Opinion
Imagine if the “Voice” referendum had actually passed — well, what, exactly, would have been any different? Because, day by day, we’re seeing imposed by stealth exactly what Australians rejected so emphatically at the ballot box.
Not least the very thing which so many cited as their primary reason for voting “No”: racial separatism. More and more often, non-Aboriginal Australians are finding themselves locked out of formerly popular tourist destinations. Solely on the basis of race.
Uluru — off-limits. Mt. Warning, Wave Rock, Lake McKenzie, Gunlom Falls, the Millennium Caves in the Grampians, the Three Sisters and other parts of the Blue Mountains. Popular rock-climbing destinations in the Grampians are also banned for non-Aborigines. Lake Eyre is also set to join the list of “Aborigines-only” places.
And if whities are spotted, “progressives” lose their minds faster than a Klansman seeing a black boy winking at a white girl.
An apparently innocent photograph of three men standing on a rocky outcrop in the Queensland bush has stirred up furious controversy among locals.
The trio, one of which was shirtless, were spotted chatting on the summit of White Rock in the Spring Mountain Conservation Estate, southwest Brisbane, on Saturday.
The problem? Magic black woman stuff.
While the sandstone formation is reachable by hiking trails and a climb, it is a significant site for local Indigenous people as a place of ‘women’s business’.
The phrase “women’s business” entered the Australian lexicon in the 80s, when “secret women’s business” (magic space vaginas, apparently) was used to stop a bridge being built.
Is this that “world’s oldest culture” we’re supposed to bow to? “Oogabooga rock lookim like big willy. Ungabunga Spirit say women only dem ‘lowed climb ’im”?
But the same people who sneer at Christianity for its “magic sky daddy”, fall to their knees and bow to magic rocks whenever anyone waves the jingajinga stick over them.
One local saw the trio from far away and recorded them conversing on the site using a phone-camera’s powerful zoom before posting the clip to a local Facebook group.
The fury of the curtain-twitching nark is not to be taken lightly.
As part of the City of Ipswich’s Cultural Protocol, signs have been erected along trails leading up to White Rock that prohibit climbing the sandstone formation […]
Ipswich City Mayor Teresa Harding released a statement on Thursday.
‘White Rock Spring Mountain Conservation Estate is one of Ipswich’s most beloved and popular nature reserves, enjoyed by all.
‘It is also a site of great significance to the Traditional Owners of this region, protected under the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 Qld.
‘Council recognises this significance and has put signs in place throughout the estate requesting no one climbs White Rock or desecrates the site.
‘There are many beautiful walking trails throughout White Rock Spring Mountain Conservation Estate and other Ipswich nature reserves that can be enjoyed without impacting culturally significant sites.
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Sure. “There are many drinking fountains for coloureds which they can enjoy without impacting the purity of white fountains.”
Oh, and that bridge? It was eventually built, without any discernable impact on the fertility of local Aboriginal women.