Entries from October 2006

October 31, 2006

Blaming blackfellas for their lot

By Victor Hart

photo “On top of Palm Island” by Victor Hart
Not long after the Palm Island police station was burnt down by locals to express their grief at the death in custody of a well-loved member of their community, Peter Beattie, the Premier of Queensland, issued a statement saying the community council had shown poor [...]

October 25, 2006

photographus extraordinarius

Introducing “The Bandido of Oz”, a Brisbane based photojournalist.

October 19, 2006

Australian Landscape Art

“Kalkadoon and Pitta Pitta Country” a cyber-exhibition – words and pictures about history and landscape art by John Tracey.

Baganan Kurityityin Theresa Creed surveys her country as far as the eye can see, which is a long way in the desert.
Kalkadoon and Pitta Pitta country is in North West Queensland, [...]

October 17, 2006

A reponse to “Black and White Lies”

By Senator Andrew Bartlett

The senator at a stolen wages meeting in Rockhampton recently with the Fitzroy Basin Elders. (The senator is the one in the middle – ed)
A response to “Black and white lies”
An article in the Australian (national newspaper) written by William J. Lines
William Lines’ intellectually shabby and dishonest diatribe (‘black and
white lies”, [...]

October 11, 2006

Contemporary Aboriginal Art

By Baganan Kurityityin Theresa Creed

Baganan (photo by John Tracey)
The Modern Day hunter gatherer
The Modern Day hunter gatherer
Make sure you come equipped
Rights to be in possession of
Equipped with the knowledge of
Transperancy spirituality
Materials
Ancient capabilities
The modern day hunter gatherer
Make sure you come equipped
Baganan

October 11, 2006

The First Post – economy and consciousness

(image “INFRASTRUCTURE ” by John Tracey)
Welcome to the first post of Paradigm Oz.
by John Tracey – the editor
Paradigm
“ a typical example or pattern of something; a model” or ” a worldview underlying the theories and methodology of a particular scientific subject”
Oz 
“Australian” or “representing a pronunciation of an abbreviation of Australia”
Over the last 200 years [...]