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Edit: Leaderhead now complete, thanks to R8XFT! You can download it in the graphics modpack forum.
Many people talk about how they would like a native Australian civ. I’ve opposed it in the past because historically it would be difficult to do. Aboriginal Australia was marked by thousands of tribes over six hundred languages and even more dialects. There was never any sense of unity across the board, at least until white settlers came and ‘bundled’ them all into one group. Thus, a single aboriginal identity is difficult to draw upon.
But with R8XFT’s Menzies leaderhead done, I realised that just having one civ on the Aussie continent would be imbalanced – thus, I’ve spent some time trying to work out how to solve the various historical problems and give a native Australian representation. It’s a ‘reconstructed’ civ like the Celts, rather than a strictly historical one. But it is as close as I think we can get.
You can feel free to mod these suggestions in, or change them yourself. I’ll ask around about a UU and a leaderhead, and see what we get.
Civ Name For the name of the Civ, I’m suggesting the ‘Koori’ (of Kooriland?). Koori is the term used by most of South Eastern Australia’s aboriginal community to describe themselves, Koori being indigenous for ‘people’ and referring generally to a language/social group rather than tribe of family group. It’s a better alternative to ‘Aboriginal’ which is imposed by European perspectives. Communities in other part of Australia use different words to describe themselves. For more info, see http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Australian_Aborigine
City Names Because of the ‘eastern focus’ of the term koori, or this reason, city names I’ve provided are exclusive to the Eastern side of Australia. Most of these names are the early indigenous names for modern cities or regions. Some are actually current suburbs or places.
Civ Leader Because of the diverse cultures and tribal structures of historical society, it is difficult to find a representative figure to be ‘the leader’. Also, the fact that pre-European settlement culture had no written record of individual leaders has compounded the difficulty. Thus, for the leaderhead I’ve suggested a man who gained a considerable place in modern Australian life – probably one of our most prominent Indigenous figures in recent history – an athlete, social worker, pastor and figurehead, described in more detail below.
Great Leaders Unfortunately, I found it difficult to find a number of leaders that were strictly ‘Koori’ – thus, I’ve had to draw on figures from other parts of indigenous Australia. Each of these has had a significant impact on Australia, however… I’ve given brief explanations of each below. Where possible, I’ve given their native names, with there more well known English names in brackets. Feel free to use either, depending on the flavour you are going for.
Koori Civilization
Leaderhead: Douglas Nicholls.
Nicholls was born in New South Wales of the Yorta Yorta tribe in 1906, living in his early years on the Cumeroogunja mission in NSW. In his younger years a gifted athletes in running, boxing, and playing at Australia’s highest level of football, he overcame racial prejudices at a time when Aboriginal people were not accorded voting rights and citizenship.
In 1935, Nicholls became a lay Christian preacher and social worker, actually being excused from military service to help with problems in his local community. Becoming a part time pastor, he threw himself into advocacy for indigenous Australians. Over the years, his work paid off, being awarded the MBE (Member of the British Empire) before later being awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire). In 1972, he became the first indigenous Australian to be knighted by the Queen., travelling to London to do so. In 1976, he became the first (and I think only) Indigenous person to be appointed the Governor General of an Australian State (South Australia). He was forced to retire after a stroke in 1977, and died 11 years later in 1988.
Military Leaders:Pemulway - an Aboriginal warrior, speared and killed the governor’s gamekeeper at Botany Bay and waged war against the British for 12 years. His head was later sent to England.
Leonard Waters – From Queensland, Served in the RAAF from 1942-1946, the only known Aboriginal to serve as a fighter pilot in World War II. Achieved the rank of Warrant Officer.
Jandamarra (Pigeon) – Not Koori in the strict sense of the word either, Jandamarra was nevertheless a significant Aboriginal tribal leader who led resistance against European settlers in North Western Australia, as an outlaw gaining similar notoriety to the Ned Kelly gang of Victoria.
Reg Saunders – Reached the rank of Captain in the Australian Army, serving both in WW2 New Guinea and Korea, eventually being awarded the MBE for his services.
Scientific Leaders:(David)Unaipon. Patented modern shearing clippers, invented a centrifugal motor, theorised about helicopters based on the flight of a boomerang (early 1900’s). A Ngarrindjeri man from South Australia.
Eric Willmot – Australia’s First Aboriginal Professor, holds the degrees of Bachelor of Science from the University of Newcastle and Master of Education from the University of Canberra. He is a noted author, engineer, educator and administrator. Australian Inventor of the Year in 1981 and Boyer Lecturer in 1986, he recently delivered the Flinders University Investigator Lecture. He was made Doctor of Letters by the University of Newcastle in 1987 and Doctor of Laws by the University of Melbourne in 1988.
