In Australia many land problems have developed as a result of the land being used for a purpose for which it was not suitable. For example, pioneering landholders cultivated soils with low fertility and on steep slopes that were vulnerable to erosion. On grazing lands high stocking rates have led to land degradation. From clear cutting to farming the land incorrectly over the years robbing the soil of nutrients. Corporate farms that practice over-grazing and the little farmer who fells the trees to recreate the pastures of good Old England,has all led to this country being raped. The iconic gum trees which dot Australia's paddocks are dying. Millions of hectares of tree-studded farmland will end up as bare plains because of poor farming practices.

In 1838 white people had settled Australia for just 51 years. Pastoralist's were pushing into Aboriginal land, dispossessing Indigenous people from the land that nurtured them physically and spiritually.

"My mother would sit and cry and tell me this; they buried our babies in the ground with only their heads above the ground. All in a row they were. Then they had tests to see who could kick the babies' head off the furthest. One man clubbed a baby's head off from horseback.

They then spent the rest of the day raping the women, most of whom were then tortured to death by sticking sharp things like spears up their vaginas till they died.

They tied the men's hands behind their backs, then cut off their penis and testicles and watched them run around screaming until they died".

This is how this land was taken from its original owners. The ancestors must be weeping if they could see the land today. Raped and pillaged of all its flora and fauna to recreate the green pastures of England. A heritage that every Australian can be really proud of. These photographs were taken in the area where these atrocities took place. Today the Aborigine is still viewed with contempt, racism is alive and thriving.