<div class='quotemain'> I don't understand why the Australian Prime Minister has apologised, I would rather have seen the British making an apology to the Aborigines. I'll give you a quick history lesson on Australia with the help of Wikipedia:
*The Commonwealth of Australia is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and a number of other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The neighbouring countries are Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatum, and New Caledonia to the north-east, and New Zealand to the south-east. The Australian mainland has been inhabited for more than 42,000 years by Indigenous Australians. After sporadic visits by fishermen from the north and then European discovery by Dutch explorers in 1606, the eastern half of Australia was later claimed by the British in 1770 and initially settled through penal transportation as part of the colony of New South Wales, commencing on 26 January 1788. As the poplation grew and new areas were explored, another five largely self-governing Crown Colonies were established during the 19th century*
Anyway hope everyone is still awake after those facts.
I truely believe that the British should recognise how they abused the Aborigines when they first came to the island of Australia. Even more so they should recognise that they exterminated the Aborigine Tribe which had lived on Tasmania for many years.
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). From my experience, many city folk who don't get out in to the country and don't leave their area are quite ignorant to everything that goes on, therefore they are quite racist. So yes BLR, to an extent you are right that city folk probably tend to be more racist. But then again there are some extreme people out in the country who have a hatred for Aboriginals and experiencing them more often makes their hatred grow. There are lots of factors I suppose.
