...Since the European invasion of Australia in 1788, there have been many severe and devastating impacts on Indigenous people. First came the arrival of strangers who carried new diseases and involvement in violent conflict, which resulted in the death of a vast number of Aboriginal people. This colonisation also brought a lot of destruction to the native flora and fauna as they were building new houses and settlements on the sacred land of the aboriginal people, as well as many new introduced species to the australian environment. The impact of the white settlers changed the indigenous communities and the lives of the future generations forever. When settlers arrived in Australia they brought with them a number of European diseases so when contact was made with the aboriginals their immune system was unfamiliar to these diseases so their population decreased rapidly. The major cause of many of these diseases was when the convicts and settlers were ship transported this making it spread easily and due to the lack of education and knowledge of how the diseases are treated the aborigines had no way to cure their symptoms this then leading to death among tribes. when the europeans came to australia the main objective of the colonisation was to clear the lands of Aboriginal people to enable development of the land. Poisoned flour was distributed to Aboriginal people, and introduced diseases such as measles, chickenpox and influenza which had dramatic effects on people who did not...
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...THE IMPACTS ON ABORIGINAL PEOPLE AFTER THE FIRST FLEET ARRIVED European settlement had a severe and devastating impact on Indigenous people. Their dispossession of the land, exposure to new diseases and involvement in violent conflict, resulted in the death of a vast number of the Aboriginal peoples. The small percentage of Aboriginal people who did not die during these early decades of the colony, were not unaffected. The impact of the white settlers changed their lives, and the lives of future generations, forever. It is believed that at least 750 000 Aboriginal people were living in Australia at the time of Captain Cook's arrival. These people were divided into around 600 different tribes and had hundreds of different languages. Archaeological evidence suggests that the ancestors of the modern Indigenous people of Australia migrated to the continent more than 50 000 years ago. Isolated from external influences, the Aboriginal peoples developed their own way of life, in accordance with their religious and spiritual beliefs of the Dreamtime. Despite knowing of the existence of these peoples, the British considered the Australian continent to be a terra nullius under English law. Terra nullius is a Latin term meaning 'land belonging to no one.' Eight years later, the British went ahead with their plans to establish a penal colony in New South Wales. On 26 January 1788, the First Fleet, led by Captain Arthur Phillip, arrived in Sydney Cove. The dispossession of Aboriginal peoples...
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... germany would invade belgium and tae france than russia the name of the first federal immigration policy the immigartion restriction act what were the rights given to australians through thye commonwealth franchise act voting rights which social legilastion established a minimum wage ? the harvester judgement wwi began in 1914 in which country to australians fight on the westernt front france what is the date of anzac day 25 april what is conscription compulsory military service the british campaign at gallipoli took place in which country turkey wjich primeminester unsuccessfully introduced constription billy hughes investigat the myall creek massacre in detail, why is it inmportant in australian history ? on june 10 1838 a group of white men murderd 28 aborginal men women and chilren. although it was not the first massacre of aborginials this played a significant part in australian history becuase it was the first time that white men were arressted , charged and hanged for the murder of aborginals. what was the schlieffen plan and why did it fail germanys plan to win world war1 quickly. this plan failed because it releid on...
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...Before I start what I have recently learnt I would like to say thank you Cat for opening my eyes to what the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people went through. Disenfranchised grief - This is grief that is not acknowledged by society, this is where society feels uncomfortable when you talk about your grief. Society makes you feel like you cant talk about what you have gone through and feel like you shouldn't ask for support, it makes you feel alone and think that you are in the wrong for feeling the way you do because society says so. Firstly I looked at the Massacres the one that happened in Myall Creek in 1838 where the white settlers murdered 28 Aboriginal men, women and children. I then came across another Massacre that happened in Warrigal Creek in Victoria in 1843 where there were 150 to 170 people killed over a five day period. This was over the killing of one person named...
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...Keating from the beginning makes apparent through his use of generalised clichés and deliberate provocativeness his critical beliefs of Australia’s social and political standards. This is showcased in his statement “Truly the land of the fair go and the better chance…”, “this is a fundamental trust that we are what we should be”. Like Sadat, Keating recognises through combination of the repetitive anaphora and metaphor “We brought the disease. The alcohol… we committed the murders … we took the children from their mothers”, suggests how white Australia has struggled to understand the atrocities they had committed. For example, The Myall Creek Massacre (1838) which involved the killing of up to thirty unarmed indigenous Australians by ten white Europeans. Keating is able to challenge the audience by combining strong, direct lexicon “We failed to ask – how would I feel if this where done to me” to convey the rhetorical message that appeals to the audiences sense of pathos. This is related to Sadat as he too began to challenge his audience by affirming numerous rhetorical questions relating to a sense of human emotion. I agree that Keating’s speech was able to challenge the audience with complex ideas by...
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