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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 665217" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>You are cynical - why would the re-writers of history want to remove evidence of our past misdeeds (it would severely reduce ammunition for victimology). It is one reason why Trove is so important - it records what people actually thought (and in many cases also did) without the distortion of later political correctness. Warts and all. Not all of it comfortable for either side of most arguments. It puts things in the context of the times - I was researching the road from Melbourne to Gippsland and found comments like "it is now safe to travel from Melbourne to Bairnsdale without a rifle". Not just European and indigenous conflict, but also the huge numbers of bushrangers..... Puts life of the times in context.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 665217, member: 4386"] You are cynical - why would the re-writers of history want to remove evidence of our past misdeeds (it would severely reduce ammunition for victimology). It is one reason why Trove is so important - it records what people actually thought (and in many cases also did) without the distortion of later political correctness. Warts and all. Not all of it comfortable for either side of most arguments. It puts things in the context of the times - I was researching the road from Melbourne to Gippsland and found comments like "it is now safe to travel from Melbourne to Bairnsdale without a rifle". Not just European and indigenous conflict, but also the huge numbers of bushrangers..... Puts life of the times in context. [/QUOTE]
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