason to dislike the government but at the end of the day Ned Kelly and all the rest of the Australian Bushrangers were just low criminals that stole from and often murdered innocent people. Its a bit like how many Americans see someone like Billy the Kid as some kind of hero - he was just a low scumbag criminal as far as I am concerned - like Ned Kelly. But Black Caesar was different. Sure he cracked Pemulwuy's skull but that was self defence - there is no record of Black Caesar actually harming anyone that he stole food from. I do understand that to steal rations from fellow prisoners is utterly despicable and I wouldnt have held it against any of those fellow prisoners if they had killed Black Caesar for it but have a hard time holding Black Caesars food raids against him because he was such a big guy that he should have been on double rations to begin with - that would have been fair. From what I can tell Black Caesar was a good guy - he was just very hungry. Black Caesar may not have been a hero ( apart from within the colony when he cracked Pemulwuy's skull ) but he is by far my favourite Bushranger.

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Ha.



Who the hell is some university to think that they can teach me about Aboriginal history? And I have to give their correct answers to be able to complete a university course? SHAME! Shame on the all neoliberal institutions. We can only hope that a modern day Aboriginal freedom fighter like Pemulwuy emerges and decides to take back Australia for the acknowledged traditional owners through force ( mods I am kidding ) . I bet a guy like that wouldnt last long as an Aboriginal Elder right? I dont even think the Greens would support a guy like that..