What is the good and the bad things about europeans coming to were the aboriginals used to live?

Question

PLEASE HELP ... WHAT IS THE DISADVANTAGES AND ADVANTAGES OF THAT.....( HOW DIDTHEY AFFECT THE ABORIGINALS LIVES?) thank you soo muchh

Answer 1

It depends on who's viewpoint you're evaluating it from. As far as I can see, the Aboriginals have gotten the short end of the stick, right from the beginning, and although things are changing, it's not changing fast enough.

"At the time of British settlement at Sydney Cove it is estimated that 300,000 aboriginal people, speaking around 250 languages inhabited Australia.

On arrival, finding no obvious political structure, the Europeans took the land as their own. The Indigenous people were driven out of their homes and many killed. Various new European diseases spread rapidly amongst the indigenous people, killing many. The introduction of feral and domestic animals contributed to the destruction of natural habitats.

Fighting wiped out the Aboriginal population in Tasmania and greatly reduced the numbers in the rest of Australia.

During the early part of the 20th century legislation's were passed to segregate and protect Aboriginals. This involved restrictions on where they could live and work and families being broken up.

After World War II, assimilation became the governments aim. All rights were taken away from the Aboriginals and attempts made to 'Europeanise' them.

During the 1960's the legislation was reviewed and the Federal Government passed legislation for all Aboriginals to be given citizen status. However, it wasn't until 1972 that the indigenous people were given back limited rights to their own land. The situation has been steadily improving for Australia's Indigenous people, although many feel more needs to be done.

Three generations of welfare dependence have not helped the Australian Aborigine. Cultural subsidization, rather than making them proud of their cultural heritage, has prevented them adapting to their new environment. Affirmative action has just made people suspicious of any Aboriginal with a job or a qualification, and has created mistrust and resentment from others who feel it has reduced their own opportunities.

The reality is that Aboriginal culture has nothing to offer modern Australia apart from some interesting painting styles interesting musical sounds (like the digeridoo), and quaint myths about the dream time. To ignore this fact is to sentence yet more Australian Aborigines to dependence and relative poverty.

Only when mainstream Australia stops patronizing the Aborigines will Aborigines truly become members of it.

I can't see anything good about the Europeans settling the land - at least from an aboriginal viewpoint.

I hope this helps....

Answer 2

Hmm, For the europeans it was all good! Free land!!! Not so for the aboriginals. For three generations aboriginal children (as young as 5) were taken from their parents and put in institutions. Less than half the children made it out alive. Of the current residential school survivors there are more than 12,000 claims against the government of Canada alleging physical and sexual abuse. When the WW2 Aboriginal vets returned home after spending 6 years fighting fascism it was illegal for them to vote until 1965, it was illegal for them to own land until 1972, it was illegal for a lawyer to represent them until 1972. To quote former Prime minister Of Canada,Brian Mulroney, "We've existed for 140 years and we have this shameful situation ... and why?" Mulroney said on a CBC television program on the weekend. "Very simple. We stole their land."

Answer 3

Hello? Eliminated 99%. The rest learned "Christianity" and how to cut a throat without using a knife.

The plus, and it's not a small one: This isolated continent provided a breeding ground for the development of personal liberties, including the FREEDOM OF THOUGHT. Accurate worship has been restored to the earth as a result of this. It remains muddled, however, in a culture of false religious hedonism