Literal erasure

Posted on 26 June 2019 | 6 Comments

I’ve been walking past this rubbish bin outside the Marrickville Metro for a couple of weeks. It just occurred to me that the attack on this tiny, neat graffiti is an example of literal erasure of First Nations peoples in history. For what it’s worth:

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6 responses to “Literal erasure”

  1. Lisa Hill | 26 June 2019 at 11.48 am | Reply

    I’m mystified. What did it originally say?

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  2. Lisa Hill | 26 June 2019 at 12.51 pm | Reply

    *smacks forehead* Of course, I should have guessed.
    *sigh* Somebody’s gone to a great deal of trouble to do that erasure…

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  3. Jim KABLE | 26 June 2019 at 4.38 pm | Reply

    Jonathan – why not restore the missing AbLa(tive absolute).

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  4. Jim KABLE | 27 June 2019 at 6.05 am | Reply

    Thanks Jonathan for your laugh – Latin – and Oh so right! thinking on this issue of sovereignty. After a day trip to Sintra…Jewel in the Crown!

    Jim

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