dingos eating babies ... not considered funny either

Oops.

So are there any parts of Australia in particular I should try and avoid so I won't be stuck with a bunch of racist people?

I hate snakes, hate spiders and the Taipan snake really freaks me out(it strikes several times and can even hunt you down for a short while if it feels threaten!). I still remember how some Australian school teachers told me that they would have to look for red small snakes behind the kids toilet before letting the kids in the school go to the toilet.... That is just scary man.

Australia? Naaaah not for now

So are there any parts of Australia in particular I should try and avoid so I won't be stuck with a bunch of racist people?

Only the inhabited parts.

Not sure what you mean about aboriginals? There's a lot of racism directed towards them unfortunately, and a lot of them are from poor / uneducated backgrounds, so many people associate crime/theft with them. I guess it's much the same as many areas in America where a shopkeeper would keep an eye on a black customer in instinctual racism...
They do get a lot of sympathy from some people though, such as us choosing to refer to "Australia Day" as "Invasion Day", because it marks the beginning of British colonisation. They weren't regarded as actually being human, so colonisation involved a lot of... bad... stuff against them, basically genocide in some areas. As late as the 70's, their children were being forcibly adopted to try and breed them out, which we now call the Stolen Generations. A lot of right-wing people will flatly deny that any of this bad stuff even happened, kind of like holocaust deniers.
If you meet one of these deniers, or just a general racist, then yes, conversations about aboriginals will likely turn into arguments.

That was pretty much what I meant. My experience was that even among otherwise relatively liberal, educated white australians, the aboriginals were the target of a lot of resentment, if not outright racism.

TBF, it's pretty similar in NZ wrt to Maori, and it's seen as socially acceptable because of the "government handouts" given to Maori as part of treaty settlements. How paying an indigenous people for land you stole from them after you signed a treaty agreeing to pay for it is seen as a handout is beyond me, but I digress.

Speaking of which, depending on the region, there is a lot of general racism in Australia. Some people will simply hate you because you don't have a European name, or European skin. They'll blame you for their problems, lump you in with illegal immigrants, criminals and terrorists, and will fear you and slander you

Being Irish, I was pretty much ok on that front, apart from one incident. When I first arrived, I worked in a call centre for a few weeks (thanks, working holiday visa! ). One customer took exception to my otherwise charming phone manner, called me a "dumb irish c#$t" and told me to "f@#k off back to where I came from". I told him I might be a dumb irish c#$t, but I wasn't stupid enough to insult someone with access to my name, address and bank details, then hung up. Nearly got fired, but it was so worth it.

I know two things about Australia, neither of which should have an impact on you moving there but are fun nevertheless:

-Australians have invented an electrolyte-rich beer which helps you avoid hangovers.

-A particular brand of beer used to come in a bottle that a particular species of beetle was just desperate to have sex with.

The last one caused a pretty big population disturbance in that species of beetle, if I remember correctly.

TBF, it's pretty similar in NZ wrt to Maori, and it's seen as socially acceptable because of the "government handouts" given to Maori as part of treaty settlements. How paying an indigenous people for land you stole from them after you signed a treaty agreeing to pay for it is seen as a handout is beyond me, but I digress.

A lot of the is due to the fact that claims that have been settled get re-opened and repaid. Some tribes have received several final payments, all of which they've unwisely decide to just payout directly to their people who have simply squandered it and asked for more. Ngai Tahu in the south island were about the only tribe that had the sense to use the money and land they were given to from a company to manage the finances. Now it's worth millions (possibly billions) and the tribe members get dividends as if they were investors.

Buy anyway, there have been several dates given for when all claims would be settled my with no further claims heard, and that has been pushed back and back. A lot of people just want some resolution so that the nation can progress as one people, not two.

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-A particular brand of beer used to come in a bottle that a particular species of beetle was just desperate to have sex with.

I guess Aussie males of all species are about the same... not too bright, and obsessed with sex.