Negative Interactions between the British and Aborigines

By dannyyaacoub15

  • William Dampier

    William Dampier wrote in 1688 that Australia’s Indigenous people were ‘. . . the miserablest people in the world. . . [who differed] but little from brutes’.

  • Noble savages'

    Upon arrival 26 January 1788, Europeans regarded them as ‘noble savages’

  • Smallpox

    May 1789 smallpox killed half of Indigenous population around Port Jackson

  • John Oxley

    • 1817, John Oxley described how two young Indigenous men reacted to the sight of his party: ‘They trembled excessively, and, if the expression may be used, were absolutely intoxicated with fear . . ‘

  • E.S colony

    E.S established a colony on Swan River.

  • Nyungan's Death

    Nyungan was shot by European settlers while stealing food.

  • Myall Creek Massacre

    Myall Creek Massacre

  • Governor Gawler's Quote

    Governor Gawler quoted that black men are miserable and cannot be happy unless they’re like men.

  • Kurnai Population

    Kurnai population had reduced from about 2000 to 80.