One race

THE white invasion of Australia was the fourth invasion of this continent, meaning Aboriginals are certainly not either “First Australians” or “First Nations People”.

The original inhabitants were the pygmy negrito people, who were displaced and killed in large numbers by the tribes of Murrayians who invaded via the steppingstone islands to our north, thousands of years ago. Any history book will tell you this.

In Africa the Zulus killed and dispossessed the Bantu, who wiped out the original bush pygmies. The idea that we should feel shame and guilt simply because we are white must be the most racist idea of all, and it is rank hypocrisy. History has not stopped, folks.

Are we not afraid of China invading? A while ago it was Japan, and before that Russia.

Every decent person wants Aboriginals to prosper, but making the government unwieldy and, frankly, apartheid, will only add to our woes. I will be voting “No” this referendum. We don’t need to be split apart into two races, and we have not been told any details.

Stephen Hills, Sandy Point