Kurdaitcha

By Nehemiah K. Wong

In pioneering Australian outback, things were coming to a flash-point. The ugliness brewing up was due to the undiplomatic and insensitive way British officer, one James Peacock, was handling the conflict. He wanted to remove a sacred mother-tree which the aborigines have revered and worshipped for ages, at whatever cost. This kind of jingoistic attitude has breed more tragedies with cultural relationships than good in a colonial context. To tear down the tree was tantamount to plucking out the heart of the Australian aboriginals. Can you feel how agonizing it was? A more genial and less colonial approach, would no doubt have yielded better results. No wonder, so many of the natives wander about, as if without a heart or hope for the future. So when, we fast forward, the tensions between the real owners of Australia and the foreign stewards entrusted in moving Australia forward in modernization to today, what ex-Prime Minister, Mr. Kevin Rudd did in apologizing for mistakes Australian authorities made in the past, did a lot for healing between the two: the Australian aborigines and the Australian immigrants. The Aboriginal elders wept profuse tears of healing. It not only laid the soul of contention to rest but it also started the uncoiling of any curses which might have been let loose. KURDAITCHA is a story of grief and anger worked out improperly.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08N8QPT51
• ISBN13: 9798556797543
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"