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Dillon debunked - Macquarie's War, Aboriginal Sovereignty and the Australian War Memorial

| Aboriginal archive | Contents I disagree References ----------------  Abstract In an article published on Academia.edu during 2026 Queensland barrister and historian Dillon argues that the Australia War Memorial should not address the Frontier War between the Australian Aboriginal people and the British invaders and colonisers because (1) there was no resistance by Aboriginal Australians to the British invasion of Cook 1770 and the First Fleet 1788 and subsequently; (2) that there was no Aboriginal sovereignty over the continent prior to the invasion, or thereafter; and (3) that no British military forces carried out any official or secret actions against Australian Aboriginal people during the colonial era. In all three instances Dillon is wrong. The arguments he presents, though superficially legally and logically sound, are nevertheless biased due to omission and ultimately lacking in factual basis. Evidence contrary to Dillon's arguments is not present, either due to persona...
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Captain Cook at Kamay / Botany Bay 1770

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Captain Cook: Botany Bay 1770 | Disobeyance of orders 1770 | Woonona 28 April 1770 | "View from the shore" - Cook @ Kamay / Botany Bay / Stingray Bay First-hand accounts by local Aboriginal people 29 April - 6 May 1770 Two of the natives of New Holland advancing to combat [Kamay 29 April 1770] Contents Introduction Accounts Videos Murramurang References Acknowledgements -------------- [NB: Within this text the spelling of Indigenous words is fluid] 1. Introduction During the 1990s one of the present authors was informed by a member of the local Illawarra Aboriginal community - Jeff Timbery, a descendant of the Timbery clan of Kamay / Botany Bay - that, according to oral tradition, when HMB Endeavour under the command of Lt. James Cook first sighted the east coast of Australia at Point Hicks on 20 April 1770, the vessel in turn was closely observed by Aboriginal people (Organ 2016). This was not, in all likelihood, the first ...
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Whale Cave, Illawarra, Australia

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Australian Aborigines / Indigenous / First Nations archive Whale Cave's charcoal and ochre drawings of a whale and emus are believed to be at least 6,000 years old. Source: ABC Illawarra: Tim Fernandez. 1. A sacred site The Whale Cave is a significant and sacred Australian Aboriginal rock art and story site located within the Illawarra Escarpment near Wollongong, on the coast of New South Wales approximately 50 miles south of Sydney. According to a Google search AI response during August 2026 the following information is publically available on the site: Key Features Ancient Rock Art : The cave contains over 200 charcoal and ochre drawings estimated to be at least 6,000 years old. Rare X-Ray Style : It features a depiction of a whale painted in a rare "X-ray" style - making it the only known site on the New South Wales South Coast with this artistic technique, which is more commonly found in the Northern Territory. Other Figures : Alongside the...
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William Davenant's operatic Macbeth 1664

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Contents Introduction An operatic Macbeth Biographical References ------------------- Sir William Davenant’s 1664 adaptation of Macbeth transformed Shakespeare's dark tragedy into a lavish, music-filled Restoration spectacle. He heavily altered the text, expanded the role of the singing witches, cut several minor characters, and featured movable scenery, making it a major theatrical hit. (Poltrack 2018) 1. Introduction During July 2026 the present writer encountered at his local library an elderly woman having difficulty in seeking to obtain a digital copy of an operatic script based on a Shakespeare play and presented in London during 1664. Having viewed a published copy some decades earlier at the library of the Australian National University, Canberra, she informed the librarian that that copy had subsequently been destroyed in a flood. Remote access to the script in the National Library of Australia was now the goal. It is unclear whether either libra...
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