All posts tagged poverty

Abo­rig­ines just aren’t vis­i­ble in the larger pop­u­la­tion. From Perth to Mel­bourne, includ­ing in Ade­laide, I rarely saw an Abo­rig­ine. And when I did, they were like the poor woman I saw today, sit­ting around on the mar­gins, singly or in small groups. White Aus­tralians seemed to scarcely notice them. Even worse, in Coober Pedy, I was warned of an Abo­rig­i­nal “gang” roam­ing the streets at night, as if they were wild dogs. I’ve never seen an Abo­rig­ine work­ing in Aus­tralia, either as a cop, a wait­ress… as anyone