Obviously! Do you think they could all live in bark humpys and live on goannas? Muffy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "COLIN BORROTT-MALONEY" <colinbm1@bigpond.com> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:59 AM Subject: Re: [PJ] A man in a thousand. > The infrastructure was already in place for the original inhabitants. > Everything that was needed to sustain life was already in place for them ! > It was the white mans burden that had to be carried out to here ! > Cheers > Col > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lesley Uebel" <ckennedy@bigpond.net.au> > To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 3:05 PM > Subject: Re: [PJ] A man in a thousand. > > >> Hi Valerie, Thank you >> >> Governor Phillip was certainly one of our better Governors and his job >> made all >> that more difficult, arriving as they did with no infrastructure in >> place. >> >> regards >> >> >> Lesley Uebel >> mailto:ckennedy@bigpond.net.au >> CLAIM A CONVICT >> http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/index.html >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: aus-pt-jackson-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:aus-pt-jackson-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of >> valerie.williams >> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 3:23 PM >> To: PJ Convicts >> Subject: Re: [PJ] A man in a thousand. >> >> >> Dear Lesley, >> >> I agree with you about Captain Arthur Phillip, he really is the Father of >> Our Nation and doesn't receive the recognition he deserves. >> >> Thank you for taking the time to type up the information from HRA for our >> list. I really enjoyed it >> >> Valerie Williams >> Mollymook NSW >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> __________ NOD32 3797 (20090124) Information __________ >> >> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >> http://www.eset.com >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes If we were really serious about looking after Australia, the enviroment & the planet. The aboriginals lived here for thousands of years with little impact on the enviroment. The convicts may have learnt something from the aboriginals, but nothing has been passed down to us, except a few words like 'yakka' for work. If the convicts & there minders had learnt to live with the environment instead of against it, imagine how different it all could be today. There has been lots of talk about changing Australia Day ?? Perhaps we could use Australia Day to enbrace the aboriginal culture & learn something from then. Perhaps we could start by accepting what we have & not looking for what we don't have. This is part of the white mans burden, trying to carry more then what is available. We all could live with a lot less & be a lot happier, too. The Aboriginals could not have been wrong for 40,000 years. But we have certainly got it all wrong in the last 200 years. Cheers Col ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Eglitis" <muffy15@optusnet.com.au> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [PJ] A man in a thousand. > Obviously! Do you think they could all live in bark humpys and live on > goannas? > > Muffy.