Teen girl raped by gang of five in Jamberoo fun park

[Cobez]

Hrm well my familys been here over 150 years on both sides of the family which is probably more than most of the true blue aussies ? and I honestly don't think I belong in Australia anymore than someone from the Middle east. If I was adapted to this climate I'd clearly be black as the night

Ahhh, if you are referring to Aboriginals then they aren't Australian. This country wasn't called Australia until white men settled it It was called Van Diemens Land before that.

So technically, the majority of us ARE Australian, as that's what Cook named it just before they settled it for convict use. So Aboriginals aren't even Australian

 

[Low_VX_Taxi]

Ahhh, if you are referring to Aboriginals then they aren't Australian. This country wasn't called Australia until white men settled it It was called Van Diemens Land before that.

So technically, the majority of us ARE Australian, as that's what Cook named it just before they settled it for convict use. So Aboriginals aren't even Australian

Actually Van Diemen's Land was Tasmania, The mainland was called "New Holland"

Heemskerck and Zeehaen, 1642

Abel Tasman, commanding the Heemskerck and Zeehaen, became the first European to sight Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania),

I also own an antiquarian map by E Bowen published in 1760 which shows "New Holland" connected to "Van Diemen's Land" and New Guinea.

Van Diemon's Land was named after Anthonie van Diemen, Governor-General of the East Indies from 1636 to 1645. by Abel Tasman.

 

[Calaber]

Ahhh, if you are referring to Aboriginals then they aren't Australian. This country wasn't called Australia until white men settled it It was called Van Diemens Land before that.

So technically, the majority of us ARE Australian, as that's what Cook named it just before they settled it for convict use. So Aboriginals aren't even Australian

I think Cook was the one who called it New South Wales. The name Australia belongs, I think, to Matthew Flinders, who took the name from Terra Australis, the original name for "Great South Land".

I could be wrong, and I am way off post. Sorry for that, but I've been told I'm geriatric and think like a 16 year old.

FIIK how that can be.

 

[Cobez]

Actually Van Diemen's Land was Tasmania, The mainland was called "New Holland"



I also own an antiquarian map by E Bowen published in 1760 which shows "New Holland" connected to "Van Diemen's Land" and New Guinea.

Van Diemon's Land was named after Anthonie van Diemen, Governor-General of the East Indies from 1636 to 1645. by Abel Tasman.

Ahh i stand corrected, i always get New Holland and Van Diemens land confused!

 

[Low_VX_Taxi]

Ahh i stand corrected, i always get New Holland and Van Diemens land confused!

Yeh they were both connected on old maps so that's where the confusion often comes from. Not trying to be a know it all just find Australian history VERY interesting

 

[Turd Ferguson]

im gonna side with julie here, and its not just because im from Cronulla.

 

[And_ROOS]

I dont want to play the race card here, but its getting beyond a joke, if its not the middle Easterners then its the Sudanese, who come to OUR country but then decide to disregard our rules, laws and traditions and play by their own.

 

[calais_304]

people also have to remember some of our ancestors were actually booted out of their homeland and sent to aus on a filthy boat...convicts anyone??? not everyones family flew here...i know mine came on boat and chain.

 

[fabz]

WOW talk about racist thread or what. What they did was wrong and they will be dealt with but it has nothing to do with their back ground. I half expected minux to jump on this thread but to make a statement in big red letters thats just disgraceful and if you ask me very un-australian.

 

[And_ROOS]

WOW talk about racist thread or what. What they did was wrong and they will be dealt with but it has nothing to do with their back ground. I half expected minux to jump on this thread but to make a statement in big red letters thats just disgraceful and if you ask me very un-australian.

Like i said, hated to play the race card, but sadly what i said is correct. Many come over here and play the rules of their own country. Here women have equal rights, yet many foreign men come here from countries where thats not the case and they carry on their own way.