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   The Doctor to daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
   Re: Aboriginal term(s) for Australia?   
   06 Dec 24 17:33:14   
   
   XPost: soc.culture.australian, aus.general, alt.fan.countries.australia   
   XPost: soc.culture.native, nz.soc.maori   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article ,   
   Daniel70   wrote:   
   >David Dalton wrote on 6/12/24 2:38 pm:   
   >> Tonight on the CBC Radio One program Reclaimed, which   
   >> features indigenous music from Turtle Island and around   
   >> the world, the host referred to “so-called Australia”.   
   >>   
   >> So does that mean there is no name agreed on by   
   >> “Australian" aboriginals? Are there several names?   
   >>   
   >> Anyway, greetings from Newfoundland, where it is   
   >> still Krampusnacht, and I am hoping to put a cramp   
   >> in the lives of many criminals worldwide.   
   >>   
   >I've never considered that .... and as there never was ONE 'Aboriginal'   
   >nation (as far as I know), I doubt they had one unified name for the   
   >continent, either.   
   >   
   >Apparently there were about 500 families/tribes/nations prior to the   
   >White man getting here .... and claiming it was "Terra Nullius" ('No   
   >Mans Land') and taking it all and calling it "Australia".   
   >--   
   >Daniel   
      
   Something like Uluru...   
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