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Date/Time 10 Dec 2013 8:34:12pm

Before whitefellas got here, Aborigines and the rest of Australia had 40,000 years to acclimatise themselves to each other.

Over this time, the people adapted to the country, and learnt how to regulate the country for their benefit. Because the people were wholly dependent of the country, this means that they achieved sustainability. That is an achievement that whitefellas have not achieved.

I'm not suggesting that you are guilty of racial hatred, I'm pointing out that you have no idea about how humans can apply their observational powers, over generations, to optimal management.

Early European explorers noted how there were sharp apparently arbitrary boundaries between open areas of grassland, scrub and forest. Had these boundaries not been ACTIVELY maintained, then boundaries between the different vegetation types would have blurred, become indistinct.

The Good News is, over at the Fairfax website, Bill Gammage has a short article, summarising his findings: http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/history-under-fire-20121103-28rbw.html I strongly encourage you to at least read that much, because at the moment your wordy responses, based on absolutely NO evidence whatsoever, are merely evidence-Denying sophistry.