The colonization of Australia

Who was there before the Europeans arrived?

Before the Europeans arrived in 1788, northern Sydney was occupied by different aboriginal clans. It is estimated that over 750,000 Aboriginal people lived in Australia in 1788.

Who was there before the Europeans arrived?

What did their society look like

What did their society look like?

The aboriginal people had no chiefs. They showed both hierarchical and egalitarian tendencies, but they were classless. The aboriginals believed that the world was made by their ancestors in the beginning of time which they called the dreamtime. Women had important roles when it came to religious rituals. The traditional economies focused on subsistence. Their lifestyle created a culture that valued sharing as a virtue. They traded things like pearls, boomerangs, and tools which were traded in tribal gatherings or over large distances. The aboriginal lived in small family groups. They had roles that took place in education, law, and resource management.

How did they get in european control?

How did they get in european control?

It first began when Lt James Cook arrived in 1770. His instructions were to take possession of the land if it was uninhabited or to gain the consent of the people living there. Lt Cook declared the land unoccupied even though he knew the area was well populated. Soon after the first fleet arrived in January 1788 whose mission was to take control of Terra Australia for establishment.

What motivated the Europeans to colonize Australia?

The thing that motivated them was that the British wanted to expand their empire, and they needed a place to put their prisoners. Since America became independent they needed somewhere else to place the convicts due to their prisons being overcrowded.

What motivated the Europeans to colonize Australia?

How did colonial rule change society or people’s everyday lives?

Some of the changes Aboriginals faced were waves of epidemic diseases like measles and smallpox. They feared for their lives due to massacres in forms of mass Shootings and even driving people off cliffs. Not only that but they had to leave their land and often had no source of food or water.

How did colonial rule change society or people’s everyday lives

How did the Europeans justify their control over the area?

How did the Europeans justify their control over the area

They justified it by thinking that Europeans were superior to others and some didn't consider indigenous people to be “people”.

How did the control methods affect the Aboriginal people?

Research Question

How did the control methods affect the Aboriginal people? The methods include poisoning, shooting, and starving. Not only that but they drove groups of people off cliffs and offered people food laced with poisons like arsenic. Between 1788 and 1900 the Aboriginal population was reduced by almost 90%. The drastic decline was the result of all the control methods and the Europeans kicking out the people from their land with no food or water.

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