by Dr Sam Vaknin James Cook, the 18th-century explorer, misled the British government back home by neglecting to report about the aborigines he spotted on the beaches of “New Holland .” This convenient omission allowed him to claim the territory for the crown. In the subsequent waves of colonization, the aborigines perished. Modern Australia stands awash in their blood, constructed […]
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