SOS Call from an Aborigine Community:

I would like to make reference to the above post in this forum.

There was a book written in 1974 by Dr. Archie Karokerinos who worked among the indigenous people of outback Australia for many years. IMO his book is relevant to what is happening to these communities today.

Here is “Archie’s” Introduction.

“In writing this book I have been stimulated by one thought alone:
the welfare of Australian Aborigines. The wrong approach of
European settlers to these people resulted in the virtual loss of their culture and the highest infant death rate in the world. For years I worked amongst them with care but without knowledge. Rows upon rows of tiny graves in the Aboriginal cemetery at Collarenebri bear silent testimony to the inefficiency of my early efforts. Then, in December 1967, I discovered the truth. The death rate fell and has since remained at a figure that rivals the lowest in the Western world. This book describes the long process of this achievement.

Many a time I have been tormented by doubts as to my right of
intruding into the privacy of those concerned. Some will be disturbed to see aspects of life and death revealed so bluntly. I tried to avoid all this, but I see before me so much suffering, so many deaths and so much responsibility. If I am to accept this burden, then I must claim the right to do what I can to put an end to it. It has been claimed that the results achieved at Collarenebri are due to 'dedication' and not to specific methods. I can only ask the readers of this book to test this assertion for themselves”.

The book is copyright and can be found at the “Soil and Health Library”, the cost, 10 Euros.

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