PERTH, WA: January 21, 1988
This week's RECORD is packed with special features to help Austra ia celebrate the Bi-Centenary with feature stories a d pictures of particu ar interest on pages 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 a d 11.
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prison. The · s ops says reco cil"ation betwee ions ·11 Aboriginal and non-Abo ·ginal not come about on y by govemm t action. ndividuals, parish , sc and c rch communities ave to play eir part. The fo lowing is the text re eased or next Monday, the eve of the colony's estab is m t.
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are challe ged b Christ King m of God, himself to ind just and lasting solu ions In 19 7 a ational Ref re um recoqnition to the rights and liberties of r mal citizens Unfortunate y, hey are still to fin a lcome in many of our towns a cities, m our clubs and societi s, e nm some of our Churc Abor ginal Contr bution Ov r th past t o hu dred ars ad m n Australian ethos and culture has portrayed in our wa of life. Aborigines hav contnbuted to this achiev ment, especially in offering culture a d th ,r feehn for the land. Their I pre d presenc throu out t and is remembered in t place names and owns ha are part of our very · ntitv. We are witne i g at his mom nt n rtist explosion of Aboriginal ry, drama, art a d music. It is already part of our national erita .
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Australia has merged from th e rly days of hardship and struggle to secure a pl ce mong the nations of th world as a land of fr m, ere migrants and r fug s from many countri s have found a s cure horn . Wen d tor cogms how ver, that th original inhabitants s the past two hundred years differently. While some communities have managed to pr s rv their traditional ways, for others th y have be n bitter y ars, marked by the dispossession of their lands and th fragmentation of their tribal communities. is letter is dated January 25, 1988. January 25, 1788 was the last day on which Aborigines were in total and unquestioned occupation of the land. The following day, January 26, the history of this country and it people changed dramatically with the first British s ttlement at Sydney Cove. The dislocation of Aboriginal ociety which sub equently occurred led to the disintegration of cultural and religious lrfe. It is reflected today in high levels of infant mortality, intractable health problems, wid spread unemployment, inad uate of education, poor housing, high rate imprisonment and m a eye e of po rty that crush s th human spirit. Let us hast n to say that many in th community hav r coqnised th senou n ss of the situation a d hav earn tly sought rernedi s uch has already b n achi ved by Governments, and pe I of 111, but n nginal ro enormous mount till n to no room for com I cency As Chri nan I co m tt to building u t
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