Aboriginal scientific achievements recognised at last

By Ray Norris
Updated April 23 2014 - 8:18am, first published 7:46am
Ngarra, Larrkardi, 2005, synthetic polymer paint on paper, 50 x 70 cm.
Ngarra, Larrkardi, 2005, synthetic polymer paint on paper, 50 x 70 cm.
Ngarra, Larrkardi, 2005, synthetic polymer paint on paper.
Ngarra, Larrkardi, 2005, synthetic polymer paint on paper.

Just one generation ago Australian schoolkids were taught that Aboriginal people couldn't count beyond five, wandered the desert scavenging for food, had no civilisation, couldn't navigate and peacefully acquiesced when Western Civilisation rescued them in 1788.

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