Aboriginality and the Violence of Colonialism (Report‪)‬

Introduction In previous works I have argued that the impact of colonialism is central to the contemporary condition of Aboriginal peoples and that de-colonisation of the Aboriginal position is central to the healing of that condition. De-colonisation processes are in the realm of what is yet to come, to be imagined and negotiated between the colonized and the colonizer. While it may be the choice of some individuals to assimilate into white Australia, what choice is available for Aboriginal peoples wanting to re-build and develop Aboriginal communities on traditional lands? In speaking of survival what possibilities exist, who are we to survive as: Aboriginal peoples, and if so the question to be asked: what kinds of Aboriginal peoples do we absorb and mutate into? Can we have justice or the possibility of de-colonising the past injustices of colonialism when the state is committed to a one dimensional universal world order, one which disallows for the diversity of peoples and cultures (Watson 2006)?