Pastor Sir Doug Nicholls was quite an active campaigner for Aboriginal people, but obviously even he was surprised as much as he was shocked by what he saw.
When Keith Windschuttle says the Stolen Generations is a myth because otherwise Aboriginal leaders would have spoken about it, I think his argument is a bit strained. Few Aboriginals were able to move around freely for many years, and it was only in the 1970s that Aboriginals really had a chance to meet and talk with each other about what had happened to them in different parts of the country.
I think Windschuttle is way off the mark - if Aboriginals were supposed to have known, that meanseveryone must have known. If everyone knew what was happening and we still did nothing about it, this would be a more shameful blot on our history than it already is.
When Keith Windschuttle says the Stolen Generations is a myth because otherwise Aboriginal leaders would have spoken about it, I think his argument is a bit strained. Few Aboriginals were able to move around freely for many years, and it was only in the 1970s that Aboriginals really had a chance to meet and talk with each other about what had happened to them in different parts of the country.
I think Windschuttle is way off the mark - if Aboriginals were supposed to have known, that meanseveryone must have known. If everyone knew what was happening and we still did nothing about it, this would be a more shameful blot on our history than it already is.
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