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This is astonishing if also profoundly distressing
“From the moment the British invaded Australia in 1788 they encountered active resistance from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owners and custodians of the lands. In the frontier wars which continued until the 1960s massacres became a defining strategy to eradicate that resistance. As a result thousands of Aboriginal men women and children were killed. This site presents a map, timelines, and information about massacres in Central and Eastern Australia from 1794 when the first massacre was recorded until 1930. Only events for which sufficient information remains from the past and can be verified are included. The map also includes information about massacres of British colonists and others in Central and Eastern Australia in the same period. After 1930 the massacres continued but are not included here. Details of incidents of massacres after 1930 will be included in the next stage of the project.”Last edited by Nefertiti2; 01-04-2019, 03:48.
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Is this a map? It's impressive either way.
https://twitter.com/johnpaul_newman/status/1118164274982129665
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palestine open maps
Palestine Open Maps is a platform that seeks to combine emerging technologies for mapping and immersive storytelling to:- Open-source and make searchable, for the first time, a uniquely detailed set of historic maps from the period of the British Mandate of Palestine;
- Curate layered visual stories that bring to life absent and hidden geographies, in collaboration with data journalists, academic researchers, and civil society groups.
This alpha version of the platform allows users to navigate and search the historic map sheets, and to view basic data about present and erased localities.
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A useful map, detailing the European nationals resident in each member state - one often fails to realise the number of British resident here, largely because many are either returning to this country after working in the UK, or of Irish parents.
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Originally posted by Diable Rouge View PostJust to clarify with the above, a "plus" means more immigrants are employed than locals.
I wonder if they have controlled for the fact that non-nationals skew heavily to being of employment age (especially if their children can acquire "local" citizenship).
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Originally posted by ursus arctos View Post
Just to be clear, it means that the percentage of non-nationals in employment is higher than that of nationals. The nominal figures would tell a very different story.
I wonder if they have controlled for the fact that non-nationals skew heavily to being of employment age (especially if their children can acquire "local" citizenship).
https://www.esri.ie/publications/mon...tegration-2018Last edited by Diable Rouge; 09-05-2019, 14:37.
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- Mar 2008
- 18786
- Revelling In The Hole
- England, Chelsea and Tooting and Mitcham. And Surrey CCC. And Wimbledon Dons Speedway (RIP)
- Nairn's Cheese Oatcake
Loads of crackers here: https://www.farandwide.com/s/amazing...huffingtonpost
The one for the highest-paid jobs in each US state is particularly interesting.Last edited by Nocturnal Submission; 10-05-2019, 17:20.
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This is an entirely normal map, which you are all very familiar with....except the orientation. Somehow that switch has a fascinating effect (if you click on it you get to see the whole thing)
https://twitter.com/narcissastre/status/1127948770426142720
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Originally posted by ad hoc View PostThis is an entirely normal map, which you are all very familiar with....except the orientation. Somehow that switch has a fascinating effect (if you click on it you get to see the whole thing)
https://twitter.com/narcissastre/status/1127948770426142720
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Originally posted by Sporting View Post
I like that it gives the Asturian cities their names in Asturiano.Last edited by ad hoc; 14-05-2019, 07:08.
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I find it weird that the one of the Med has cropped out the Atlantic coastLast edited by ursus arctos; 14-05-2019, 11:42.
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I always like the 'different orientation' experience with maps. Oddly disconcerting but an interesting perspective. Of course early Islamic maps (from our point of view) would have south as north and vice versa. So in this sort of thing, once you spot the 'upside down' Arabian peninsula in the middle, you can then work out what's going on.
Over the centuries things became a little more westernised, certainly by the era of Piri Reis. Which is just an excuse to post one of his lovely maps, this one of the Black sea.
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- Aug 2008
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- The zero meridian
- Swansea, Gaziantepspor and the Zeugma Franchise
- Bahlsen Choco Leibniz Dark
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- Mar 2008
- 18786
- Revelling In The Hole
- England, Chelsea and Tooting and Mitcham. And Surrey CCC. And Wimbledon Dons Speedway (RIP)
- Nairn's Cheese Oatcake
I can barely read the text but the Celtic Union, I think it is, seems to have ceded a big chunk of central and eastern Scotland to whatever that north Britain entity is called, which I'm guessing might prompt a stiff letter of complaint from Nicola Sturgeon.
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