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The Europeans thought nothing of the Aboriginals when they arrived on Australia's shores. As a matter of fact they saw Australia as empty land.
Note: When William Dampier arrived in 1688, he referred to the Aborigines as "the miserablest people in the world". Like many other Europeans, he misjudged the Aborigines, not recognising their unique skills.
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∙ 12y agoThe aboriginals thought that the British settlers looked like ghosts
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Which disease killed many Aboriginals from British Settlement?
Cholera killed early settlers in large numbers.
What did settlers call aboriginals?
Maoris
Was there a war between the british and aboriginals?
because the brittish invaded leaving the aboriginals to defend their land
Who are the Aboriginals and what did they do?
The aboriginals are indigenous people of Australia What did they do ? lived in Australia and then the British people came and colonized Australia.
Who was involved1774 Quebec Act?
the french the british and the aboriginals
Why did the aboriginals get the smallpox and not the british?
They had no immunity. It was an old world disease.
What did the british call aboriginals during settlement?
Native, Savages
Why do british hate Aboriginals?
There were a number of reasons why the white British settlers had conflict with the indigenous people of Australia. Primarily, it was the feeling of white supremacy, the sense that they were superior, and that the Aborigines were mere savages, not really even considered people. The British were out to conquer the land, regardless of anyone or anything that stood in their way. There were many cultural misunderstandings: the Aborigines were naturally a generous and sharing group of people, and they had no concept of ownership. When they were trying to "share" the british stock animals, this was seen as theft and, in a struggling colony, was an offence punishable by death as far as the white settlers were concerned. Some groups of british aimed to decimate the aborignal population entirely, thereby being able to gain the land for themselves. Naturally, Aborigines reacted with some hostility to being forced off their own land, but their spears were no match for British guns.
How did the British change the environment in Australia?
when the British moved to Australia they forced the aboriginals to the edges of the British settlement, making then take up the worst British habits such as begging. Without the aboriginals to care for the environment, the trees failed to grow and the animals started to die.
Who found the soccer?
aboriginals i think
Who were the people who settled in the British isles?
the first british settlers in australia were exiled convicts
What does contact mean in history?
An example of historical contact is: The English/British settlers came into CONTACT with the Aboriginals of Australia. Historical contact is when to different cultures associate and create history to dramatically changed people's lives. By invading someone else' land that obviously doesn't belong to them settlers changed the Aboriginal's lives by claiming the land was theirs, the Aboriginal tribes were upset because something that had been theirs for a long time had just been taken away from them for no reason. It just like if you came home and suddenly said "You weren't in here at the time and you have no proof, you no longer own this property!" You would then understand the rage and anger the the Aboriginals felt when the settlers arrived. When the settlers arrived the Aboriginals tried to fight back but most of them were unsuccessful and were killed or put into jail and later were hanged.
