This land is mine ! This land is me ...
behind that collateral damage of the slaughtered Sikhs lies something much deeper. the sense of white ownership of stolen lands. "This land is mine" !
I link to the song that line came from and to a review of the movie it was in .Listen and read. Then just think and feel.
http://aso.gov.au/titles/features/one-night-moon/clip2/
http://sensesofcinema.com/2002/19/this_land/
"One Night the Moon shows that landscape in the Australian cinematic sphere is still a contested site, still the grounds on which notions of national identity are played out. "
"His early statement to the police, “no blacks on my land”, highlights the means by which settler possession (“my land”) is predicated on exclusion (“no blacks”). "
Aborigibal Flag and the White Wars memorial.
I link to the song that line came from and to a review of the movie it was in .Listen and read. Then just think and feel.
http://aso.gov.au/titles/features/one-night-moon/clip2/
http://sensesofcinema.com/2002/19/this_land/
"One Night the Moon shows that landscape in the Australian cinematic sphere is still a contested site, still the grounds on which notions of national identity are played out. "
"His early statement to the police, “no blacks on my land”, highlights the means by which settler possession (“my land”) is predicated on exclusion (“no blacks”). "
Aborigibal Flag and the White Wars memorial.
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