Sights and Sounds of Down~Under... what a Great Experience !
Just a small glimpse of it here:
community.webshots.com
and some sounds...
members.ozemail.com.au
Didjeridoo
didjshop.com
didjshop.com
enjoy...
Great Beers (NOT Fosters) and several decent Chardonnays (a surprise to me),no I do not remember them all... I just enjoyed them
Ah yes, and I managed to get one of the... Australian Beer Tree [Mambo Loud] Shirts... -gg
mambo.com.au
a few samples of Aboriginal Art...
aboriginalartshop.com
aboriginalartshop.com
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"Reconciliation in Australia"...
"I've never seen a definition of `Reconciliation' and I don't know anyone who has. If it means having to feel personal guilt for injustices of the past, I don't. If it means being disgusted by them, I do. If it means a growing respect and acceptance between Indigenous and other inhabitants of this country; if it means an awareness that our way is not always the only way; if it means a capacity to make the most of our circumstances and see all our fellow Australians as true equals then we must embrace it for all it's worth."
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"Reconciliation is about listening. It's about wanting to be part of a future that can be one of a real sharing in acknowledgment of an old and continuing belonging.
It's about a relationship between equals that sees a commitment to a future path where equality of opportunity is reflected in equality of outcomes for all Australians.
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It's about seeing the brokenness and sharing the healing. It's about walking together, and working together in a real partnership, keeping old stories alive and beginning the telling of a genuine shared story in our place, Australia.
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It's about living a story whose first chapter and abiding theme, belongs to the traditional owners, the guardians of this nation's soul."
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"Reconciliation is more than acknowledging our past. It is understanding that in building this great nation we dispossessed a people who had lived here for 50,000 years and denied them any claims to those lands. It is understanding that we treated as useless, one of the oldest cultures in the world, ridiculing and denying their spiritual beliefs.
It is understanding that despite the extraordinary contributions of Indigenous Australians in art, music and literature, they have endured injustice, abuse and prejudice. |
