Good Place To Die

Buchan and Heath argue that the term terra nullius was used to create a false construct of Australia and it’s Aboriginal people. Terra Nullius resulted in Britain justifying illegal colonisation of Aboriginal land and denigrating Aboriginal Australians by ignoring their sovereignty despite failing to either conquer or form treaties with Aboriginal Australia people.

In 1788 when the European settlers “colonised” Australia, the Australian land was known as “terra nullius” which means “land belonging to no-one”. This decision set the stage for the problems and

Importantly for Australia has been the take over of land by the British under the doctrine of

The Eureka Stockade, lead by Peter Lalor, is viewed as the birthplace of Australia’s political system. It was a key event in history that changed the democracy of Australia forever.

The social views towards Aboriginal people portrayed in the film are far more destructive than those in the novel. In the time period of the film, 1931, the Chief Protector of Aboriginals in Western Australia, A.O. Neville, strongly believes in trying to ‘breed out’ the Aboriginal blood by forcibly removing half-caste children, who are half Aboriginal and half European from their homes and putting them in institutions such as Moore River Settlement in order to stop them from marrying members of their own race. The underlying purpose of ‘Moore River Settlement’ becomes especially clear when Neville explains to potential sponsors of the facility “the continual infiltration of blood will be bred out….in spite of himself, the native must be helped”. This mindset about Native Australians and the idea of trying to eliminate them for their own benefit is of great contrast to the one presented in the novel.

This meeting was the culmination of ten years’ action by new south wales aboriginals agonist the policies of the aborigines protection board.

From 1810 to 1821, New South Wales was governed by Lachlan Macquarie who later would be called “The Father of Australia”. Macquarie was among the first military governors of New South Wales and the last aristocratic governor of this territory. Macquarie vision was to transform New South Wales from a traditional penal convict establishment to a society that was more reflective of the English lifestyle. Macquarie

Ivan Milat is often considered Australia’s worst serial killer of modern times as he is infamous for the “Backpack Murders” spanning from 1989 to 1992. Yet his two year manhunt didn’t start until September 19, 1992 when a man taking part in an orienteering event discovered a decomposing corpse in the Belanglo State Forest. The police found a second body the next day and started a thorough search which resulted in investigators ruling out the possibility of further discoveries. In October 1993, a local Bruce Pryor discovered a human skull and thigh bone which resulted in the police finding two more bodies. After finding multiple bodies over the next year, the authorities still remained stumped by the case until in November 13, 1993 when the

Albury Wodonga is a known Aboriginal re settlement area, this was decided around the 1960s or 70’s by the government at that time with the reasoning that in this area Indigenous Australians would have good access to healthcare, employment, education and other services. Albury- Wodonga is home to over 85,000 people and Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders make up around 2% of this number (AMS profile, 2011.

The Eureka stockade has changed a lot of our history, life would not be the same. We have learned everything about the stockade and the gold is still being mined to this day. The Eureka Stockade rebellion was the first of its kinds against British authority in Australia. It was a brief bloody battle which led to historic reforms for prospectors and government. Today, people ask what, where and when was the Eureka stockade built, what were the main grievances of the miners, who were the main leaders of this rebellion, account for the actual battle, what was the eventual results of this important moment in Australia’s history and finally how did the Eureka Stockade transform Australia?

Most of all Australians living in Australia today have once been apart of the movement of people, some may have migrated here some may have moved here millions of years ago but one fascinating area of study is the movement of convicts. Convicts that adventured out to Australia in 1978 to 1798 was a British idea to colonies Australia and fixed the problem’s in England at the time. These issues were brought upon by the Industrial revolution, as rising prison population led to the government at the time resolving it, by the transportation of criminals to Australia. This is were the story of colonization of our great country begins. So welcome to the Convicts exhibition were we will look at primary and secondary sources that pushed and pulled

Noel Pearson’s speech ‘an Australian history for us all’ discusses his approach to trying to solve some of the most systemic problems facing Australian Aboriginals today. The speakers are successful in understanding the ideas and values of the speech. Through the uses of various language techniques and context, Pearson’s speech details the struggles of the relationship between the first European settlers and Aboriginal Australians.

On the Thursday 1st of October 1863 the 'Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser', re-published an article from the ‘Yass Courier’, once again in regards to the burning of John O’Meally’s families homestead and public house, conducted arbitrarily by the NSW Police. However, in what could only be described as sympathetic comment from this particular correspondent writing from the ‘Yass Courier’, who furthermore, may also be the same gentleman who wrote the earlier article on Ben Hall’s path to bushranging, and of Hall’s current notoriety, again broached the subject of the burning of Hall’s former home in the article, however, it must be remembered that Ben Hall no longer held any equity in the Sandy Creek property, as ownership was relinquished after September of 1862.

Ironically, the civilised people who brought the ‘improvements’ could not cope to live in peace with the natives, where countless Aboriginal lives vanished under the ‘superior’ governance of the new settlers. Regardless which part of the continent including Tasmania, the history has shown many unfair

In what ways does Governor Brisbane’s Proclamation of Martial Law provide insights into the nature of conflict between Aborigines and settlers in the frontier areas around Bathurst in 1824?