The Indiscriminate Murder of the Original people of this Land, Australia.

 

Gippsland squatter Henry Meyrick wrote a letter home to his relatives in England in 30th April, 1846.

"... The blacks are very quiet here now, poor wretches. No wild beast of the forest was ever hunted down with such unsparing perseverance as they are. Men, women and children are shot whenever they can be met with ...
I have protested against it at every station I have been in Gippsland, in the strongest language, but these things are kept very secret as the penalty would certainly be hanging.

... For myself, if I caught a black actually killing my sheep, I would shoot him with as little remorse as I would a wild dog, but no consideration on earth would induce me to ride into a camp and fire on them indiscriminately, as is the custom whenever the smoke is seen. They [the Aborigines] will very shortly be extinct. It is impossible to say how many have been shot, but I am convinced that not less than 450 have been murdered altogether..."
From the publication:
'Gippsland Settlers and the Kurnai Dead' by Patrick Morgan

More: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/content/letters-henry-howard-meyrick

 

Farmer George has taken his life

This was terribly sad news to wake up to.  To hear that another farmer has taken his life and the motivation for doing this was the endless bullying from Csg companies. 

Such a sad day in Australia the day George hung up his work boots for good and went to heaven in the name of fighting Csg in Australia, in particular Queensland where this madness has encroached upon so many in such a destructive way.    I am thinking firstly about the destruction of Land and Water and the land of special places for the first people here on this land.  Aboriginal sacred sites have been destroyed forever in the name of mining and now the second wave are feeling the heavy blucher boot of government psychopathy.

The article below is From Dayne Pratzky ... this was so well written I wanted to keep it because it says it all and I agree 100%.  

George Bender - Photo Source Helen Bender

Last week Australia lost a true hero, George Bender.

In 2009 a small rag tag group of people joined forces under the banner of the Western Downs Alliance. The only thing we had in common was our will to stand up for our families and land from being destroyed by the coal seam gas industry.

Many in our own community turned their backs on us, we were shunned by the people in the town of Chinchilla and Tara. They didn’t want to be seen standing by us as we challenged the government and mining companies for the right to live peacefully. There were very few who didn’t criticize and ignore us. One of those who choose to stand by us was George Bender. George would get in his Land Cruiser and drive out to the estates and stand shoulder to shoulder with us as we battled a mining juggernaut.

George put his reputation at risk to try and help us. He didn’t care who we were, what he cared about was our families and the land beneath our feet.

George's family had been a part of the Chinchilla community for 150 years. The Bender family is well respected and well liked with a reputation for being good farmers and good people. Many in country Queensland look at reputation as everything but George threw all that away to help us in our fight for justice.

While George was helping us fight he was also waging a battle against Origin Energy as they wanted to put gas wells on his land. George refused to give Origin access, he told them to take a hike, they were not welcome on his land. The battle raged on for ten years. Slowly George was worn down. The will to keep Origin Energy off his land was as strong as ever but his will to continue the day to day conflict took its toll on George as a person. In the end, instead of being dragged through land court he decided he no longer wanted to watch the potential destruction of the farm which had taken five generations of his family's blood, sweat and tears to build.
On the 14th of October George took his own life. It's really important to note here that George said he was not depressed. He told his daughter, Helen, that he was heart broken.

Today George will be laid to rest in the town he loved until his last days. George leaves behind his wife Pam Bender, his daughter Helen Bender, four sons and many more grandchildren to all those above I extend much love and respect and send strength to you all at this difficult time. I also extend the same feeling to the Nothdurft family who were friends of George Bender and who are also in a battle for their very existence in a district they love.

I ask every person who reads this to keep ‪#‎GeorgeBenders‬ memory alive.

This is not over, not by a long shot. Today we will grieve tomorrow we will wage war! ‪#‎enoughisenough‬

Photo :  Helen Bender

The Project also covered the story.

Images @ Eminpee Fotography

Stronger Futures bill is very worrying.

 Australia Day is nothing but a toast to genocide.
~ Mary  Peters ~

Several of the clauses of the Stronger Futures bill are very worrying.  It does away with recognizing any indigenous rights / rites of the children and forbids these children to participate in normal ceremonial practices for example Sorry Days when an elder or person of the community  passes.  These day's can go on for days.

If the child does not go to school even more restrictions are put in place.  This legislation also leaves no place for any further home schooling of any children.  Therefore excluding them from the option of learning both culturally and academically.  This is Genocide.  This type of control is set to be rolled out to all centrelink recipients.

Image by Mezza -Children experiencing nature first hand.

They are fishing people from the water and the government don't appear to care.

The political infighting goes on and on and nothing is solved.

fishing for fish is fun. Fishing people from the water is a nightmare for the ones involved on all sides.

This is proof our government on either side of politics you align your self to  have no idea on what to do with this ever increasing serious situation.  Lives are being lost while they fight over words a million miles away from where it is happening.  Keeping these people in another country who has not signed the United Nations treaty on the treatment of refugees is NO solution to this problem.  The fellow that suggested this in parliament needs to sit down and have a very good long look at himself.  He is shameful and stupid.  Proof they give this very little real thought.

