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Shoot to kill! - Governor Macquarie's declaration of war 1816

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| Aboriginal archive | Captain Cook revisited 2020 | Cook @ Woonona 28 April 1770 | Cook's disobeyance of orders 1770 | Frontier wars - Cook, Phillip & Macquarie | Governor Macquarie's war 1816 | Macquarie's War & the Appin Massacre 1816 | Secret Service | Fake, but substantially true ..... Source: Facebook , 29 December 2022. The above image was posted on Facebook during 2022, proclaiming an official right to perpetually shoot Australian Aboriginal people as of 23 January 1788. This was the date the First Fleet decided to settle at Port Jackson, signifying the approximate date of the official invasion by the British of Aboriginal sovereign lands. Despite being an obvious fake, this image generated both outrage and support. The latter was due to the fact that there was much truth reflected in this modern-day social media artefact as an example of AI / misinformation / disinformation. So what truth lies therein? Prior to 1788 the
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The Dalai Lama and the NXIVM cult

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Tibet: Archive | Australian Greens Tibet Policy | Edinburgh 2005 | Free Tibet! Wollongong | New Kadampa Tradition | NXIVM cult | Tibet on Film | Tibetfest 2006 | Tibetfest06 - Karma Phuntsok | Tibet Support Groups in Australia | Tokyo 2008 | Wollongong Dharma Collective | The Dalai Lama & Keith Reniere, 2009 Contents Prologue A series of unfortunate events Conned & compromised Chronology People & titles References ---------------------- 1. Prologue The present writer has been a supporter of His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama and the Free Tibet movement since the year 2000. However, that support is not a blind, cultish idolatry; it is an ever-evolving critical assessment of his teachings and those of Tibetan Buddhism, alongside opposition to China's efforts at cultural genocide in Tibet - a country they invaded in 1949. When asked who he is, the self-effacing response of His Holiness has
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St. Paul's College Bellambi, class of 1969-74

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A St. Paul's man is "A Man", God's man .... Introduction The Catholic high school Marist Brothers boys-only St. Paul's College, Bellambi, Australia, operated from 1962 through to its amalgamation with the adjacent girls-only Holy Cross College into the present day Holy Spirit College during 1983. St. Paul's took students from 1st Form (present day Year 7) through to 6th Form (present day Year 12). The writer was a student there between 1969-74, after attending St. Joseph's Primary School, Bulli, operated by Sisters of St. Joseph (Josephite nuns) and then going on to the University of Wollongong in 1975. The following is an brief account of those years, based on surviving records and reminiscences. Anyone mentioned below is welcome to contact the author and have their memories included, whether those memories be good, bad or indifferent. Time has passed, and all are welcome. Michael Organ, 14 October 2024. -------------------- Class Roll 1969-74 T
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