Why The British Colonisation Of Australia
The British Colonisation of Australia
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The Aboriginal Australian species originated from Africa approximately 200,000 years ago and migrated to Asia 70,000 years ago then continued to Australia 50,000 years ago.
Before 1788 only the Indigenous people of Australia - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, populated Australia. In 1788 Aboriginal people inhabited the whole of Australia and Torres Strait Islanders lived on the islands between Australian and Papua New Guinea, in what is now called the Torres Strait.
Originally there were two migratory groups of Aborigines that both migrated out of Africa. The first wave travelled from the eastern Africa to the area of the east coast of the Mediterranean. While the others migrated firstly to Central Asia then later on made their way to the North- West coast of Australia and Papa …show more content…
Martial law is declared in Bathurst NSW after Indigenous Australians becomes a serious threat to white settlement.
Between 1788 and 1900, the Aboriginal population was reduced by 90%. Three main reasons for this was the introduction of new diseases, loss of land and loss of people through direct fighting with the colonizers.
The most immediate consequence of British settlement was the appearance of European diseases. Most were epidemic diseases such as chickenpox, smallpox, influenza and measles. As these diseases were infectious, they spread very quickly and killed many Aboriginal people since they did not have the immunity to the diseases that were common to the European. In large Aboriginal communities, the diseases spread even more quickly. However, small pox was for most the worst disease since it wiped out entire Aboriginal tribes. As you can see in the graph below in only 9 months from during 1925 in Milwaykee, the infectious disease killed approximately 92 people in only one
Timeline:
The Aboriginal Australian species originated from Africa approximately 200,000 years ago and migrated to Asia 70,000 years ago then continued to Australia 50,000 years ago.
Before 1788 only the Indigenous people of Australia - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, populated Australia. In 1788 Aboriginal people inhabited the whole of Australia and Torres Strait Islanders lived on the islands between Australian and Papua New Guinea, in what is now called the Torres Strait.
Originally there were two migratory groups of Aborigines that both migrated out of Africa. The first wave travelled from the eastern Africa to the area of the east coast of the Mediterranean. While the others migrated firstly to Central Asia then later on made their way to the North- West coast of Australia and Papa …show more content…
Martial law is declared in Bathurst NSW after Indigenous Australians becomes a serious threat to white settlement.
Between 1788 and 1900, the Aboriginal population was reduced by 90%. Three main reasons for this was the introduction of new diseases, loss of land and loss of people through direct fighting with the colonizers.
The most immediate consequence of British settlement was the appearance of European diseases. Most were epidemic diseases such as chickenpox, smallpox, influenza and measles. As these diseases were infectious, they spread very quickly and killed many Aboriginal people since they did not have the immunity to the diseases that were common to the European. In large Aboriginal communities, the diseases spread even more quickly. However, small pox was for most the worst disease since it wiped out entire Aboriginal tribes. As you can see in the graph below in only 9 months from during 1925 in Milwaykee, the infectious disease killed approximately 92 people in only one