They are seeing people as commodities and not as humans who have endured so much suffering they embark on a leaky boat in the promise of a safer life.  Is it too much to ask.  We take so few here in Australia in comparison to the other countries who have a refugee policy in place.

Once again I have to say that I am not a proud Australian citizen.  This is shameful behavior by our politicians who are just people like you and me.  What makes Julia the boss. She is a freak and she hasn't got a clue about strategy.  She could not organize our own people let alone deal with the culture of others.  She is not a mother and because of this she is lacking the full understanding of what it is and what it takes and how it effects a family on an emotional level.  These people are all people with children. Julia hasn't got a clue when the truth is boiled down.  She is winging it and she is doing a very bad job!


Image by Mezza - Urunga fishing in  less traumatic times.

Indigenous and human rights groups have condemned the rushed passing of the Stronger Futures legislation through the Senate in the early hours of this morning.

I oppose the legislation namely " Stronger Futures".  I am ashamed that our government have taken a step  back in time and think this is the answer to the problems by highlighting what a mess they have already left behind with useless legislation in the past.

Vincent Forrester says the situation in the community of Mutitjulu, south-west of Alice Springs, has deteriorated since the Intervention and will only get worse under the Stronger Futures laws.
"I am calling on all Aboriginal Territorians for civil disobedience," he said.

I love you Aunty!

 Mutujulu has many strong woman who oppose this legislation and this is restricting the entire community from itself.  I agree with Vince Forrester and we need to rise up against this and try to fight this policy on the ground!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-29/stronger-futures-laws-rushed-through-senate/4100288

Image by Mezza - Aunty Allison and Suzie while we were at Uluru

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US Senate declares the entire USA to be a "Battleground".

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-711747

A few battles would have been fought in this spot in ancient times - Urunga's foreshore

The USA Government has gone mad completely and it is so visible to most of the people of this planet that America and the so called super power it says that it is, is now teetering on absolute disaster in many ways.

Flag of the United States of America (Photo credit: Wikipedia)The fiscal system and the legal and political systems are rife with inconsistency  and it is more than obvious that their laws are not fair and not about looking after this planet.  The stuff that pours out of America is old hat.  They are stuck in a time of raping and pillaging the earth and this is considered not to be things are done by a considerable amount of people on this planet now. 

A consciousness regarding the rich and the poor division is as high as it is going to get.  There are so many of us who are not happy the Vatican could feed the poor and that America could put down its war toys.
Nature will hurtle back with a vengeance at this behavior of the countries who have stripped the ancestors of their children's rights

The Earth seen from Apollo 17. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Grandfather sky and Grandmother Earth are one and the same.  The respond intimately to each other and to each others cries for help.  This is as symbiotic as it gets.  As above, so below is always the same.  There is nothing new under the sun.


http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s1867pcs/pdf/BILLS-112s1867pcs.pdf






Image by Mezza - Urunga in the evening in the foreshore car park

20 years old and jailed for 35 years.. More crimes like this will be on the rise.

People and humanity and its weaknesses are in the spot light again.  This is now occurring after young 20 year old Jason Downie, killed his ex girlfriend and her parents in a jealous rage and admitted he should have thought about it.


He is now facing 35years in prison.  He said he was fuelled by jealousy that quickly turned to rage and he himself cannot even believe the reality of what he has done.  If this does not speak volumes about what is  happening to our young people as a result of this two bit crap society we are living in.  NO ONE should be surprised really.  I sort of feel for this kid. I totally feel for the girl's family as well.  He will have PTSD now from his own trauma as well.

Pretty much jealousy. I thought we had something on. When I learned when she was with Dylan, I wasn't happy. I pretty much got angry. Like I said to you before, I had nothing against the parents.   Triple killer Jason Downie

The Psychologist is spot on with his evaluation :

"The brother, he's lost obviously his whole family. Everyone's a victim in this, close friends and family, my family, the community, everyone. The only one that is not a victim is me.
"I'm not a good person. Obviously I got problems. The problems? I'm not too sure - don't know. I'll always think about the day of what happened and the consequences."
The psychologist said: "I asked Mr Downie what his motive was for the crime and he replied 'Pretty much jealousy. I thought we (Chantelle Rowe and Downie) had something on. When I learned when she was with Dylan, I wasn't happy. I pretty much got angry. Like I said to you before, I had nothing against the parents'."
The psychologist went on: "The community's response is to assume that the offender is a "monster" or seriously psychologically disturbed. The idea that an unremarkable member of the community can perpetrate such violence is unthinkable because it raises the possibility that all individuals are capable of violence.
"The reality is that Mr Downie's crimes are not the by-product of severe psychopathology but stem from the fallibility and flaws of the imperfect human condition (ie: biblical motives such as jealousy).
"He appears to have gone from infatuation to anger and resentment to homicidal rage, which led to a frenzied attack on the victims."

