tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929009897479726160.post2853625552349472748..comments2024-01-10T19:25:28.334+11:00Comments on fairgreenplanet: Taking a stand against the glorification of warVal Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04022522407838661280noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929009897479726160.post-70708695486158899542015-05-03T08:28:01.102+10:002015-05-03T08:28:01.102+10:00Thanks Ronan. I really can't remember the site...Thanks Ronan. I really can't remember the site we visited but I dont think it was Newgrange (I read the information you linked). I think it might have been Carrowmore in County Sligo, as my (not very reliable!) memory says it was near where we tried the seaweed baths, which I'm almost certain was Kilcunnen.<br /><br />We didn't have very long to spend at the site, which is probably why I don't remember it well, but it evoked an interest in me for sure.<br /><br />Because Indigenous Australians weren't generally a settled society in the same way, archaeological sites are a bit different here. There are many sites of different kinds (Wikipedia has a long list), but the ones most visited by ordinary people I guess are cave painting sites. I have been to those sites in the Northern Territory and in the Gariwerd (Grampians) National Park here in Victoria.<br /><br />One place that is of interest from a settlement point of view is Lake Conder http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budj_Bim where the Gunditjmara people built fish traps and stone huts (they were more settled because of the reliable source of food through the fish traps). I haven't been there yet but hope to do so.Val Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022522407838661280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929009897479726160.post-62060827333986653982015-04-28T00:26:11.276+10:002015-04-28T00:26:11.276+10:00I'll definitely leave you know. It might take ...I'll definitely leave you know. It might take me a little while (I'm a slow reader with a short attention span!) but I'll leave a note when I've got through one or both of them (I'll probably start with O Farrell)<br /><br />I don't know a huge amount about the neolithic era (in fact I'd say you probably know considerably more)<br /><br />Was it Newgrange <br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newgrange<br /><br />you visited ? (do they have similar excavation and protected sites in Australia from the pre European indigenous communities?)<br /><br />Ronannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929009897479726160.post-19450734464470412072015-04-24T19:26:18.011+10:002015-04-24T19:26:18.011+10:00Also Ronan I meant to say - I visited some excava...Also Ronan I meant to say - I visited some excavations in Ireland when I went there about 2003, I'm pretty sure they were Neolithic. Do you know anything about that?Val Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022522407838661280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929009897479726160.post-40797927570440559232015-04-24T19:22:07.829+10:002015-04-24T19:22:07.829+10:00I'll be interested to hear what you think of b...I'll be interested to hear what you think of both books Ronan, if you have time to let me know.Val Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022522407838661280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929009897479726160.post-5157058294211731722015-04-24T10:35:10.036+10:002015-04-24T10:35:10.036+10:00Thanks for the recommendation Val, I had a look an...Thanks for the recommendation Val, I had a look and it seems just what I was looking for.<br />(And for the recommendations in the update, Im going to have to check out Riane Eisler who I think you mentioned on CT aswell)Ronannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929009897479726160.post-21201880793897061452015-04-24T10:32:38.974+10:002015-04-24T10:32:38.974+10:00Thanks for the recommendation Val, just had a look...Thanks for the recommendation Val, just had a look at it and it's exactly what I was looking for. (and for the recommendations in the update. Im going to have to check out Riane Eisle, I think you mentioned here on CT aswell)<br /> Ronannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929009897479726160.post-88768354807216299512015-04-23T07:49:52.944+10:002015-04-23T07:49:52.944+10:00Thanks! And sorry your comment vanished, blogger c...Thanks! And sorry your comment vanished, blogger can be a pain that way.<br /><br />Yes there should definitely be more analysis of the First World War and circumstances surrounding it - definitely an avoidable war I would think.Val Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022522407838661280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929009897479726160.post-33573337055503661042015-04-22T13:45:36.265+10:002015-04-22T13:45:36.265+10:00I just wrote a quite long comment that disappeared...I just wrote a quite long comment that disappeared. Dang it. I agree wholeheartedly and think there should be far more said about the political and economic factors surrounding the the conflict the ANZAC forces were involved in. illbehaviourNZ33https://www.blogger.com/profile/03401102196298683780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929009897479726160.post-85037005877153714882015-04-20T17:08:33.725+10:002015-04-20T17:08:33.725+10:00hi Ronan (in case you are still checking here)
I&#...hi Ronan (in case you are still checking here)<br />I've finally got round to updating this post with some references, so thought I'd reply again.<br /><br />Patrick O'Farrell "the Irish in Australia" is the best book I know of on the subject. I mentioned it on CT and said it was quite a while since I read it, but i just checked and found he has a 2000 edition, so that's a bit more recent. I think that would be a good starting point if you are interested in the issue. It's published by UNSW press in Sydney, I don't know how widely it's available though.Val Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022522407838661280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929009897479726160.post-25805880605375730152015-04-17T15:14:31.761+10:002015-04-17T15:14:31.761+10:00Thanks Ronan, great to hear from you. I'm very...Thanks Ronan, great to hear from you. I'm very tied up with family stuff at present but will respond more fully soon.<br />Cheers ValVal Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022522407838661280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929009897479726160.post-62725547195674261212015-04-15T12:00:53.919+10:002015-04-15T12:00:53.919+10:00Good stuff, looking forward to any future posts Va...Good stuff, looking forward to any future posts Val ! (I actually had a few questions for you about the Irish in Australia over at the (Gerry Adams) Crooked Timber thread, but never got around to them. Perhaps in the future it might come around to it again. It's an interesting subject that you and ZM's comments encouraged me to read up a bit more about)Ronannoreply@blogger.com