Dear Prince William;

Background to the concept of race

The context

The word ‘race’ is an unusual word and needs to be understood in its particular historical context.

The corporate world tell their executives that because of the learning curve the "first 100 days" are key to any leadership position. You don’t jump in on day one, you need to learn where your previous administration got it wrong (and by extension got it right) and you need time to strengthen key relationships, and you need time to develop a vision for the future.

On this page we will collect some initial reference to other regional maps in use around Australia:

Warren Mundine's unofficial regions

Noticed on Twitter today - Warren Mundine's language map (nothing official just an illustration of a language group):

https://twitter.com/IndigenousX/status/429853177412734976/photo/1

National identity?

Nationalism and national identity tend to be sold (by those in power at the time) as something timeless, something to be honoured because it has been around forever.  So these days on “Australia Day” we hear politicians and key Australians waxing lyrically on an important celebration and a public holiday across Australia that allows us to reflect on the history of Australia, and on the “first fleet” that came into Botany Bay in 1788.

Abbott's first 100 days : the 'bring himself to' problem

The US pundits tell us that in the "first 100 days" of any new government you know everything you need to know about what that "new administration stands for".

If that is correct, then Australia will pay a huge price for its change of government in September 2013.

Broad generic

The broad generic describing the Abbott government at the end of its first 100 days is 'amoral'; it "stands for nothing"!

The states include location of the following Aboriginal language, social or nation groups. To find one of them, simply copy the group name into the Search engine above. The ABC have set up this map with tools for exploration http://www.abc.net.au/indigenous/map/ .

@SBSNews: PM has announced membership of his 12 person Indigenous advisory council http://bit.ly/1iCjmo2

Scorecard?

A month is a long time in politics. I was going to wait for the first 100 days to prepare the score card, as they do in the US after a presidential election, but a lot of water has flown under the bridge, and a few realities are already quite obvious, even before the first Question Time in the new parliament.

So, while the score-card may still happen, a few comments at the end of the first month seem to be well in order.