Colour Blind

‘Once the ancestor spirits had created the world, they changed into trees, the stars, rocks, watering holes and other objects. These are the sacred places of our culture and have special properties. Because our ancestors did not disappear at the end of the Dreaming but remained in these sacred sites, the Dreaming is never-ending, linking the past and the present, the people and the land.’

In most stories of the Dreaming, the Ancestor Spirits came to the Earth in human form and as they moved through the land, they created the animals, plants, rocks and other forms of the land that we know today.

Dreaming is the foundation of our spiritual lives, which can be traced to our Great Spirit ancestors.

Ironically, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens was the book Tubby recommended.

‘Private Spud Tamson, by Captain R. W. Campbell.

‘The only H. G. Wells available presently is his latest release, The World Set Free. I haven’t read it yet but I’ve heard good reports.’

Ah, we have The Jungle Book and a new release called The Light That Failed.’

of the fundamental lessons in war is to learn from one’s mistakes

In the early 1800s, Europeans colonised Tasmania and rapidly expanded onto Aboriginal land. Europeans and Aboriginal people began competing for the same resources, causing widespread conflict between the parties. Therefore, the government introduced policies to try to eliminate the "Aboriginal problem."

They engraved the world’s earliest maps and made the first image of the human face.