Every Australian needs to go and pick up this book right now and if you're not Australian and want to educate yourself on Australia's history and the injustices that still take place in our country today against the original owners of this land, then read this book.
What happened in this country needs to be recognised and discussed and not swept under the rug. In 1788, British people invaded a land they already knew was inhabited and massacred thousands of people. Years later, they stole Indigenous children away from their families to assimilate them and make them 'white'. Today, statistics have shown that Indigenous Australians are subject to 'poor health, poor housing, poor education, the lowest life expectancy, highest infant mortality' and are more likely to commit suicide, etc. The list goes on. Why? We need to work together to change this and as a future teacher, I will do my very best in educating my students about what happened in our country from 60,000 years ago to now and make sure that every student has the same opportunities in my classroom.