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first contact
The principle of native title in the British colonies began in 1763 with an imperial proclamation that Native Americans owned their hunting grounds. It would be another two centuries before native title would be recognised – to some degree – in Australia. Governor Arthur Phillip was ordered to open dialogue with Aboriginal people and to live in a conciliatory manner, but he had a personal passion to ‘civilise’ them. He took possession of the land in the name of King George III without reference -
first fleet
Captain Cook’s Endeavour sailed away in 1770, but the First Fleet landed 18 years later, and thus began two centuries of death, fighting, attempted genocide and a struggle for survival. The second and third fleets followed bringing more colonists, convicts and governors with good intentions and devastating policies. Within only 20 years of Cook’s first sighting of Sydney, the peaceful way of life of the local Aboriginal people was to turn into a nightmare of war, dispossession, displacement, soc -
landing
the aboriganals had no idea where the men with white skin came from after the first night the men started roaming further away from their camp and moved closer inland towards the aboriganals camp -
2night
the men started to chop down trees making hut/house's they are killing native animals and bring in animals in from england like fox's, rabbit's, cows's, these animals had a huge inpact on the aboriganal's -
years go by
after many years the bush is almost completly gone they used the wood for house and huts -
now
as alot of years go by the colany has succed and now aboriganals live in harmony