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Colonialism In The Austral Realm Analysis
Colonialism in the Austral Realm
To go back and colonize Australia again things would turn out differently. The first record of Europeans arriving on Australia’s waters was around 1606 then 54 more European ships arrived between 1606 and 1770, destruction and illnesses seemed to follow. Redoing that colonization would result in less people being killed from disease, starvation and just plain cruelty, animal life and vegetation would be prosperous, along with a vibrant culture.
With starting from scratch and recolonizing Australia the city of Melbourne would be a good place to start, it is protected from very large ships entering into the Bass Strait’s due to it being around 50 meters deep, and the water in the Bass Strait also has notoriously
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The Aboriginal people would be left to teach and live as they saw fit, allowing them to feed off the land, share their traditions, language and history with anyone they chose. The Aboriginal people believe that the land and the things on the land are sacred and secret, outside people are not allowed to know traditions or even see artworks except for a “select few people, after reaching a proper level of knowledge of Aboriginal history” (Johnson, 2013) are then allowed to see the …show more content…
The port is also shared with the Department of Defense’s Royal Australian Navy and also several national and international cruise ships make Port Eden as a stopover. The city of Melbourne is the capital and the second most populated city in Australia and is also home to Australia’s best and oldest Victorian university, museums, wildlife and access to the small islands in Bass Strait. Melbourne also “prides itself on its more interesting architecture and more cultured ways,” (de Blij, Muller, Nijman, 2013, Page, 450) in all of Australia, Melbourne has become a diversified economy with finance, manufacturing, research, IT, transportation and tourism.
Australia today has become more diversified and civilized then when ships first came to Australia in the 1600’s, when they brought with them disease and destruction that spread throughout the entire continent. But, even though the damage has already been done and we are unable to replace what has been lost, we can go forward and continually make improvements and work to save the history and environment of Australia now.

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