Was there war between First Peoples and newcomers from Britain? If so, when, and how did it start? In part 3 of our colonisation series we take a look at what went on during the early years beyond the limits of Sydney town. Listen here: https://mannagum.podbean.com/e/ep-38-alien-invasion-ii-legacies-of-colonisation-pt-3/

The arrival of the First Fleet and the establishment of a penal colony at Port Jackson meant a collision of worlds on an almost science fiction scale. Discover a surprisingly human story full of tensions and complexities at this pivotal period for the Aus continent. Listen here: https://mannagum.podbean.com/e/ep-37-alien-invasion-i-legacies-of-colonisation-pt-2/

The first part of a new MannaCast series on colonisation is now live! Listen to it here: https://mannagum.podbean.com/e/ep-36-colonisation-and-culture-wars-legacies-of-colonisation-pt1/ Stay tuned for new eps. dropping soon! Happy Friday!

"The fact that we are facing the possibility of ‘industrial action’ by our senior staff because we are planning to increase their salaries places me as an economist in a state of acute confusion!" Read how the staff tried to reject a payrise and other similar tales from Steve Bradbury's time at Tearfund: https://mannagum.org.au/articles/Economic-Unorthodoxy-Applying-Kingdom-Values-in-a-Christian-Organisation

"Our relatively self-sufficient community could have been described as ‘resilient’, but it was not a term I heard used. It was just the way they were. The times had required it. Perhaps it grew from their values and expectations of life..." To read how many things old may be new again, check out Wendy's reflections here: https://mannagum.org.au/articles/The-Social-Harvest-Timely-Lessons-from-1960s-Rural-Tasmania

"Across the continent, kangaroos represent a top-tier ecological problem stopping the regeneration of habitat and the sustainability of our food system. There is a way of addressing this that is a win-win-win-win+ situation, and yet it is being strenuously opposed… by the green side of politics…" Read our lead article for the new edition of Manna Matters here: https://mannagum.org.au/articles/Why-You-Should-Eat-Kangaroo