Plan to change name of Simpson Desert National Park

"White settlement". Don't you mean "Invasion".
Dave.
Ducking for cover.

By using the term invasion you imply that it is a totally bad thing. Every country and bit of land on this earth has been invaded, it's how human existance has evolved.

Hi David
I personally take offence to that term. I suggest that you do some serious homework, you have a lot to learn about both white and black politics.

What about "Black Invasion".... yes I have many Aboriginal friends and they can relate to there home lands being invaded by rival aboriginal tribes and the rival group now claiming their lands as theirs. To this very day (well over 100 years since the tribal war happened) he hates with bitter passion the rival group and Bobby told me that his people will get their land back, one day.

Also if you are South Australian, can you remember the trouble up at Marree a number of years ago when there were big troubles with rival Aboriginal groups, each claiming certain land boundaries as their own. Their was a least on death and they had to sent the STAR Force up from Adelaide.

I know my facts, so I do not have to duck for cover.

Stephen

Don't have to send for you do we Stephen,ya like the tide.
By the way. I spent a fair amount of time around Clare /Burra/ Pt Aug etc locating the cairns that seperated the different tribes around the area so a lot of my homework was done a long time ago.
Cheers,Dave.

Crikey Stephen lighten up, David's comment was obviously "tongue in cheek".
Outback Bob

Ahhh the South Australian humour....they will always be half an hour behind Vic...LOL,. Gosh, us Victorians are use to name changes just reflect on the name changes the DSE went through....still...they do a great service for the state & I don't believe that organisation should be refered to as the Dept of Scorched Earth....it aint proper!!!

I have to agree with you stephenl, i often think the same with the tribes attacking each other, we have only done what they did.

Hi Stephen,
Yes, I have to agree with you.
The only difference is that we, a generation who had nothing to do with what happened are giving the Aboriginals their land back.
Tell me if anybody else has done that, not only that but we're also helping them with lots of other things.
You had tribal wars in Aust. way before many of our relatives were cruelly sent out here. Manyyoung girls and woman for stealing a loaf of bread to feed their families.
In the name of" to help colonize" the new Colony.This history should be taught in all secondary schools along with what was done to the Aboriginals. The same people did both the Aboriginal s and some whites very wrong.
Some deserved it , some didn't.
Ah! Land!!!!!!
Then there's the Gaza Strip, North & South Korea. So many deaths & money wasted over Land. Nothing given back there. They can't even reach a compromise!!!!!
As far as the name goes, It doesn't worry us. What does worry us is that this may lead to us not being allowed to enter Aboriginal land which requires a permit which can be easily obtained but suddenly where you can & cannot go changes when you get there.
We don't make the Aboriginals get permits in places were we don't need permits.
Take care, safe travels. Bye, Ma.

Over thousands of years many different Aboriginal tribes moved about the country and took land from it's previous occupants, many of the Aboriginal people look almost "Indian" in features while others are more "islander" in appearance, some tall and some very short and I think most if not all the pygmy tribe are extinct.
They didn't own the land but it owns them, and hen the white man came along took it with better precision claiming it as "Property with ownership" .
One day the white man will lose it to someone with bigger guns, Japan tried in WW2 and fortunately failed, just imagine how many Aboriginal people would be left now, the result would make the last 200 years seem like nothing.


Cheers all
Bernie
(hopefully I didn't upset anyone. (Putting on flack jacket now!)

Hi cruiserdude,
You can take off your flack jacket with me. No offence taken. We agree with you.
I think that the Head hunters from around the C.S.R. area are also gone now too.
That area of the Canning gave Hubby & I the heeby jeebies and he usually laughs at my heeby jeebies.
It's hard to say what would've happened to the Aboriginals had they taken over Australia. I'd think, all dead or slaves as with some wars.
Unfortunately, the 3rd world war is going to destroy the very land they're fighting over. It isn't going to be bigger guns, it's going to be nuclear I think.
There's a Movie which was Australian made several yrs. ago called "On the Beach".
It's a thought of what could happen if a third world war should arise. Well worth a watch.
Take care, safe travels.
Bye Ma.

What? Ayers Rock has another name. When did that happen? *jks*

Where's Ayer's Rock? Anywhere near Uluru?

Just down the road from The Olgas.

a rose by anyother name will still smell the same tony

Robin, Purni Bore, Dalhousie and Mt Dare are all within Witjira NP

Cheers

Hi Mazcan

You might be confusing your Simpson’s??

The Simpson Desert was named after Allen Simpson, who was President of the Royal Geographical Society in South Australia, by Cecil Madigan in 1939.

Allen Simpson was a philanthropist who helped fund Madigan’s trip.

Cheers, The Landy

hi landy
oh so serious ! no
i'm not confused and not offended by your correction

just using a bit of my warped sense of humour that went right over your head lol
yes i was aware of who the simpsom desert was named after but you have probably cleared up any confusion i might have caused others
cheers

DOHHHh, and here i was thinking it had been named after Homer...lol..

I've been an avid fan of Cecil Madigan ever since I read an account of his trek...... Let's all drink a Duff Beer to him! Cecil that is, not Homer (although I am a closet Homer Simpson fan!)

and I'm kinda with many others on this.......once The Simpson, always the Simpson I suspect!

Cheers, The Landy

I came across this sign on the road to the Henbury Craters - Where are we heading???Image Could Not Be Found
teege

No where Teege, as the English phrase clearly states "Stay alert, Take a rest." It's just a rest reminder.

They are of course referring to the Qld National Pk, not the geographical Simpson Desert.

Exactly right Bazooka, I think too many of us have too little to do if we are worried by this. Still it makes good reading and it got me in.

The original post has now made all aware of the pending ?? change.

What school was that Phil?

Gday Allan,
Prince Alfred College - but Simpson was 15 years older than Madigan.

Cheers
phil

PS. Also forgot to mention, as long as you Enjoy Your Selves Getting There.