I was wondering if the people sent to Aus. for punishment are considered aborigines or is the people who are considered aborigines are native to the land, so they migrated there millions of years ago.....? Thank you
2007-03-04 11:29:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
You have asked a very good question and good for you wanting to find out the correct answer.
The site below explains the answer better than I could. Please take the time and have a look.
http://www.australianexplorer.com/australian_history.htm
2007-03-04 11:40:24 · answer #1 · answered by DY Beach 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only the natives are considered Aborigines. Just like Native Americans are Indians. Those who were sent there for punishment were usually natives of England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland and any other European country. Australia was at that time considered an island prison.
2007-03-04 11:40:56 · answer #2 · answered by annafschr 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Aborigines are the people who were in Australia long before the British sent people to colonize Australia as a punishment.
The Aborigines could have gotten to Australia milions of years ago, but no one knows.
2007-03-04 11:35:04 · answer #3 · answered by Curious 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The aboriginal people of Australia migrated there about 40 thousand years ago. England started using Australia as a prison colony in the 18th century.
2007-03-04 11:35:01 · answer #4 · answered by October 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The original Europeans who were sent to the continent of Australia would be classified as immigrants. Whether they were forced to the land, or not. The people who were born there from the immigrants would be considered in most circles as native. Distinct from the aboriginals, but native to the country.
For example: my ancestors immigrated from France to Canada in 1664, although I do have Iroquois blood in me from my great grandmother I am not considered aboriginal, but as I have been born here and my ancestors back to the seventeenth century I consider myself a native Canadian.
So the first criminals sent to Australia would be immigrants, their children, and following descendants would be the natives of Australia.
2007-03-04 11:40:15 · answer #5 · answered by the old dog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aborigine, by definition, means native to the land. The people who were sent to Australia by UK authorities were debtors.
2007-03-04 11:32:57 · answer #6 · answered by monica_dietz@sbcglobal.net 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the aboriginnes are the people that were native to the land
not the people sent there as punishment
2007-03-04 11:39:43 · answer #7 · answered by liladancing 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, these aborigines were there long before the penal colony was established...like the American Indians came across the Bering straits of Alaska
2007-03-04 11:34:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are the natives people sent there for punishment were from england.
2007-03-04 11:35:28 · answer #9 · answered by PE7E 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Aborigines are the ethnic tribe or native to that place.
2007-03-04 11:34:46 · answer #10 · answered by dondatu 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