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By Mary Murray

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Gadfly 194 By Robert Macklin Yes, the Covid pandemic is hard to take, but there is a bright side – while the politicians have been occupied spinning their wildly different stands, the broader community has not forgotten Vol 16 September 15th 2017 that basic Australian precept: the fair go. And it’s found expression in two powerful causes – Vol 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 women’s rights and the honour due to our Aboriginal past, present and future. The Morrison government has tried its very best to bury them under a blizzard of words and phony inquiries on one hand and empty half-promises on the other. It didn’t work. Women were not silenced; nor will they be. The anger runs too deep. That filly has bolted. And these days they have key positions in the great media groups that help set the nation’s agenda. The Aboriginal story probably has a tougher road to travel and it’s that which I believe needs even more horsepower to find its way to a truly united Australia. The Aboriginal people have largely pushed the wagon of advancement themselves. The time has come for us whitefellas – male and female – to put our shoulders to the wheel. For it’s not just an Aboriginal issue. Climate change is driving home the lesson that the idea of a Christian God creating the land and its creatures solely for the exploitation of man, is not just silly, it’s a death sentence for all sentient life on the planet. While the Aboriginal people are naturally gun-shy about the participation of well-meaning white lefties, the movement could benefit greatly from a whitefella group pushing in the same direction, but to a broader constituency. For example, while the marvelous Uluru Statement from the Heart was an exclusively Aboriginal creation, it would have been more effective in raising public and political support if its action agenda began with the Truth-telling Commission (Makarrata) rather than the Voice to be enshrined in the Constitution before the truth-telling took place. It’s perfectly understandable that the First Nations leaders were fed up with being portrayed as victims. It’s an insult to their self-perception in the 21st century. But an allied whitefella group would have understood instantly that the only way to get political action was to expose the community to the reality of the attempted Aboriginal ethnocide by the colonial regime. For it’s not just constitutional reconciliation that will bring about Aboriginal justice, it’s retribution and massive reparations to rebalance the economic scales and ‘close the gap’. That can only happen with broad public support. As well, it’s time to celebrate the lifelong work of some outstanding whitefellas who sacrificed their careers and their health on the altar of Aboriginal advancement. For the last two years I have been researching a biography of the great anthropologist, Donald Thomson (1901-1970) whose work in Cape York, Arnhem Land and the Central Deserts was central to our understanding of the richness and complexity of Aboriginal culture and society. Thomson was our first home-grown anthropologist and throughout his life struggled against the political, academic and religious establishment with their callous, so-called assimilation policies. For in reality they were intent on destroying every trace of Aboriginal culture that had nurtured the land for 60,000 years. Thomson trained them in World War II to resist an imminent Japanese invasion and fought behind the lines in Dutch New Guinea with 75 headhunters. He’s but one of a remarkable cohort whose contribution has yet to be recognized. One other stands out as a natural for a Nobel Peace (or literature) prize. But he deserves a column of his own…next week robert@robertmacklin.com

THE FLU. – From reports that reach us it is evident that that unwelcome visitor “the ‘flu” is travelling up the coast. The best advice we know is, that as soon as symptoms develop, get to bed at once and stop there un l Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Vol 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 you feel O.K. NEW CAR. – Mr. Godfred Hanscom, our entertaining Picture Show Proprietor, arrived home from Sydney on Thursday with a new sixcylinder Buick car. RECOVERED. – Mrs. J. Strahan, who has been an inmate of the local hospital for some weeks, suffering from an abscess on her arm, is, we are pleased to state, once again dispensing cups of tea at her Shamrock Cafe. DEATHS. – During the week the Grim Reaper, Death, paid two visits to Bateman’s Bay. On Monday morning Mr. John Kidd, who occupied the posi on of postmaster there for a number of years, was the Reapers first vic m. Mr. Kidd, who appeared to be in his usual health on Friday, was seized with a paraly c stroke about one o’clock the following morning. Dr. Quilter was quickly in a endance, but the pa ent passed away as above stated. Deceased leaves a widow and two daughters, for whom very great sympathy is felt. On Tuesday another very old resident of the Bay was called to his eternal reward, in the person of Mr. Barclay sen., aged 78. OBITUARY. – There passed away on Sunday last Mr. Hugh Robb, an old and highly respected resident of Mogo, pneumonia being the cause of death. Mr. Robb, who had been devotedly nurse during his illness by his sister, Mrs. D. Casey, a er leaving the old homestead at Buckenboura, spent a number of years on the goldfields of Coolgardie. Deceased leaves three brothers, Messrs. William, John and George, and four sisters, Mesdames Foran (N.Z.), J. and W. McGrath (Sydney) and D. Casey (Mogo) to mourn their loss….. EUROBODALLA SHIRE. – Correspondence: From L.G. Dept., enclosing gaze al of Bateman urban area; From District Surveyor, re applica on for P.O. by R. E. Collie of por on 501, Parish Narooma (old rubbish depot)…… Council has no objec on to the gran ng of the P.O.; From B. J. Moran, offering 10/-per week for co age in Campbell Street. Offer accepted; From Charlo e Veitch, Mogo, applying for permission to erect a verandah in front of her shop at Mogo. Request granted subject to the supervision of the Engineer; From J. E. Hawdon, asking permission to employ clerical assistance in carrying on his valua on for the current year. Request granted; From A. L. Graham, Moruya, asking the council to open Shore Street, near the bridge, for traffic. Referred to Engineer for report; From A. L. Gumly, Nelligen, re purchase of old wire rope. Referred to Engineer to deal with; From A. H. Preddy, asking permission to erect a motor garage in Vulcan Street. Request granted. Extracted from the Moruya Examiner by the Moruya and District Historical Society Inc. h ps:// www.mdhs.org.au

Reading - le er to the editor 12 months on and Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Council have Vol 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 done nothing to clean up a popular Surfside beach

The Beagle Editor, Eurobodalla Council tells us on their website that iIllegal dumping and li ering means tossing, pping or deposi ng waste on land and in water, where it pollutes the environment and can harm human health. They say that dumped materials range from a piece of li er and small bags of rubbish to larger scale dumping of hazardous waste such as asbestos and chemicals in isolated bushland areas. Council says they monitor illegal dumping in Eurobodalla. Penal es for illegal dumping range from $250 for li ering and up to $1 million for corpora ons illegally disposing of waste. Eurobodalla Council tells us that their rangers regularly patrol Council land, Crown land, state forest and na onal parks from Akolele to South Durras, and can provide assistance in inves ga ng illegal dumping on private land. Why is it then that any approach to Eurobodalla Council in regards to what can only be described as a cesspit of rubbish, abandoned cars, building rubble, caravans, reinforcing steel and god knows what else in the way of asbestos, oil and chemicals is ignored. The beach is on the foreshore of the Clyde River. Just a few hundred metres away is the Big 4 Caravan Park. Allowing tourists to walk along this beach at low de lets them see first hand how Eurobodalla prizes its foreshores and nature. What an embarrassment.

With the amount of sharp bits of steel, glass, bricks, asbestos shards and the dark slime in the sand it is surprising that the Big 4 and Council don't put up a warning sign advising people not to walk on the beach. It has been nearly a year since The Beagle published the ar cle Surfside shoreline erosion is a growing concern

"With further erosion predicted for the Surfside shoreline as the Summer king des come due there is moun ng concerns that Council is failing in its duty to safeguard the Clyde River from the con nued exposure of what appears to be dumped and buried material along with dumped car bodies ending up in our otherwise pris ne Clyde waterway." Name and address supplied

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