Bulgandry In Australia

Abogrinal and Torres strait islanders culture is one of the oldest in Australia, they are strong, resilient, rich and diverse. They have a special connection to our land they are spiritually and intellectually connected to the land, sea, sky and waterways, they respect the land and where we live. When the British cam they were forced of the land and from their active hunter-gathering lifestyle. They were moved to reverses where they weren’t allowed to speak their language or practice their culture. When new laws were implemented it meant they had limited rights or self-determination, they were physically and sexually abused and lived in poverty as labourers and domestic workers. They were the first people to live in Australia, they kept their culture alive through; art,
There is a national reconciliation week that helps us build stronger and better relationships between indigenous people and the wider Australian community. The Aboriginals go back 50,000 years. The British were unable to recognise the rights of the aboriginals and the connection they had with their land. They declared the land they were living on, was terra nullius which means the land belonged to nobody. When the colonisation happened by 1920 there was only 60,00 abogrinal and Torres strait islanders. When the British settlement happened, between 1910-1970 the abogrinal children were taken away from their families. The colonisation had a devasting impact on the indigenous people. Between 1788-1900 the indigenous population had dropped by 90%. Around 3 out of 4 indigenous people didn’t make it through the colonisation. The colonisation had introduced new diseases such as; small pox, measles and influenza. It was estimated that around 20,000 aboriginals where killed as a result of the violence. In 1835, john batman who was a pastoralist and explorer tried to make a treaty with the