Elea (Albert) Namatjira – A celebrated Aboriginal artist from central Australia’s Aranda tribe. Not strictly a scientist, but nevertheless an ‘inventor’ of images.
City Lists:
· Weeok. (I chose this location as capital, as it is the Aboriginal name for a known archaeological settlement in Western Victoria that has remnants of over 140 stone houses and the signs of an eel farming industry. Contrary to popular belief, not all aborigines were hunter-gatherers living out of bark huts. This is as close to a major settlement as I believe has been discovered.)
. Parramatta
· Weerona
· Wy-yung
· Kam
· Ngrungit
· Bung Yarnda
· Metung
· Dura
· Cumeroogunja
· Wayput
· Gariwerd
· Kurunjang
· Dandenong
· Werribee
· Bareburp
· Wordonga
· Tallarambooroo
· Djilang
· Ulimaroa
· Illawarra
· Brindabella
· Bogong
Traits: Religious & Agricultural
Religious – Indigenous Australians have long had a deep sense of spirituality and connection with the land and each other. Religious is the easy selection.
Agricultural - My other choice. While not farming in the traditional European sense, Aboriginal Australians nevertheless did use several cultivation techniques, including planting yams, irrigation systems, and ‘burning off’ to ensure the regrowth and sustainability of certain edible plants, and to regrow shoots of grass that would draw wildlife (kangaroos etc) back towards hunting runs.
Unique Unit The Boomerang – I’d be keelhauled by all if this unique weapon wasn’t included. Just a note for whoever creates this unit, if they take it up – the returning boomerang is used recreationally only. The type used as a weapon is longer, and only used for a once off, skilled throw designed to take down its target. Thus, a boomerang thrower may need a couple of weapons to throw.
Attributes Archer replacement 2(1).1.1 Treats all terrain as road (Indigenous Australians never used roads, after all).
Possible Pedia Entry, drawn from http://www.rangs.co.uk/boomhistory.htm
The boomerang (both hunting and returning) was preserved in it's highest state of development by the Australian Aborigines - so much so that most people associate boomerangs only with Australia. It has been suggested that this may be due to the unique suitability of the hunting stick as weapon against upright standing prey (kangaroos and emus) in relatively open country. This, combined with the curious fact that the Australian Aborigines are amongst the few cultures in the world never to have developed the bow and arrow may have ensured its preservation as a living tradition.
Edit: Leaderhead now complete, thanks to R8XFT! You can download it in the graphics modpack forum.
Many people talk about how they would like a native Australian civ. I’ve opposed it in the past because historically it would be difficult to do. Aboriginal Australia was marked by thousands of tribes over six hundred languages and even more dialects. There was never any sense of unity across the board, at least until white settlers came and ‘bundled’ them all into one group. Thus, a single aboriginal identity is difficult to draw upon.
But with R8XFT’s Menzies leaderhead done, I realised that just having one civ on the Aussie continent would be imbalanced – thus, I’ve spent some time trying to work out how to solve the various historical problems and give a native Australian representation. It’s a ‘reconstructed’ civ like the Celts, rather than a strictly historical one. But it is as close as I think we can get.
You can feel free to mod these suggestions in, or change them yourself. I’ll ask around about a UU and a leaderhead, and see what we get.
Civ Name For the name of the Civ, I’m suggesting the ‘Koori’ (of Kooriland?). Koori is the term used by most of South Eastern Australia’s aboriginal community to describe themselves, Koori being indigenous for ‘people’ and referring generally to a language/social group rather than tribe of family group. It’s a better alternative to ‘Aboriginal’ which is imposed by European perspectives. Communities in other part of Australia use different words to describe themselves. For more info, see http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Australian_Aborigine
City Names Because of the ‘eastern focus’ of the term koori, or this reason, city names I’ve provided are exclusive to the Eastern side of Australia. Most of these names are the early indigenous names for modern cities or regions. Some are actually current suburbs or places.
Civ Leader Because of the diverse cultures and tribal structures of historical society, it is difficult to find a representative figure to be ‘the leader’. Also, the fact that pre-European settlement culture had no written record of individual leaders has compounded the difficulty. Thus, for the leaderhead I’ve suggested a man who gained a considerable place in modern Australian life – probably one of our most prominent Indigenous figures in recent history – an athlete, social worker, pastor and figurehead, described in more detail below.
Great Leaders Unfortunately, I found it difficult to find a number of leaders that were strictly ‘Koori’ – thus, I’ve had to draw on figures from other parts of indigenous Australia. Each of these has had a significant impact on Australia, however… I’ve given brief explanations of each below. Where possible, I’ve given their native names, with there more well known English names in brackets. Feel free to use either, depending on the flavour you are going for.
Koori Civilization
Leaderhead: Douglas Nicholls.
