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'Australia' Day award recipient speaks out (2008)
Submitted by admin on 26 January, 2008 - 18:15.
A surprising change to the usual nationalistic simpering that follows such awards
Good to hear such views - in light of the attempts to seize and control the Tiwi Islands by the former Howard government
"The founding chairman of the Tiwi Islands Land Council has been honoured with an Australia Day public service medal and says the European arrival in Australia is a source of ongoing anger.
Cyrill Kalippa has also served on the Tiwi Island Eduction Board and the Tiwi Local Government as well as contributing to a vast array of community development programs.
His medal recognises service to the development of the Tiwi Islands, but he says past injustices must not be forgotten.
"If you look at what Captain Cook has done, I don't know who gave him instructions or directions, but he came here and put his flag down in Sydney Harbour without actually talking to the people who he saw there," he said."
Mr Kalippa is making a clear connectiion between the initial invasion of 'Australia' and the equally non-consultative Federal intervention
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