How Did The First Fleet In Sydney Impact The Local Aboriginal Population

The Impact Britain had and a negative side and a positive but we can say that they had more of a negative impactWhen colonizing Australia they were introduced with to new plants, animals and many more new undiscovered things. In some cases they had a devastating effect. Destruction an deforestation occurred during when Britain colonized Australia, most habitats were cleared for settlements which impacted negatively.Colonisation by the British had an lasting effect on the Aborigines, their culture, way of life, freedom and their future.When the British conquered the Aborigines were disposed from their land and goods. The Aborigines were forced out of their hunting grounds and stayed away from the coastal area where they possessed a lot

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have had many impacts on their culture since European settlement in Australia. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were seen to be savages with no civilisation and as such Australia was seen as ‘Terra Nullius’. With European settlement Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders saw a loss of their land and culture, labour exploitation, introduced diseases, change of diet and a loss in their rights as a citizen and as a human being. Many laws and policies were introduced which controlled an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders life, many things for which we take for granted today. Things such as residence, employment, marriage, social and daily life were all restricted. Most notably was the laws introduced that allowed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children to be forcibly removed from their families.

By 1850, Indigenous Australians were disempowered, dispossessed and devastated by the European invasion of Australia. Whilst white settlement occurred the British colonies and had an impact on the Aboriginal people. Both the British and the Aborigines lead a level of cooperation amongst them.

During the 1800’s until the 1920s, the Aboriginal population digressed from nearly 500,000 members to roughly 30,000 because of those whom were new within the land, such as private settlers, colonial authorities, and squatters. During this prolong amount of time, only 20,000 members of the Aborigine society was murdered and between 20,000 to 35,000 children were removed from the families. The aborigines were considered as the inferior individuals within Australia. They were often referred to as “dispersed kangaroos” because of their distinctive features and their actions (such as bathing with sand) that demonstrated to the squatters that they were something rather than human beings (55). The settlers proclaimed that the

In 1770 Colonisation interrupted over 500 different First Peoples nations in Australia with the introduction of foreign

Whether or not Aboriginal people had left the land to dry for itself is not our concern here. Nor is the aim of this paper to prove the English were right in claiming sovereignty over Australian land, since there is much proof they hadn't even been the first Europeans to meet with "terra nullius". Nevertheless, as history speaks for itself, there's clear evidence Aboriginal people endured immense changes during colonization years, on the land where they stood, cultures unshaken, for thousands of years, before Europe had a say in that. Indeed, what we aim for is to examine some ideas perpetrated along the years in regards to the devastating effects that emerged once the first ship of colonizers arrived.

T.L Mitchell in a Journal of Expedition outlines the impacts of the introduced animals “by thus treading the water into mud, or by drinking it up, they literally destroy the whole country for the Aborigines, and thereby also banish from it the kangaroos, emus, and other animals on which they live… that our ‘clove foot’ should appear everywhere.”. However Aboriginals fought for their land and adopted many of the European tactics like letters and protests. British settlement led to a reduction of access to land and water sources for the Indigenous people which reduced their

The first boat people to arrive in Australia seeking permanent residence probably did so some 40,000 years ago; we say probably because some authorities believe that the aborigines walked across a land bridge.(1)

The British invasion on the 26th of January, 1788 is nothing to celebrate. Prior to British settlement, more than 500 Indigenous nations inhabited the Australian continent, approximately 750,000 people in total. It is estimated that between 1788 and 1900, the Indigenous population of Australia

Australia is often presented as a heroic and extraordinary tale of triumph that changed this nation, but many refuse or are ignorant of the horrific slaughter and massacres of the Aboriginal people. This exhibition depicts the bloody and gruesome side of Australian History that many Australians are unaware of. The start of European settlement during 1788 to the start of the Australian nation being born in 1901, led a trail of massacres, inhumane treatment, enslavement and racism started by the first settlers and passed onto generations of white Australians. The First Settlers refused to understand the Aboriginal way of life as they were believed to be racially inferior and unfit to adapt towards the European lifestyle led to the Europeans

Since the beginning of civilising Australia, the Aboriginal people have been troubled and trapped into an unfamiliar world, ever since the devastating European Invasion of Australia, which took place in the year of 1788. Along with the settlement of the English people to Australia, several diseases were brought which dramatically decreased the population of the native-aboriginals. Statistics state that between the years of ‘1788 to 1900’, the indigenous population of Australia was decreased by a devasting percentage of 90%. Some of the diseases which were brought, such as smallpox, tuberculosis, influenza, measles, whooping cough and the common cold as well. As time passed, the British continued to expand and colonise Australia whilst driving

I agree with you Sharon, the colonization brought a rapid change’s in the aboriginal community that left a huge impact not only in their culture but also in the health of indigenous community. The introduction of new disease, settler acquisition of indigenous lands and the direct and violent conflict with the colonizers are the three main reason for the dramatic decline of the population and reduce chances of survival among indigenous Australians. Their traditional lifestyle suffered greatly from loss of many friends and family from the disease and their spirit for life, strong kinship system and their links with past generation began to suffer that resulted to breakdown of many traditions (Skwirk, 2016). They also suffered from discrimination

In the late eighteenth century prior to the arrival of the first European settlers, Australia was once believed to be a terra nullius, an uninhabited “nothing land.” The European colonizers of Australia sought to make something of this land they believed they had discovered. Operating under this false notion, colonizers systematically invaded and conquered Australia, imposing their own ways onto the land and its original custodians, the Aboriginal people. The introduction of western settlements disrupted much of Aboriginal life. In a publication titled, Is it in the Blood? Australian Aboriginal Identity, author Myrna Ewart Tonkinson discusses Western imperialism and its implications on Aboriginal identity.

The arrival of Arthur Phillip’s first fleet in 1778 and the following arrivals of convicts and free settlers during the nineteenth century has been known as ‘the settlement of Australia’ a term believed to be a racial and cultural bias. Due to our history being dominated by the white man, and the influence of the concept of ‘terra nullius’, we are brought up to believe, from a European point of view, that the settlement was peaceful, and lawfully correct. However, being recorded as the first nation genocide, the word invasion best suits this colonization. In 2017 this argument is still debated, as protest and outcries attempt to force Australia to change its national day from the 26th of January to another date, as many indigenous

The Sydney area has been inhabited by indigenous Australians for at least 30,000 years.[9] The first British settlers, led by Captain Arthur Phillip, arrived in 1788 to found Sydney as a penal colony, the first European settlement in Australia.[10] Since convict transportation ended in the mid-19th century, the city has transformed from a colonial outpost into a major global cultural and economic centre. As at June 2015 Sydney's estimated population was 4.92