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William Dampier quoted that Australian Indigenous people were “…the miserablest people in the world…”
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Negative Interactions between European Settlers and Indigenous groups
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First Fleet arrives
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Europeans regarded Aborigines as “Noble savages”
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Smallpox killed half of Indigenous population around Port Jackson
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Introduced diseases started to kill off many of the Indigenous people
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The Indigenous people had been shot at when entering onto European farms
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Aborigines were extremely fearful of European Settlers
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European settlers established a colony on Swan River
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Nyungan shot by European Settlers while stealing food
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Myall Creek Massacre
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12 local stockmen were on the hunt around the New South Wales town of Inverell for Indigenous people, they suspected had stolen cattle
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Governor Gawler quoted that black men are miserable and cannot be happy unless they are like men
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The Victorian Government set up a body of Native Police, made up of Indigenous troppers under the control of European officers
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Kurnai population had reduced from 2,000 to 80