Arnham Land
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Arnham Land
ARNHEM LAND
Aboriginal Homeland
This is the Aboriginal homeland where the Dreamtime lives in song and dance, where legend, myth and history interweave with today's realities, where innumerable sacred sites are forever hidden from prying eyes, and where the white man (or any other non-Aboriginal person) is not allowed to enter.
This is no doubt a romanticised view of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory in Australia's Top End but it may be closer to reality than we think.
Yes, you can visit the peripheries of the land, and glimpse a vision of what may lie within, but if you are non-Aboriginal, this is where it ends, and the mysteries of Arnhem Land remain.
Surprisingly, this Aboriginal homeland still carries its European name (after a Dutch ship which made the first European sighting of this region in 1623). But among the people who live there are many Aboriginal place names which invoke their Aboriginality and their past..
Comments
8/16/2006 9:01:40 PMFrank said:
This blurb describes Arnham Land as I recall it being described when I lived in Australia during the 1970/1971 timeframe. I was told recently (yesteday) that the Australian Aboriginals elders have decided to cease having children so that they may depart this earth as they have no furure here.
This information did not necessarily come from an informed source.
Is there any truth to this sad rumor?????
Frank
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