Nicholls was born in New South Wales of the Yorta Yorta tribe in 1906, living in his early years on the Cumeroogunja mission in NSW. In his younger years a gifted athletes in running, boxing, and playing at Australia’s highest level of football, he overcame racial prejudices at a time when Aboriginal people were not accorded voting rights and citizenship.
In 1935, Nicholls became a lay Christian preacher and social worker, actually being excused from military service to help with problems in his local community. Becoming a part time pastor, he threw himself into advocacy for indigenous Australians. Over the years, his work paid off, being awarded the MBE (Member of the British Empire) before later being awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire). In 1972, he became the first indigenous Australian to be knighted by the Queen., travelling to London to do so. In 1976, he became the first (and I think only) Indigenous person to be appointed the Governor General of an Australian State (South Australia). He was forced to retire after a stroke in 1977, and died 11 years later in 1988.
Military Leaders:Pemulway - an Aboriginal warrior, speared and killed the governor’s gamekeeper at Botany Bay and waged war against the British for 12 years. His head was later sent to England.
Leonard Waters – From Queensland, Served in the RAAF from 1942-1946, the only known Aboriginal to serve as a fighter pilot in World War II. Achieved the rank of Warrant Officer.
Jandamarra (Pigeon) – Not Koori in the strict sense of the word either, Jandamarra was nevertheless a significant Aboriginal tribal leader who led resistance against European settlers in North Western Australia, as an outlaw gaining similar notoriety to the Ned Kelly gang of Victoria.
Reg Saunders – Reached the rank of Captain in the Australian Army, serving both in WW2 New Guinea and Korea, eventually being awarded the MBE for his services.
Scientific Leaders:(David)Unaipon. Patented modern shearing clippers, invented a centrifugal motor, theorised about helicopters based on the flight of a boomerang (early 1900’s). A Ngarrindjeri man from South Australia.
Eric Willmot – Australia’s First Aboriginal Professor, holds the degrees of Bachelor of Science from the University of Newcastle and Master of Education from the University of Canberra. He is a noted author, engineer, educator and administrator. Australian Inventor of the Year in 1981 and Boyer Lecturer in 1986, he recently delivered the Flinders University Investigator Lecture. He was made Doctor of Letters by the University of Newcastle in 1987 and Doctor of Laws by the University of Melbourne in 1988.
Elea (Albert) Namatjira – A celebrated Aboriginal artist from central Australia’s Aranda tribe. Not strictly a scientist, but nevertheless an ‘inventor’ of images.
City Lists:
· Weeok. (I chose this location as capital, as it is the Aboriginal name for a known archaeological settlement in Western Victoria that has remnants of over 140 stone houses and the signs of an eel farming industry. Contrary to popular belief, not all aborigines were hunter-gatherers living out of bark huts. This is as close to a major settlement as I believe has been discovered.)
. Parramatta
· Weerona
· Wy-yung
· Kam
· Ngrungit
· Bung Yarnda
· Metung
· Dura
· Cumeroogunja
· Wayput
· Gariwerd
· Kurunjang
· Dandenong
· Werribee
· Bareburp
· Wordonga
· Tallarambooroo
· Djilang
· Ulimaroa
· Illawarra
· Brindabella
· Bogong
Traits: Religious & Agricultural
Religious – Indigenous Australians have long had a deep sense of spirituality and connection with the land and each other. Religious is the easy selection.
Agricultural - My other choice. While not farming in the traditional European sense, Aboriginal Australians nevertheless did use several cultivation techniques, including planting yams, irrigation systems, and ‘burning off’ to ensure the regrowth and sustainability of certain edible plants, and to regrow shoots of grass that would draw wildlife (kangaroos etc) back towards hunting runs.
Unique Unit The Boomerang – I’d be keelhauled by all if this unique weapon wasn’t included. Just a note for whoever creates this unit, if they take it up – the returning boomerang is used recreationally only. The type used as a weapon is longer, and only used for a once off, skilled throw designed to take down its target. Thus, a boomerang thrower may need a couple of weapons to throw.
Attributes Archer replacement 2(1).1.1 Treats all terrain as road (Indigenous Australians never used roads, after all).
Possible Pedia Entry, drawn from http://www.rangs.co.uk/boomhistory.htm
The boomerang (both hunting and returning) was preserved in it's highest state of development by the Australian Aborigines - so much so that most people associate boomerangs only with Australia. It has been suggested that this may be due to the unique suitability of the hunting stick as weapon against upright standing prey (kangaroos and emus) in relatively open country. This, combined with the curious fact that the Australian Aborigines are amongst the few cultures in the world never to have developed the bow and arrow may have ensured its preservation as a living tradition.
) down to about 45 mins per era instead about 5 hours using Poser 5 textured hair. That means it's fairly fixed hair and can't be made messier. However, the headband should help.
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