Key Events of 10.2, 10.3 & 10.5

By elliottjos

  • British explorers and settlers arrived on the east coast of Australia

    Could not find any signs of permanent residence or evidence of farming so they proclaimed Australia terra nullis (meaning 'nobodys land")

  • Australia was frederated

  • The 'assimiliation' policy was officially adopted

    It was agreed to at the Aboriginal Welfare Conference of Commonwealth and state authorities. It stated that aboriginal people of mixed race were to be assimilated into white society even without their consent.

  • Preassure now placed on Aboriginal elders

    The government was encouraging them to relocate their families into more "civilised" areas.