bLOGOS/HA HA: AUSTRALIA NULLIUS | IL TUO PAESE NON ESISTE

David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :

'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)

(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.

23 August 2019

AUSTRALIA NULLIUS | IL TUO PAESE NON ESISTE | YOUR COUNTRY DOES NOT EXIST

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Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL : ABC.TV 21 August 2019

Shaun Micallef : Finally, when Parliament resumes in September, the first order of business will be repealing the Medivac laws, and it’s not just far right wackos who want them removed, it’s also perfectly reasonable One Nation senators like Malcolm Roberts

Malcolm Roberts : “We must end this Medivac abomination and lock our country’s front door once again.

S M : But, if I may nitpick on one small element of Malcolm’s argument, he also said this :

M R : It is providing a back door way for queue-jumpers to come to onshore Australia.

S M : You see, he’s suggesting that the back door is also the front door. Now that’s only possible if the intermediary space doesn’t exist and Australia The Destination has no thickness. But let me tell you...

(laughter and applause continues ... long pause...)

S M : ...I don’t need to give you the punchline. Goodnight.

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AUSTRALIA NULLIUS
IL TUO PAESE NON ESISTE
YOUR COUNTRY DOES NOT EXIST

In this photo from the Govenment House website,

on Hany Armanious's T shirt is writ

*IL TUO PAESE NON ESISTE*

*YOUR COUNTRY DOES NOT EXIST*

left to right : Hany Armanious, Australia’s artist for the Venice Biennale, 2011; Her Excellency Quentin Bryce AC, Governor General; Kathy Keele, CEO, Australia Council; His Excellency David Ritchie AO, Australian Ambassador to Italy; Michael Bryce AM AE.

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