Changes in each era
In each era, laws and polices were changed to keep Australia white.
The stolen generations 1890 - 1970
Aboriginal people were forcefully taken away from their families, many of them never saw their families again.
Aboriginal women would've grown up and married white men, if the women had children and they were girls, the girls would marry white boys again and eventually the colour would've been bred out. The children that were stolen were raised on missions or by foster parents, they were cut off from their Aboriginality. Girls were trained to be domestic servants, and boys as stockmen.
Many stolen girls and boys were physically and sexually abused. Most babies that were born by girls that were raped by white men were taken away from them.
Aboriginal women would've grown up and married white men, if the women had children and they were girls, the girls would marry white boys again and eventually the colour would've been bred out. The children that were stolen were raised on missions or by foster parents, they were cut off from their Aboriginality. Girls were trained to be domestic servants, and boys as stockmen.
Many stolen girls and boys were physically and sexually abused. Most babies that were born by girls that were raped by white men were taken away from them.
mabo land rights - 1982
The Mabo case was a court case which was about fair land rights for Australian's Indigenous people. During 1982 the Indigenous people from Mer island (Murray Island) began their fight for land rights, Eddie Mabo was the man that led this.
The Indigenous' island, in the Torres Strait was at risk of development and the Meriam people wanted to protect it. They argued that there many generations of Meriam people had lived on the island. They believed that they were the traditional and first owners of the land and the nearby seas.
The Indigenous' island, in the Torres Strait was at risk of development and the Meriam people wanted to protect it. They argued that there many generations of Meriam people had lived on the island. They believed that they were the traditional and first owners of the land and the nearby seas.
convicts importation - 1788
There were eleven ships that carried convicts to Australia, it left Portsmouth, England on the 13th of May 1987. It arrived at Botany Bay (Sydney) on the 18th of January 1788.
There was a a big population in the cities of England when people moved from the countryside. Life was horrible in England and people were jailed for silly crimes like stealing a loaf of bread. Laws were made which made it illegal to hunt on land owned by people that were wealthy. This caused more people to commit a crime, and more people were jailed.
England's convicts were sent to America at first which was ruled by England, but America fought a war to be separate from England between 1775 and 178. So England had to find somewhere else to send there convicts off to.
1373 people arrived at Botany Bay, 69 people died and 22 babies were born on board.
There was a negative impacts on the Aborigines, there were new diseases like, smallpox, measles, tuberculosis, influenza, whooping cough. The Aborigines' bodies weren't common with these diseases so they died.
When people came from England, they invaded the land of Aboriginals and that caused loads of problems.
There was a a big population in the cities of England when people moved from the countryside. Life was horrible in England and people were jailed for silly crimes like stealing a loaf of bread. Laws were made which made it illegal to hunt on land owned by people that were wealthy. This caused more people to commit a crime, and more people were jailed.
England's convicts were sent to America at first which was ruled by England, but America fought a war to be separate from England between 1775 and 178. So England had to find somewhere else to send there convicts off to.
1373 people arrived at Botany Bay, 69 people died and 22 babies were born on board.
There was a negative impacts on the Aborigines, there were new diseases like, smallpox, measles, tuberculosis, influenza, whooping cough. The Aborigines' bodies weren't common with these diseases so they died.
When people came from England, they invaded the land of Aboriginals and that caused loads of problems.
Gold rush 1851 - 1899
When Edward Hargraves discovered gold for the first time in Australia at Ophir, NSW he triggered a large old rush in Australia. Many Europeans, British,
Irish, Germans Americans, French, Italians, Poles and Hungarians came into Australia to dig for gold. About 40,000 people migrated into Australia, most of them being Chinese.
This caused many people to move into Australia and use up land to sleep around the goldfields. In two years Victoria's population increased from 77,000 to 540,000. People started leaving their farms and and jobs so they could go search for gold. The miners brought diseases with them which killed thousands of Indigenous people. Aboriginal people were chased off away from their land by the rush of gold, diggers ruined the land, creeks and scared off the animals that the Aboriginals hunted for food.
Life on the goldfields was dirty and it was hard to find water because the miners muddied up the creeks. There weren't many doctors around to check up on people, and even if they did they charged a lot of money for it, and many people didn't have enough money to pay for it.
This caused many people to move into Australia and use up land to sleep around the goldfields. In two years Victoria's population increased from 77,000 to 540,000. People started leaving their farms and and jobs so they could go search for gold. The miners brought diseases with them which killed thousands of Indigenous people. Aboriginal people were chased off away from their land by the rush of gold, diggers ruined the land, creeks and scared off the animals that the Aboriginals hunted for food.
Life on the goldfields was dirty and it was hard to find water because the miners muddied up the creeks. There weren't many doctors around to check up on people, and even if they did they charged a lot of money for it, and many people didn't have enough money to pay for it.
Kanakas deportations 1847
46,387 South Sea Islanders were brought to work in Queensland where they had to chop down sugar canes for work. These islanders were tricked into signing a contract to work for 3 years. They had to work 10 hours a day, they were paid about 4 pence a day (9c) some people didn't get paid at all.
By 1901 there were 9000 Pacific Islanders working the sugar cane fields of Queensland. They were known as an enormous threat to White Australia. In the first year of federation, Prime Minister Edmund Barton introduced the Pacific Island bill into the Federal Parliament. The only Islander that were allowed to stay in Australia were the ones that arrived in Queensland on September 1st, 1879.
By 1901 there were 9000 Pacific Islanders working the sugar cane fields of Queensland. They were known as an enormous threat to White Australia. In the first year of federation, Prime Minister Edmund Barton introduced the Pacific Island bill into the Federal Parliament. The only Islander that were allowed to stay in Australia were the ones that arrived in Queensland on September 1st, 1879.