Writer claims Britain for his mourning people

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An Aboriginal writer from Australia raised the red and black Australian Aboriginal flag on the white cliffs of Dover claiming Britain on behalf of all Aboriginals.

Burnham Burnham staked his claim Jan. 26 while the rest of Australia was celebrating its 200th birthday. Australian Aboriginals claimed the celebrations were a ritual of mourning for their people who died in the thousands when the country was settled by Europeans shortly after it was "discovered" by Cpt. Cook in 1788.