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DucksNuts · 10-11-2006, 12:40 AM

What Aliantha said basically.

A couple of years back my friend and I went "road tripping". We headed toward Mildura (North West Victoria on the Murray River) then upwards towards Wilcania (central New South Wales).

My socialisation with Aboriginal people had been really limited. I had a few that were friends in School and just dealing with them when I was in retail, never had any issues and thought they were mostly great people (especially the friends in school).

About 10kms out of Mildura, we started to notice these tin type sheds clumped together to form semi settlement areas. They were really typical of what I had seen on doco's, lots of kids running around, looking really happy, playing with a multitude of dogs, the women sitting around doing crafty stuff and doing the food thing. It was really cool to see.

When we hit Wilcania....totally different ball game.

The Aboriginal people were sitting in the street with boxes of beer, the kids were being fairly unruley and the police presence was HUGE.

Driving around, we noticed there were a few houses that had really high fences (not common), what appeared to be ridiculous measures taken to secure their cars, windows etc.

Went to the local pub, walked in to find bare concrete floors, the furniture bolted to the floors, the serving area enclosed FULLY in wire mesh with just little serving slots and everything served in plastic cups.

Talking to the local policeman, he said that it was like this 7 days per week, the secure houses were the *white* people houses like school teachers, bankers etc.

Sorry, got my waffle on about nothing in particular.

We have a large community of Aboriginal people locally, but dont see many of them around, not in the workplace or just out and about. I dont understand that. We have lots of community service programs for them, recruitment agencies, family support etc

Rolf Harris - he's in the UK now I believe. Not doing so much wobble boarding or painting....dont really care. I personally dont wish the stingray got him instead, there would be a fair line up of people I would like to push to the front of that line. Rolf not being one of them.

Although, if I hear "six white boomers" at my parents again this Christmas, I may go mad.

10-11-2006, 12:40 AM	#3
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	What Aliantha said basically. A couple of years back my friend and I went "road tripping". We headed toward Mildura (North West Victoria on the Murray River) then upwards towards Wilcania (central New South Wales). My socialisation with Aboriginal people had been really limited. I had a few that were friends in School and just dealing with them when I was in retail, never had any issues and thought they were mostly great people (especially the friends in school). About 10kms out of Mildura, we started to notice these tin type sheds clumped together to form semi settlement areas. They were really typical of what I had seen on doco's, lots of kids running around, looking really happy, playing with a multitude of dogs, the women sitting around doing crafty stuff and doing the food thing. It was really cool to see. When we hit Wilcania....totally different ball game. The Aboriginal people were sitting in the street with boxes of beer, the kids were being fairly unruley and the police presence was HUGE. Driving around, we noticed there were a few houses that had really high fences (not common), what appeared to be ridiculous measures taken to secure their cars, windows etc. Went to the local pub, walked in to find bare concrete floors, the furniture bolted to the floors, the serving area enclosed FULLY in wire mesh with just little serving slots and everything served in plastic cups. Talking to the local policeman, he said that it was like this 7 days per week, the secure houses were the white people houses like school teachers, bankers etc. Sorry, got my waffle on about nothing in particular. We have a large community of Aboriginal people locally, but dont see many of them around, not in the workplace or just out and about. I dont understand that. We have lots of community service programs for them, recruitment agencies, family support etc Rolf Harris - he's in the UK now I believe. Not doing so much wobble boarding or painting....dont really care. I personally dont wish the stingray got him instead, there would be a fair line up of people I would like to push to the front of that line. Rolf not being one of them. Although, if I hear "six white boomers" at my parents again this Christmas, I may go mad. Last edited by DucksNuts; 10-11-2006 at 12:45 AM.