Just for fun. Why your member name?

Rosemarie said:
I'm intrigued by the Australian aborigines. Your ancestors travelled from Africa. The African tribes look different from each other, but your people and those of New Guinea all look similar, so presumably you come from one tribe. Plus, the language is similar to Swahili. There is obviously a story to tell.
Hope you're not offended by my comments?
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@Rosemarie not at all I love to hear snippets of information about my Ancestors
Yes Australian Aborigines are similar to New Guinea natives and also the New Zealand Maori
My Ancestors walked across the land bridge which joined Australia to the rest of the world at least 60,000+ years ago
Eventually the sea level rose and covered the land bridge and we have been living here ever since
The oldest continuous civilisation on the Planet because our Great Southern Land was cut off from the rest of the world
Make no mistake we were not idle as was often thought many years ago
There is a book called 'The Biggest Estate On Earth' by Bill Gammage documents how Australian how
Aboriginal people worked hard to make plants and animals abundant, convenient and predictable
Where it suited they worked with the country, accepting or consolidating its character, but if it didn’t suit they changed the country, sometimes dramatically, with fire or no fire but they used a technique called Mosaic Burning
By distributing plants and associating them in mosaics, then using these to lure and locate animals or relocate animals
Aborigines made Australia what it was in 1788 when the tall ships came and changed Australia forever
 

peramangkelder said:
@Rosemarie not at all I love to hear snippets of information about my Ancestors
Yes Australian Aborigines are similar to New Guinea natives and also the New Zealand Maori
My Ancestors walked across the land bridge which joined Australia to the rest of the world at least 60,000+ years ago
Eventually the sea level rose and covered the land bridge and we have been living here ever since
The oldest continuous civilisation on the Planet because our Great Southern Land was cut off from the rest of the world
Make no mistake we were not idle as was often thought many years ago
There is a book called 'The Biggest Estate On Earth' by Bill Gammage documents how Australian how
Aboriginal people worked hard to make plants and animals abundant, convenient and predictable
Where it suited they worked with the country, accepting or consolidating its character, but if it didn’t suit they changed the country, sometimes dramatically, with fire or no fire but they used a technique called Mosaic Burning
By distributing plants and associating them in mosaics, then using these to lure and locate animals or relocate animals
Aborigines made Australia what it was in 1788 when the tall ships came and changed Australia forever
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This is very interesting, thank you for sharing it with us.
 
peramangkelder said:
@Rosemarie not at all I love to hear snippets of information about my Ancestors
Yes Australian Aborigines are similar to New Guinea natives and also the New Zealand Maori
My Ancestors walked across the land bridge which joined Australia to the rest of the world at least 60,000+ years ago
Eventually the sea level rose and covered the land bridge and we have been living here ever since
The oldest continuous civilisation on the Planet because our Great Southern Land was cut off from the rest of the world
Make no mistake we were not idle as was often thought many years ago
There is a book called 'The Biggest Estate On Earth' by Bill Gammage documents how Australian how
Aboriginal people worked hard to make plants and animals abundant, convenient and predictable
Where it suited they worked with the country, accepting or consolidating its character, but if it didn’t suit they changed the country, sometimes dramatically, with fire or no fire but they used a technique called Mosaic Burning
By distributing plants and associating them in mosaics, then using these to lure and locate animals or relocate animals
Aborigines made Australia what it was in 1788 when the tall ships came and changed Australia forever
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Do you have legends of why your people left Africa?
 

Pepper said:
Why did Europeans leave Africa? WE ALL left Africa, every far-flung human. Usually, it's a need for food or to get away from war, or both.

Oops, sorry. Yes, I'd like to know that too, @peramangkelder
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I think that theory is wrong, and I'm sure it's only a matter of time before proof is found. How can intelligent, educated people believe that black Africans change into white-skinned, blue-eyed blonds?
 
Rosemarie said:
I think that theory is wrong, and I'm sure it's only a matter of time before proof is found. How can intelligent, educated people believe that black Africans change into white-skinned, blue-eyed blonds?
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I find it comforting to know that I share the almost exact same DNA with Laplanders, Pam's Mob, people from the Ivory Coast, and my own Irish forebears. It's a cliche but our similarities wildly outweigh our differences.
 
Rosemarie said:
Do you have legends of why your people left Africa?
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No @Rosemarie but when the Europeans came here in 1788....and it was no glorious pilgrimage....they found many blond haired
blue eyed Aboriginal children because the Portuguese and the Dutch had been to the Great Southern Land long before 1788
'The theory of Portuguese discovery of Australia claims that early Portuguese navigators were the first Europeans to sight Australia between 1521 and 1524, well before the arrival of Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon in 1606 on board the
Duyfken who is generally considered to be the first European discoverer'
 
peramangkelder said:
No @Rosemarie but when the Europeans came here in 1788....and it was no glorious pilgrimage....they found many blond haired
blue eyed Aboriginal children because the Portuguese and the Dutch had been to the Great Southern Land long before 1788
'The theory of Portuguese discovery of Australia claims that early Portuguese navigators were the first Europeans to sight Australia between 1521 and 1524, well before the arrival of Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon in 1606 on board the
Duyfken who is generally considered to be the first European discoverer'
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I think people tend to forget what great explorers the Portuguese were.
Thanks for responding to my query.
 
Camper6 said:
The idea behind a member name is to be anonymous. So if you give the reason you lose your anonymity. Why does anyone want to know?
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I'm 100% certain if you give the reason behind your username I'm still not gonna know who you are. Do you feel you know me better now by the little bit of info I gave on my username? First and middle smooshed together?
 
I don't want to get involved in this squabble, but just want to say that it would be incredibly foolish for anyone to reveal their full name on these public forums. With all the identify theft, harrassment, and criminal behavior, that would be asking for trouble! These online names exist for a reason.
 
A few years ago a beautiful cockatoo landed on our back verandah. Our little grand daughter fed it and so it came back the next day and the next and has been doing so for a couple of years. She named the bird Dana. I thought it a good name for the forum!
This is not Dana, just thought some may enjoy the video!
 

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