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Tango01 | 08 Jan 2018 9:29 p.m. PST |
….Era Massacres. "It's hard to argue with a map. These two examples of documentary cartography, shocking though they are, may finally spell the end for Australia's History Wars. For decades, historians, politicians and just about everyone else with strong opinions on Australian nationhood have argued heatedly about whether or not massacres of the Aboriginal population played a substantial part in the genesis of modern Australia. In one corner, those who wholeheartedly say yes: the European conquest of Australia was characterised by systemic violence, frequent bloodshed and even genocide. In the other corner, those who argue against malicious intent: technological superiority (of the colonists) and susceptibility to diseases (of the natives) are enough to explain the swiftness and totality of the colonisation process…." Main page link Amicalement Armand |
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