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What was the first reaction of the aboriginal people to the first fleet?
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The initial reaction of the Aborigines was curiosity.
Some thought that the strange white men might be ghosts of their ancestors. After that, there was a mixture of hostility, suspicion and friendliness, depending upon the reactions of the European settlers.
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What were the living conditions like for aboriginal woman and children on the first fleet to Australia?
There were no aboriginal women and children on the First Fleet to Australia. The Aborigines were alresy in Australia, while the First Fleet came from England.
How did the First Fleet change things?
It began the British colonisation of the Australian continent and the dispossession of the Aboriginal people
Were there any people who lived in Australia before the first fleet?
Prior to the arrival of the First Fleet of convicts from England, Australia was inhabited by an ancient race of people now referred to as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
What is the first fleet's importance to Australia?
The First Fleet was the fleet in which the first permanent settlers travelled to Australia. Consisting of convicts, marines and officers, the members of the First Fleet literally built Australia from nothing but bushland. Australia Day celebrates the arrival of the First Fleet and the beginning of European colonisation of the continent. Unfortunately, the First Fleet is also important to the indigenous people of Australia, as it signifies the beginning of their displacement from their own tribal lands, and the resultant loss of aboriginal culture.
Where did the people from the First Fleet come from?
The people on the First Fleet were from England and Ireland.
What was the reaction of the First Fleet?
It established the military base in Australia as directed.
Where did the First Fleet first see the Aborigines?
The people on the First Fleet first saw the aboriginal people as the ships sailed between the two main heads of Sydney Harbour. The convicts were allowed onto the top deck to have a look. For those who did not see them then, it would have been once they were on land. However, it could have been days, weeks or even months before they saw the indigenous people, as the Aborigines were clever, elusive people who were not seen unless they wanted to be noticed.
What might have been the reaction to the original inhabitants of Australia when the First Fleet arrived?
There might have been great distress but at the same time interest with the new people.
Conditions of the people on the first fleet?
bad
How many convicts died in the First Fleet?
23 people died in the fist fleet voyage
Did anyone on the first fleet survive?
no most people did
How many people was thee to gared the people in the first fleet?
6
