Australian racism

By mmcswan

  • On April 29th Captain James Cook sailed into Botany Bay

  • Governor Lachlan Macquarie initiated a ceremony to present breastplates inscribed with words such as ‘Chief’, ‘King’ or ‘Queen’ to local Aboriginal people, believing this would foster cooperation and loyalty.

  • Aboriginal people denied citizenship | White Australia policy

  • Separation of Aboriginal children

  • Aboriginal people killed

    11 Aboriginals were murdered in custody

  • QLD Aboriginal Protection Act

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission

  • aboriginal deaths in custody report

    Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody is tabled in Federal Parliament, detailing the lives and deaths of 99 Aboriginal people who died in gaol; 45 were people who were separated from their families as children.