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Fix this textV GLUME ONE o o Number 9
Fix this textOctober 3-17, 1979
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Fix this textA MESSAGE ABOUT
Fix this text...LAND RIGHTS
Fix this textHow can you own the sky? Is not
Fix this textihe smell of wattle blossoms free for
Fix this textall? The birds of the air live with the
Fix this textwind. The sun is the creation of God
Fix this textand the giver of life. Ihe land bears
Fix this textthe ashes of out fathers’ fathers. Cre-
Fix this textation Is the essence of our living,
Fix this textsharing is our life long task. When alt
Fix this textof these things are gone we have to
Fix this textdie.
Fix this textIhe Aboriginal standing in the
Fix this textforests sees his brothers, the trees. He
Fix this texthears the laik of the river and he sees
Fix this texthis grandfather the mountain.
Fix this textThe wind in his face is a caress of
Fix this text0s mother; the earth upon which he
Fix this textstands is eternal. He belongs to this
Fix this textland,
Fix this text'The Dingo mother fed his Spirit
Fix this textForbears with miik from her tits. I he
Fix this textRainbow Serpent made the rivers. The
Fix this textSpirits of the Dreamtime came from
Fix this textihe darkness behind the sun to make
Fix this textthis land and then they created (he
Fix this textAboriginal from the earth’s own crea-
Fix this texttion. They made the sacred places for
Fix this textthe councils of ihe Aboriginal, they
Fix this textgave him wisdom and knowledge. They
Fix this textmade him the keeper of the old, the
Fix this textprotector of the weak, the teacher of
Fix this textinnocents.
Fix this textThe Dreamtime is the beginning; the
Fix this textbeginning is eternal and timeless, for
Fix this textwhen he is born again and again it is
Fix this textalways the beginning. Only the wind
Fix this textand the sun and (he warm red earth
Fix this textare eternal life.
Fix this textTo take the power from the earth
Fix this textis to cause great danger to us the
Fix this textAboriginal; to invade our sacred places
Fix this textviolates the wishes of the Creator
Fix this textSpirits and despoils our Dreaming.
Fix this textWe respect the white man's Dream-
Fix this texting. We won't invade his sacred
Fix this textplaces. We don't mind his God sharing
Fix this textthis land with our God.
Fix this textWe only want our lands to remain
Fix this texttimeless, we only want the purity of
Fix this textthe air we first breathe to remain
Fix this textpure for our last breath, and when wc
Fix this textreturn from our Drumming we want
Fix this textto breathe that same pure air again
Fix this textand again.
Fix this textWe the Aboriginals love our land,
Fix this textour country and the water and sky
Fix this textaround us. We bore arms alongside
Fix this textwhite, brothers to defend it in two
Fix this textterrible conflicts; wc volunteered
Fix this textalthough we owe no loyalty to the
Fix this textforeign kings. Our loyalties and love
Fix this textlie within the boundaries of our time-
Fix this textless land and are tied to our ancient
Fix this textcultures.
Fix this textWe have lived in this land for many
Fix this textthousands of years, we have obeyed
Fix this textits laws ami bent to its will. We have
Fix this textno right to destroy the purity of its
Fix this textblood in the streams because it is our
Fix this textblood. To spit upon and ravage the
Fix this textland is to spit upon and ravage our
Fix this textfathers and our mothers, because it is
Fix this textboth our father and our mother, How
Fix this textcan we sell or barter that which we
Fix this textdo not own? Our sacred Spirit Fathers
Fix this textmust sleep in uneasy peace as we the
Fix this textmere children stand in silence.
Fix this textThe Aboriginal speaks in many
Fix this textlanguages and like all people will dis-
Fix this textagree on many things materia!.
Fix this textToday when we speak of Land
Fix this textRights we do so with one voice, be-
Fix this textcause Land Rights is both spiritual and
Fix this textmaterial. It is material because 1 can
Fix this textput rrty “home" there, and spiritual
Fix this textbecause it is where I shall want to rest
Fix this textmy ashes.
Fix this textI cannot believe that my sou! will
Fix this textbe lost because my Spiritual Forbears
Fix this texthave been dis-possessed.
Fix this textThis land bears the ashes of our
Fix this textFathers.
Fix this textIt bears the will and titles of Spirit-
Fix this textual Ancestors.
Fix this textIt is our Peace and Love.
Fix this textIt is our {.ore.
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Fix this textRFC SAUNOFRS
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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