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When the British arrived in 1788 roughly 500,000 Aboriginal people lived on the continent of Australia. Today only 270,000 remain. Governor Macquarie, tried to do what he described as “civilize” them, which meant

Buchan and Heath (2006) argue that Indigenous Australian people could never meet these British standards of ‘civilisation’ because it was built on a ‘solidly Eurocentric template’ of what constitutes a State, property, and cultivation, therefore, the term ‘savage’ was possible constructed to aid the description of Australia as terra nullius, rather than

Also the population rapidly decreased because of “indiscriminate slaughter… and punitive expeditions” (Encyclopaedia of Australia, 1973)

The impact of British colonisation resulted in Australia being declared 'terra-nullius' 'land belonging to no-one' and Aboriginal peoples were subject to policies of dispossession and protectionism in a bid to the eventual demise of all facets of their traditional culture. (http://www.bookrags.com/essay-2005/3/2/5583/41950, 2005) The policy of 'terra

European settlement had a negative impact on the Indigenous Australians and it provided a catalyst for the destruction of Indigenous society. The impact of European settlement on the Indigenous people of Australia was disastrous due to many things such as taking land that belonged to the Aboriginal people. Though there were some attempts to understand each culture, it led to various massacres and conflicts around Australia which had caused a decline in the Aboriginal population. Apart from the violence, the Europeans had brought diseases to Australia which wiped out generations at a time and had a dramatic effect on the

Flannery delves into the formation of the continent, the evolution of its species, the origin of the aboriginal people, the arrival and development of European society, and the possible future of the continent and its people. While many of it is an accurate description of the country and provides a good background, a visit to the land itself would more accurately provide an idea of the state of Australia.12 The experience of the aboriginal people became very hard as a result of European colonization. Some were wiped out by war and disease, others left their land to avoid this. Some left willingly, others were forced.

From the underhanded acts of dispossession to the unintentional carriage of diseases, European settlement had an significant impact on the indigenous people of Australia. With neither party backing down and the indigenous people being throughly disadvantaged with their lack of technology, it is easy to say that the European settlement of Australia had a significant impact on them. Along with convicts and new technology, the First Fleet in 1788 also brought many diseases to the shores of the unknown land that is now called Australia. A disease like influenza that is now non-fatal in the modern era was deadly back in the day, even to the Europeans who had the more advanced technology at the time.

In Chapter 15, “Yali’s People,” of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, the author explains that although Native Australians showed a head start with some early technology, they were soon conquered by Europe. Diamond goes on to explain why and how Australia and New Guinea became to be seen as “backward” states. Diamond explains that although there was a rise in population due to the development of agriculture, they were unable to progress as much as Europeans due to biological and geographical factors.

Diamond uses the Darwinism approach to explore the theory of human existence as he explained how humans evolved from apes and then later evolved into humans, which gives readers a perspective on the Darwinism theory. After Diamond discuss the Darwinism theory, he goes on to state how five continents developed and talks about the settlement of the first people. Austria and New Guinea were one of the first places humans occupied. Australia and New Guinea were not settled until the last Great Leap Forward (44). When the leap forward occurred humans started to live in in Australia and New Guiana which were a joined continent at the time because ocean levels were low. New Guiana and Australia were one of the most developed continents before the creation of other continents. Diamond argues that Australia and New Guinea had the earliest watercrafts in the world, and many were creating paintings as early as the Cro-Magnons in Europe and Australia. New Guinea had the power to develop faster than all the other continents, but environmental factors took place causing the downfall of the two. As Diamond refers to New Guinea and Australia, he also refers to the discovery of the Americas and the first colonization. He then discusses the discovery of Eurasia as a single continent. Because Antarctica was not discovered until the 19th century, Diamond chose to omit Antarctica. Readers learn that there was an extinction of large animals throughout the continents such as Australia

Throughout history, the circumstances that people were born into were not equal. While some people were born on hospitable lands where people and animals could flourish, others were born on desolate and isolated lands that proved unsuitable for livestock. These uncontrollable circumstances as well as others, such as climate, created the different types of lifestyles that people have adopted. Through the book Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond illustrates the five themes of world history by explaining how a chain of effects starting from the first people interacting with their given environments and resources led to how they live in the present. While for the world it may seem apparent that one group of people seems to have the upper hand in the social hierarchy, Diamond shows his view that, in actuality, it only became this way because of the conditions that different groups of people had to cope with in the past.

In Chapter 15, “Yali’s People,” of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, the author explains that although Native Australians showed a head start with some early technology, they were soon conquered by Europe. Diamond goes on to explain why and how Australia and New Guinea became to be seen as “backward” states. Diamond explains that although there was a rise in population due to the development of agriculture, they were unable to progress as much as Europeans due to biological and geographical factors.

In the book, “Guns, Germs and Steel” by Jared Diamond, Part Two talks about the roots of guns, germs, and steel, geographical differences relating to food production, causes of the spread of food production, development of ancient crops that are still used today, and domestication. Jared Diamond mostly likes to talk about the development of the Eurasian society and why they are more powerful. Instead of proximate causes that get straight to the point, he takes a different route that leads to ultimate causes. Ultimate causes go deeper in information and include many details unlike proximate causes. He does this and ultimately bothers with ultimate causes because proximate causes are common and shallow explanations. Ultimate causes trace

Jared Diamond is a professor of Geography at UCLA and a world traveler. He believes that in the past 13,000 years of human history, agriculture has lead humans to conquer, develop and prosper and therefore cause the rise of civilizations. In 1972 he was in New Guinea when he met a local named Yali who asked him a simple question that took years for Diamond to answer. Yali said “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo [goods] and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own”. [Work cited 7] Diamond was profoundly puzzled and couldn’t answer right away. In fact it took him many years to come up with what he thinks is the right answer. ‘Yali’s question’ plays a central role in Professor Diamond’s enquiry into ‘a short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years’, leading him into a wide-ranging discussion of the history of human evolution and diversity through a study of migration, socio-economic and cultural adaptation to environmental conditions, and technological diffusion. (Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel, p. 22-23)

The geographic location of where someone lives determines the climate and weather. Certain crops can only grow in very specific weather conditions. Not being able to grow any crops can make gathering food a hard task that takes a lot of time and energy to accomplish. The time that was spent on gathering food could have been spent on other things to help develop your civilization. Two places that have very different weather conditions are Papua New Guinea and the Fertile Crescent. Papua New Guinea is a tropical place with lots of rainfall and only one season while Fertile Crescent is semi-arid with four seasons. The difference in weather conditions greatly affects What

Australia was a great place to live until the Russians reunited the Soviet Union. They launched nukes at the USA and then started to take over the rest of Asia. They conquered Asia in less than five months and then moved on to Europe. They had no problem taking over Europe except for Germany who held strong. The SU, Soviet Union, eventually gave up and nuked Germany. The only real problem was when they moved onto Africa. The people of africa had the advantage because the SU wasn’t used to the climate.