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   From: alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com   
      
   Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:   
   >   
   > Top politician says Australia was invaded   
   >   
   > BBC News   
   > March 31, 2016   
   >   
   > [Caption] James Cook commanded HMS Endeavour on his first   
   > voyage to Australia and New Zealand from 1769 to 1771   
   >   
   > A top politician has backed university guidelines saying   
   > students should refer to Britain's "invasion" of   
   > Australia.   
   >   
   > The University of New South Wales (UNSW) rejected claims   
   > on Wednesday it was "whitewashing" its curriculum.   
   >   
   > Its Indigenous Terminology guide urges students to use   
   > the term "invaded" rather than "settled" or "discovered",   
   > and to avoid the word "Aborigines".   
   >   
   > Queensland state Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she   
   > supported universities teaching "the truth".   
   >   
   > "For many years Australian schools and Australian   
   > institutions have not told the truth about the way in   
   > which Australia was settled," Premier Palaszczuk said on   
   > Wednesday.   
   >   
   > "A lot of Indigenous people lost their lives, there were   
   > massacres and the truth always must be told."   
   >   
   > When the premier was asked if this meant Australia had   
   > been invaded, she answered "yes".   
   >   
   > Captain James Cook claimed possession of the east coast   
   > of what is now Australia on behalf of the British crown   
   > in 1770, following more than 160 years of mapping and   
   > exploration, mainly by the Dutch.   
   >   
   > There were already more than 250 separate language groups   
   > of Aboriginal people living on the land.   
   >   
   > Then began a process of colonisation and land   
   > confiscation which denied Aboriginal rights to land,   
   > citizenship and equal status - rights which in many cases   
   > were only finally bestowed in recent decades.   
   >   
   > Continues at:   
   >   
   > http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-35922858   
      
   Excerpt:   
      
   Australia   
      
   British settlement began in 1788, with the landing party   
   of transported convicts.  Australia remained a penal   
   colony. during the first half of the 19th century,during   
   which time the continent was explored and separate   
   colonies were established in the various states.   
   Aboriginal populations were displaced and decimated' in   
   some areas (e.g., Tasmania), they were totally   
   exterminated....   
      
   Source - The Universal Almanac; Andrews and McMeel; ISBN:   
   0-8362-7977-8.   
      
   Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi   
   Om Shanti   
      
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