How were Aboriginals treated in early Australia?

How were Aboriginals treated in early Australia?

Something far less easier to hide and gloss over is the trove of images from around the turn of the century, a time when Australia was supposedly “young and free”. But these images show that life for Aboriginal people was more about incarceration and slavery.

What changes occurred to the indigenous When the First Fleet arrived?

Introduction of Disease The arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 not only brought new people and lifestyles to Australia but also new diseases. These diseases had a hugely negative effect on Australia’s Indigenous population, as they were not even able to resist a common cold.

What was Aboriginal life like?

They lived in small communities and survived by hunting and gathering. The men would hunt large animals for food and women and children would collect fruit, plants and berries. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities only used the land for things that they needed – shelter, water, food, weapons.

What aspects of Aboriginal life culture did Aboriginal people have before 1778?

They were resourceful and extremely adaptive to be able to live in such an inhospitable and frozen landscape. These Aboriginal people practised not only rich social and economic lifestyles, they also had complex spiritual beliefs and performed ceremonies of song, dance and story.

What happened to Aboriginal people after 1788?

Post-colonisation, the coastal Indigenous populations were soon absorbed, exterminated, depleted or forced from their lands; the traditional aspects of Aboriginal life which remained persisted most strongly in areas such as the Great Sandy Desert where European settlement has been sparse.

How did the Aboriginal survive in Australia?

Those Aboriginal tribes who lived inland in the bush and the desert lived by hunting and gathering, burning the undergrowth to encourage the growth of plants favoured by the game they hunted. Today more than half of all Aboriginals live in towns, often on the outskirts in terrible conditions.

What was life like for Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander peoples before the arrival of the Europeans?

For more than 50,000 years before European arrival, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples lived as hunter-gatherers. With no signs of land ownership, such as fences, crops, stock animals, or buildings, the Europeans who arrived on the First Fleet believed the land was free to claim.

How did the Aboriginal people come to Australia?

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples inhabited the land of Australia for many thousands of years without ever seeing other people. It is believed that with the development of sailing ships and increase in trading that Australia’s Indigenous people would have had some contact with people from other countries.

How did the indigenous people live before colonisation?

Lifestyle Before Colonisation. The way indigenous people lived was very different to how we live today. They lived in small communities and survived by hunting and gathering. The men would hunt large animals for food and women and children would collect fruit, plants and berries.

How did the dispossession of the land affect Aboriginal people?

Their dispossession of the land, exposure to new diseases and involvement in violent conflict, resulted in the death of a vast number of the Aboriginal peoples. The small percentage of Aboriginal people who did not die during these early decades of the colony, were not unaffected.

How did white settlement affect the lives of Aboriginals?

White settlement greatly changed this way of life. In addition to seizing traditional lands, preventing free movement for Aboriginals, white settlers farming of crops and livestock provided a far too easy source of food for Aboriginal people.