Methodology

Methodology

For the purpose of clarification and at the request of some of my readers, I thought it opportune to discuss the methodology I used in collecting my statements. To ensure the integrity of the process, I have endeavored to collect statements from Indigenous Australians living in urban, rural and remote areas of Australia and from as broad a spectrum of eligible people as possible. Between 2005 and 2010 I have ...

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Vale to an Elder

Vale to an Elder

In a month … Unkind words, Veiled sight; Stories lost Visions no longer seen; Dreams of a way Of a time Of a life Blown away, dust In a land losing soul, Memories stolen and Traded like coin But coin no more whole Than a Macquarie forced trade; A heart and a soul Dying slow One less Dream, Not beating Not fighting For ways long ago. In an day … ...

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Reasons

Reasons

Not two years old, you started Not for me, but spite; A black man boxer, strong and proud His spirit sought to break; Not two years old your brutal curse Tore heart from soul in two ’Tween man and son in broken land Now tattered, frayed and strained. By ten years old you took again The tall man boxer, strong, Armed him sleeping, falsely found What proved his ‘guilt’ … ...

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