Talk:Coniston massacre

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This article is really terrible, but I don't know enough about the topic to fix it up. I think great slabs of stuff need to be axed or have a reference attached.

The stuff on the inquiry is rediculous, those are very strong statements and need to be referenced or removed, even if they are true, for being original research. Also, the criticisms of the report need to be below the actual conclusion itself, otherwise it sounds too POV.

Studies section is a soapbox. It needs to be removed.

The reference on "effect on local tribes" is done incorrectly.

The section on "significe of the massacre" is also poor. Quote: the first instance, intervention of the law was so scanty that today it is possible, for students so disposed, to deny that it even took place. Students...? Is this from a school essay or something? Also, reviews on the topic have shown relatively convincingly that the forrest river massacre never actually happened. To say "deny" smacks of POV and does not properly inform the reader.

Cheers, 60.242.64.202 (talk) 14:27, 8 January 2010 (UTC) PS: if nobody's changed this in a few weeks or so I guess I'll probably attack and start trying to fix it.[reply]

Studies

Yes the "studies" section was clearly interpretive or opinion and not neutral at all. I think the whole studies section should go unless someone wants to put a bit more effort into it. 6thcolumn (talk) 06:37, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Documentary

"More than 80 years after the brutal slaughter of 100 or more Aboriginal people in Central Australia, their descendants and community prepare to make the film which uses re-enactments and historical footage to tell their story." Coniston - 2011 Documentary.

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I think this article is terrible. To look at the real sources please look at these original reports https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=66518 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drtavarua (talk • contribs) 23:28, 18 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Belated comment: To be clear, Bruce Elder and others have derided the Board of Inquiry as a complete whitewash. In any case, we only use primary sources such as this very carefully, and in this case, probably not at all except for basic uncontroversial facts like the names of the members of the Board of Inquiry and of the witnesses called. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:08, 4 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The jurisdictions in which the events took place

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Between 1 February 1927 and 12 June 1931, Coniston cattle station was located within the Australian internal territory called Central Australia (territory). The murder trial discussed in the article was held in the Supreme Court of Central Australia which was located in Darwin in the Australian internal territory called North Australia (territory). Where necessary, content within the artilcle has been edited to reflect the above.

RegardsCowdy001 (talk) 04:02, 29 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Reference to White Australia policy in this article on the Coniston massacres.

It is stated that the White Australia policy was the main election platform of PM Bruce in the 1929 Federal Election. However, industrial relations was the central issue of the campaign with the government’s proposed abolition of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission a key point of dispute. The White Australia Policy had bipartisan political support during that era and in any case related to restrictions on immigration from countries other than Britain and not to policy relating to indigenous peoples. 2001:8003:1C62:4000:742C:AB2D:3D2E:F9ED (talk) 10:35, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]