The White Man's Impact On Australia

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The effect of the white men landing upon Australia has had an everlasting impact on Australia's movements in a good way but in some ways bad considering the hidden history that isn't advertised out to the public's eye. When Captain Arthur Phillip landed in Australia he did not realize that they weren't the only ones there and that was the way new history was made and undoubtfully the horrible type.

Indigenous Australians lived peacefully before the invasion of white people.

Topic 1: Before the white people came

A - Before the white people came the Aboriginals lived a simple harmonious life.
E - The one thing that made the aboriginals as significant as they are is their love of culture. Before the white people came they would sing and dance …show more content…

Aboriginals. After this was going through that’s when the murders started happening… mascaras acquired where the white people would sneak into where they lived and kill them all as to teach them a lesson that they are not the ones in charge anymore. Then that's when people started forcing themselves on others which are in some ways a physical impact but more a mentally and self-esteem impact. The last thing that happened was the loss of land which is still now affecting aboriginals as some are homeless nowadays, many were lost with bewilderment that they got kicked off their own turf. I- It is estimated that between 1788 and 1900, the indigenous population of Australia was reduced by …show more content…

Another struggle they had to face was the amount of land they lost, they lost their homes, their tribes this made it difficult because they then had no community to turn to when they were in need of help or assistance I - "around about 2.5% of the Australian population are homeless aboriginals" R - This quote is from a website that is referring to nowadays, they are homeless because firstly they obviously have no home and secondly because of the misuse of drugs and alcohol. This is just proving my point that this whole abuse scandal is still going on because it affecting some of the aboriginal population. C - This issue is going to be ongoing as it is not the only country wide its personal as most aboriginal people don’t know their grandparents or their history. This will affect every

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