Miriam Margolyes - Australia

There's no class system, said the man with 4 polo ponies.

Of course not, he lets his employees ride the ponies 🐎🐎🐎🐎

differentiate doesn't mean the same as differ.

Just to be clear.

Oh yes. I knew that was Bendigo 😁

There's no class system, said the man with 4 polo ponies.

Are you watching?

Naw. Everyone talks like Kath and Kim. 😏

😁

Well, you know what I think (perhaps you forgot, it sounds as if you did).

Accents.
Interesting - do accents differentiate?
In Australia.

Egalitarian Australia.

Ah, bless...

Private school and privilege
In egalitarian Australia.
Interesting.

Episode 2 tonight. The class system in Victoria.

It's not a travel program.

I was never a fan but had enjoyed some of her performances in the past - before I read her autobiography where her disclosure of a friend's secret (ok, she said because she's dead!) was totally reprehensible - so, no I won't be watching the programme.

Would love to have watched this, as I enjoy travel programmes. Can't stand this woman, so didn't. When I've watched her before, she seemed obsessed with her bodily functions.

Ghastly woman.

She speaks beautifully IMO and is brilliant at accents.
She does and she is talented.

So she doesn't need to try to shock with puerile language or swearing.

I like Miriam, yes she is vulgar, and crude, but she makes me laugh.

I don’t like her and wouldn’t have watched her even if I was at home in England. I dislike her frequent swearing to be honest. Maybe she didn’t swear on this programme, I hope not.

In these terrible times with awful things going on around the world I want someone like MM to make me laugh. She is vulgar at times, shows off and is outrageous, but she cheers me up.

I must watch episode 2.

She speaks beautifully IMO and is brilliant at accents.

The trouble with people who think they know everything is that they spoil it for those of us who do

I don't but I trust that what Noel Pearson says is true.
🙂

MissAdventure

The trouble with people who think they know everything is that they spoil it for those of us who do...

😂😂😂

#MrsAlwaysRight

www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/war-worlds

How many Australians born in the 137 years since Truganini's death learnt her legend and scarcely thought deeper about the enormity of the loss she represented, and the history that led to it? Her spirit casts a long shadow over Australian history, but we have nearly all of us found a way to avert our eyes from its meaning

In The War of the Worlds, Noel Pearson considers the most confronting issue of Australian history: the question of genocide, in early Tasmania and elsewhere

www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2011/02/10/3135481.htm

Truganini (also known as Trugernanner, Trucaminni, Trucanini and Lalla Rooke to list just a few various of her name) is widely referred to as the 'last Tasmanian Aboriginal', because she is the last known full-blooded Aboriginal person to die in Tasmania, but she played a much more important role in our state's history

Miriam made us aware of one horrific story but did not explore very deeply.

She is exploring the Aussie ideal of "A Fair Go" and how it applies now.

Aneeba yes, I understood most of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania had been wiped out by the arrival of the British either were killed or died from diseases that the British brought with them.
The present-day Tasmanian Aboriginal people are descendants of native Tasmanian women and white settlers.

That story was particularly shocking but it is only one small part of Tasmanian history.

I used to like her until I read her recent book. She really is not a very nice person. The book is full of her sexual antics, and hoe many people she really hates!

Sorry, not Australia. Obviously there are aboriginal people in Australia... 😕

I meant Tasmania.

I learnt quite a lot about it when I lived in Australia.

And there are still aboriginal people in Australia. Which is a fact, whether we lived there or not.

But Volver Aneeba gives a very accurate account of what happened and as you have never visited with the people of Tasmania i think you are extremely rude in the way you address those who obviously have more experience than you about this subject. I would never give opinions about Scottish history because my knowledge is negligible but you seem rather dismissive of another person’s knowledge, even though Aneeba gave an accurate account. I must thank her for her post.

I'm not sure if I was or not Anneeba! I was just adding to the conversation about the erroneous belief that there were no aborigines in Tassie. Sorry if it came across badly.