Abstract
I am not an anthropologist, so cannot contribute anything to the subject in which Diane Barwick was so distinguished and humane a worker. But her voice, in its humanity, its dedication to reason and justice, speaks across 140 years to an early observer of the relations between Aborigines and white invaders: Alexander Harris. If due attention had been paid to what he had to say in his book Settlers and convicts (1847) many of the tragic mistakes which have bedevilled black-white relationships might have been avoided. It is their absolute honesty and freedom from cant which bring Alexander Harris and Diane Barwick so close together across a century; reminding ourselves of their closeness helps to sustain a faith that justice and reason will not fail.
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