Free Settlers In Australia

Aboriginal culture is the oldest culture in the world, having made ways of managing their land and society that was sustainable and ensured good health.They have lived in Australia for nearly 60,000 years.While there was significant contact and trade between the diverse races who lived in this continent, there was no contact, no exchange of cultures or knowledge between Indigenous Australians and the rest of the world.

Human rights are the rights of humans, regardless of nationality, gender, race, or religion. We should all have this in common as we are all part of humanity. However, Indigenous people did not always have these rights (Ag.gov.au, 2015). Aside from basic human rights, Indigenous people also have their own rights specific to their culture. Before 1967, Indigenous people had different rights in different states and the Australian federal government did not have any jurisdiction over Aboriginal affairs until Australia’s constitution was amended for this purpose in 1967 (Moadoph.gov.au, 2015). Between 1900 and the present time, there have been significant changes to the rights of Indigenous Australians. The effects of the European Settlement on the Indigenous people of Australia have been devastating. When white people began arriving in Australia, the Aboriginal people believed them to be ghosts of ancestor spirits. However, once they realised the settlers were invading their land, the Aborigines became, understandably, hostile (Slater & Parish, 1999, pp.8-11). In 1788, the total Indigenous population was believed to be between 750,000 and one million. By 1888, the Indigenous population was reduced to around 80,000 Australia wide (Korff, 2014). The three main reasons for this dramatic decline were the introduction of new diseases, violent conflicts with the colonisers, and settlers acquiring Indigenous land (Digital, 2015). In 1848, the Board of National Education stated that it

Analyze the political, social, and economic continuities and changes in Australia from 1700 AD to the present. While Australia has politically gained independence since the 1700’s, their ethnicities have shifted to create a socially diverse country as they remain closely tied with the rest of the world in regards to global trade. Since Britain used to rule Australia in the 1700’s, Australia since has had revolutions that granted them political independence from a larger ruling body. This provides freedom for all of the inhabitants in Australia from an outside force. In addition to this, the ethnicities of Australia have been allowed to mix with those of the rest of the world as new people join the society of

Colonialism in Australia places a detrimental threat to the health of Indigenous Australians. Inherent in colonialism were scientific racisms, institutional racism and structural violence. These factors continues to persist in the fabric of Australian society today and limits the life chances of Indigenous Australians. This essay illuminates colonialism as a major contributor to the social marginalisation and low socioeconomic status experienced by indigenous Australian. An analysis of Aboriginal infant mortality rate, a health indicator highlights the difference between biomedical and sociological approach and the embedded negative impact of social marginalisation and low socioeconomic status on the health of Indigenous Australians. The

Arguably one of the most notable cases conducted in the Australian High Court, Mabo and others v Queensland (No2) (1992), or shortened to Mabo 2, holds prominent significance in Indigenous Australian history as being the first legal recognition of land rights for Indigenous Peoples under the common law system. Despite the court ruling in favour of Mabo, and additional legislation protecting First Peoples native title claims, little buffer presently exists to prevent land claims from being extinguished. The recent McGlade v Native Title Registrar (2017) decision stands to counter Indigenous Peoples’ rights, as well as amendments to the Native Title Act 1993 Cth to impeach on Indigenous communities’ livelihoods by the restriction of their entitlement

The settlement of white Europeans in Australia was one of the most notable yet swept-under-the-rug events in history, just like other instances of he theft of land from rightful indigenous people. To Australia, Europeans brought with them disease, violence, and widespread turmoil, but also mechanic technology and advancements in communication and medicine. There are multiple sides to this debate, from the perspective of a native Australian, European invasion was horrific and ruined the natural order in place within the land, but a modern white man may say that settlement increased international ties and evolved the nation and functionality of Aboriginal life with

Australian Aborigines have had a traditional relationship with their land since they first came to the Australian continent somewhere from 40,000 to 60,000 years ago to 120,000 years ago (9:9). Before Europeans came and settled the same land, the Aborigines had their own law system, trading systems, and way of caring for their land (12:1-2). Then the First Fleet of Europeans landed at Botany Bay in New South Wales in 1788. The expedition lead by the new Governor Phillip, but directed by King George the Third, was told to endeavor by every possible means to open intercourse with the natives, and to conciliate their affections, enjoining all our subjects to live in amity and kindness with them. And

The arrival of the British settlement meant the aboriginal people were forced off their land so the British could use the land for farming, grazing and they would use the water resources by doing this it created more problems for the Aboriginal people as they had no access to their food and water and they were already weakened by dieses that the British settlement had already introduced.

For an estimated sixty thousand years Indigenous people lived, surviving off the land, in what is now known as Australia. On January 26th 1788 the first British to settle Australia arrived at the location that is presently called Port Jackson near Sydney. This arrival marked the beginning of a new era in Aboriginal history that saw over the next two hundred years the forcible separation of indigenous people from their traditional homelands. It caused widespread devastation to their culture. This essay will examine why forced separation from traditional lands had such a devastating impact on Australian

Post World War II immigrants from northern European society have resulted in many different nationalities moving to Australia. The northern European migrants faced many different challenges before coming to Australia and moving to Australia, let alone the challenge of adapting to the Australian lifestyle. However, they have largely contributed in the nation’s multiculturalism, which still lasts today. This essay will outline how the northern European migrants contributed in Australia’s industrial progress, the causes and effects for these immigrants migrating to Australia and the impact they have made on Australian society. Between 1945 and 1965 more than two million settlers migrated to Australia. All of the different people from all over the world have made Australia their home and shaped it to be the country it is today.

This essay will focus on the descriptions of Australian landscapes in the views of two different communities: of the inhabitants of this land and of the new settlers, and how this influences their interaction with living in this country. Then, it will discuss how appropriation of the land by the British colonists influenced the environment and how the settlements affected both the settlers and the natives.

Asking the question "was European colonisation positive or negative?" Isn't straight forward. One thing that must be decided is who's perspective should be used? The only fair way to judge this without bias is to use all perspectives equally and set the base line of judgment with factual evidence and basic Principles of equality. The two primary perspectives are categories of the European settlers and the indigenous Australians. The reason these two should be emphasised as categories and not one perspective is they are comprised of thousands of people and each person will have a slightly varied view. Although the focus will be be on the separate nations and "categories" viewpoints with variation will be explored especially those that are drastically varied compared to the rest of the category.

The systematic notion of colonisation reaped in outcomes heavily impacting the Indigenous population through the means of health and housing. In current times, the burden of disease, poor socio-economic status and austere detriment of Indigenous Australians is verification to a history of colonisation and this continuing nature.

Imperialism in Australia greatly boosted British economy, the Penal colony housed thousands of convicts for Britain, the convicts were also assigned laborious jobs, such as mining, farming, fishing, raising livestock, and construction. All of these jobs provided a positive impact on the British Empire, when the Australians struck gold in the mid 19th century, convicts were present, along with the free miners, to mine gold, and much of the gold that the convicts mined went to Great Britain. Having such a large labor force boosted the economical success of Australia, Australians found the land easy to mine, the coast had damp soil, there was iron ore, copper and gold, along

This essay will describe what the Gammage Thesis is and how it impacts on the perception of pre-colonised Australian and its indigenous populations. The Gammage thesis is the theory that Australia in its entirety had been managed and shaped by the Aboriginal communities, tending to it as one might a private park. William Gammage, author of the book “The Biggest Estate on EARTH: How Aboriginals Made Australia” describes in great detail Australia’s environment before and after the British colonisation and the destruction of the native populations, as well as giving huge amounts of evidence supporting his theory.