I see that Downey  is the  epitome of the product of the society we are living in.  This sort of crime will be on the sharp rise.  It already is.  Many very young people are now in custody as the result of using serious violence as a result of a situation that has gotten out of hand. It either gets out of hand in their head or in the moment.  I am really noticing this and being who I am it isn't a wonder as I noticed the warning signs some thirty years ago.

I feel  it will become decidedly worse as more doctors prescribe serious mind bending anti psychotic medications often from a misdiagnosis sending ever young people into a spiral of serious issues as the medication continues to play havoc on more and more people.  People just cannot be trusted to take medication well either.  We are human, how many woman have forgotten their pill and paid the price with an unwanted pregnancy.  Proof people do not mean to fail but they do.

The police respond with murderous and clumsy attitudes. They are trained to kill and not to maim. This is still something that mystifies me in this day and age.  As a society, we should be speaking out about this!  We should be demanding more of our force.  The men and woman who are carrying these weapons and who in charge of the carrying out of the law of the land and so on.  I, for one think this is appalling and it isn't safe for any of our children or our grandchildren.  It goes hand in hand as the kids are having more and more bad reactions to these medications and wind up finding themselves shot dead.  Some have even been tazored to death as well  and others have been left damaged by the police and their approach where primarily the person isn't a criminal but in fact a sick and a disabled person.

How is any of this fair?  Who may I ask is winning out of this?

The society as a whole has seriously let its young people down like this Jason Downey and his victims

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-18/kapunda-killer-jason-downie-motive/3957046

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20 years old and jailed for 35 years.. More crimes like this will be on the rise.

People and humanity and its weaknesses are in the spot light again.  This is now occurring after young 20 year old Jason Downie, killed his ex girlfriend and her parents in a jealous rage and admitted he should have thought about it.


He is now facing 35years in prison.  He said he was fuelled by jealousy that quickly turned to rage and he himself cannot even believe the reality of what he has done.  If this does not speak volumes about what is  happening to our young people as a result of this two bit crap society we are living in.  NO ONE should be surprised really.  I sort of feel for this kid. I totally feel for the girl's family as well.  He will have PTSD now from his own trauma as well.

Pretty much jealousy. I thought we had something on. When I learned when she was with Dylan, I wasn't happy. I pretty much got angry. Like I said to you before, I had nothing against the parents.   Triple killer Jason Downie

The Psychologist is spot on with his evaluation :

"The brother, he's lost obviously his whole family. Everyone's a victim in this, close friends and family, my family, the community, everyone. The only one that is not a victim is me.
"I'm not a good person. Obviously I got problems. The problems? I'm not too sure - don't know. I'll always think about the day of what happened and the consequences."
The psychologist said: "I asked Mr Downie what his motive was for the crime and he replied 'Pretty much jealousy. I thought we (Chantelle Rowe and Downie) had something on. When I learned when she was with Dylan, I wasn't happy. I pretty much got angry. Like I said to you before, I had nothing against the parents'."
The psychologist went on: "The community's response is to assume that the offender is a "monster" or seriously psychologically disturbed. The idea that an unremarkable member of the community can perpetrate such violence is unthinkable because it raises the possibility that all individuals are capable of violence.
"The reality is that Mr Downie's crimes are not the by-product of severe psychopathology but stem from the fallibility and flaws of the imperfect human condition (ie: biblical motives such as jealousy).
"He appears to have gone from infatuation to anger and resentment to homicidal rage, which led to a frenzied attack on the victims."

I see that Downey  is the  epitome of the product of the society we are living in.  This sort of crime will be on the sharp rise.  It already is.  Many very young people are now in custody as the result of using serious violence as a result of a situation that has gotten out of hand. It either gets out of hand in their head or in the moment.  I am really noticing this and being who I am it isn't a wonder as I noticed the warning signs some thirty years ago.

I feel  it will become decidedly worse as more doctors prescribe serious mind bending anti psychotic medications often from a misdiagnosis sending ever young people into a spiral of serious issues as the medication continues to play havoc on more and more people.  People just cannot be trusted to take medication well either.  We are human, how many woman have forgotten their pill and paid the price with an unwanted pregnancy.  Proof people do not mean to fail but they do.

The police respond with murderous and clumsy attitudes. They are trained to kill and not to maim. This is still something that mystifies me in this day and age.  As a society, we should be speaking out about this!  We should be demanding more of our force.  The men and woman who are carrying these weapons and who in charge of the carrying out of the law of the land and so on.  I, for one think this is appalling and it isn't safe for any of our children or our grandchildren.  It goes hand in hand as the kids are having more and more bad reactions to these medications and wind up finding themselves shot dead.  Some have even been tazored to death as well  and others have been left damaged by the police and their approach where primarily the person isn't a criminal but in fact a sick and a disabled person.

How is any of this fair?  Who may I ask is winning out of this?

The society as a whole has seriously let its young people down like this Jason Downey and his victims

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-18/kapunda-killer-jason-downie-motive/3957046

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• Court finally hears Jason Downie own up-Kapunda Triple Murders (aussiecriminals.wordpress.com)
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• Man sentenced for killing family of three (upi.com)
• Fatal obsession (news.ninemsn.com.au)
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