What impact did the expansion of the British Empire in Australia have on Indigenous Australians?
By Plugga
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Terra nullius
In 1770 despite the Britis knowing that there were indegnious Australian on the Land they still declared the land to be Terra nullius meaning that no one owned the land. So the British took owner ship of the land -
First Fleet
on this day the First fleet guided by captain Aruther Philip arived in sydney cove. Still to this day there is despute weather this was colinasation or intrusion. -
Colonist farming
Buy August 70 colinisets dispossed the Indegnous people of their land to use for the farm -
Flinders recurits 2 aborignals
In 1802 Flinders recuirted two aborignal australians to sail with him on a voyage from Sydney -
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Aborignal people killed these People
Aborigines killed the following people. These people would be considered invaders April 1873 William Rose and William?, on the cutter "Goodwill, at Green Island. (These were Palm Island Aborigines who had been taken to work under false pretences).
10 July 1873 John Finley, James Mercer, Charles Reeves and a South Sea Islander labourer, beche de mer fishermen killed at Green Island by kidnapped Aboriginal workers.
June 1874 Old Bill Smith, Green Island.
February 1878 Packer (someone who packed -
Coliansion of Northen Queensland
in October 1876 the first colinasation of northen Australia happened around the now known are of Cairns. This was the First time that the aborignals had come in contact with the whites except for the occasional trade between the two. The aborignals began to kidnap the Whites because they were breaking aborignal law and stealing there food. To get back at them the whites would Kidnap the aborignal asutralians and make them work almost as slaves -
Smithfeild Mascures
In 1878 there was mascures in Smithfeild which killed countless amout of aborignal people -
Aborignies come to town
In the Mid 1880's The Aborignies began to come into the towns to look for work food and saftey