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| Keywords: Burnum burnum declaration.jpg en A photograph of a copy of the Burnum Burnum Declaration as displayed at the Enchanted Maze - also known as Arthur's Seat Maze Mornington Peninsula Melbourne Australia Transcript The Burnum Burnum Declaration England 26th January 1988 I Burnum Burnum being a nobleman of ancient Australia do hereby take posession of England on behalf of the Aboriginal people In claiming this colonial outpost we wish no harm to you natives but assure you that we are here to bring you good manners refinement and an opportunity to make a Koompartoo - 'a fresh start' Henceforth an Aboriginal face shall appear on your coins and stamps to signify our sovreignty over this domain For the more advanced bring the complex language of the Pitjantjajara; we will teach you how to have a spiritual relationship with the Earth and show you how to get bush tucker We do not intend to souvenir pickle and preserve the heads of your 2000 of your people nor to publicly display the skeletal remains of your Royal Highness as was done to our Queen Truganninni for 80 years Neither do we intend to poison your water holes lace your flour with strychnine or introduce you to highly toxic drugs Based on our 50 000 year heritage we acknowledge the need to preserve the Caucasian race as of interest to antiquity although we may be inclined to conduct experiments by measuring the size of your skulls for levels of intelligence We pledge not to sterilise your women nor to separate your children from their families We give an absolute undertaking that you shall not be placed onto the mentality of government handouts for the next five generations but you will enjoy the full benefits of Aboriginal equality At the end of two hundred years we will make a treaty to validate occupation by peaceful means and not by conquest Finally we solemnly promise not to make a quarry of England and export your valuable minerals back to the old country Australia and we vow never to destroy three-quarters of your trees but to encourage Earth Repair Action to unite people communities religions and nations in a common productive peaceful purpose Burnun Burnum own Paulid 2009-01-25 Cc-zero Aboriginal Australians British Colonial History | ||||
