Talk:History of Australia before 1788

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I have nominated article for WP:DYK. Please check the question abakharev 12:17, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 brackets 2 Bad Starting point 3 Chinese Early Contacts 4 Euro-centric 5 Zheng He

[edit] brackets

What the hell areall of these??? Circeus 23:58, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

They appear to be hangovers from an old reference scheme. --Scott Davis ^Talk 04:19, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bad Starting point

I believe that this article is presented in a horribly bias way as it completely ignores all pre-colonization history of Australia. To ignore 3000 years of aboriginal history and to concentrate only on 400 years of Europeans in Australia is a horrible oversight. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.235.250.196 (talk • contribs) 04:18, 9 July 2006.

[edit] Chinese Early Contacts

I understand from 1421: The Year China Discovered America by Gavin Menzies that it is accepted in both Australia and China as a proven fact that the Chinese in the centuries before 1500 had regular contacts with Australia. Evidence includes both the "Mahogany Ship" and a ship found buried in the sand at Byron Bay in New South Wales that apparently had a rudder some twelve meters high; such a ship could have used a Portuguese caravel as a dinghy. J S Ayer 01:50, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

That's the view of one academic, who goes against what the vast bulk of academics think —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.86.116.67 (talk • contribs) 14:47, 9 July 2006.

[edit] Euro-centric

This article completely ignores aboriginal occupation, just refering to it as being 'pre-history' and nothing else. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.86.116.67 (talk • contribs) 14:47, 9 July 2006.

There is a separate Prehistory of Australia article. --Scott Davis ^Talk 04:19, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Zheng He

Could someone who thinks Zheng He is relevant please write a paragraph about it instead of just putting it in a "See also" section? --Scott Davis ^Talk 13:18, 15 July 2006 (UTC)