The relations were pretty bad. The government promised the aboriginals deals, and once the aboriginals agreed, the government blew them off. The aboriginals don't, and haven't since the 1800s trusted "white" people, or the government.
The British invaded the Aborigines in 1788.
the british convicts did not aborigines
The relationship between Britain and British North America was mostly strained. British North America was bitter about the taxes it had to pay to Britain.
british soldiers
The British had greater manpower, and "better" weapons. Even though the Aborigines could throw a sharp spear with deadly accuracy, they were no match for the British with their firearms. There were far more of the British, and they could invade aboriginal land by their sheer numbers, whereas the Aborigines relied on stealth and night-time ambushes.
The British had greater manpower, and "better" weapons. Even though the Aborigines could throw a sharp spear with deadly accuracy, they were no match for the British with their firearms. There were far more of the British, and they could invade aboriginal land by their sheer numbers, whereas the Aborigines relied on stealth and night-time ambushes.
48% of the colonists were English.
The Aborigines
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They settled from asia to australia 50,000 years ago. The british began to send convicts there and then they fought for their land. The british won, and today, we have less aborigines than we did before the war. (500,000)
the relationship between the two is depicted by mercantilism is a new economic policy and colonization is the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America" so the British colonized colonies and made a new mercantilism.
Kevin Rudd has apologised to the Aborigines for their past treatment.