Amazulu

Nocookies | The Australian

I know that this has been blown out of proportion and that as a socialist, Queensland's premier hates Australia, but it's sad that Australia was 'invaded' is an official viewpoint of a major university - although I'm sure that their students can, and should, make their own minds up

Not cool

Revisionist history is one of the reasons why I detest the left

spouse of scouse

Settled by the invaders

mikelincs

Cant read article, it's a subscriber only article.

Pollyana

Try the ABC one

Queensland Premier praised for 'invasion' stance in Australian history for Indigenous people - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)



Let me know if that is subscriber too - we are logged in to most of these automatically at work so I can't tell.

quoll

Bet they're glad they weren't invaded by the Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese or any of the other sundry possibles, things would look rather (and not so nicely) different if they were. PC manipulation at its very best.

Beoz

Typical academics.

The hypocrisy of the lefties. They don't like white people and abuse the word in "invade" but hate the "stop the people sumuggling" policy and think that type of invasion should be accepted.

Kim67

Swerv-o

I really don't see how Cook arriving in a rowing boat and the leaving again can be considered an invasion.

Arguably, the arrival of the first fleet may well be considered an invasion - though not really falling within the dictionary definition - it was generally appropriation of territory under force of arms, just not from any defined or identified geopolitical entity.

But whether or not it was is neither here nor there TBH - it was what it was, and is the reality of history, as has been the case for hundreds of countries and territories across the globe throughout history.

Personally, I prefer the term colonisation - as it reflects both the political ideology of Empire and the actual activity of the time.


S

Amazulu

Good post. If Australia was invaded then all colonisation and settlement since the beginning of time is also invasion - which is nonsense

Beoz

Typical left wing academic nonsense.

Amazulu

yep

I like the uni that I go to as most of the academics come across as pretty capitalist and right-wing

Beoz

..... and someone bangs on about the right being the destroyers.

Well if there's anyone seeking to destroy and divide its the left wing academics and the minority groups.

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/morning-shows/sunrise-youre-a-bunch-of-racist-cts-singer-thelma-plum-slams-sunrise/news-story/a89d4cacad7a31c0946bf7f8afc17778

Beoz

No weiry beardies then?

mikelincs

That one's OK, thanks.

Amazulu

My current project management lecturer is a weird beard from South East London (talks like Delboy on steroids), but he ain't no leftie that's for sure