Activism; Aboriginal History and Mourning Day

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Activism; Aboriginal History and Mourning Day
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Introduction
Sovereignty, the primary ideology of sole responsibility and governance of a group of
people without external interference, is the basic desire of any particular state. Moreover, the
communities who are inhabitants of the state are also regarded as essential fragments of the state.
Besides, the contemporary existence of the society indicates that these communities are supposed
to exhibit connection, evolve in their knowledge, abilities, welfare, and even livelihood. This
contemporary existence objectively aims to ensure the appreciation of various communities and
their respective cultures. (Edge and Harvey, 2017).
However, historical accounts have been noted to record some adverse cases of
infringement of these aspects of the mutual existence of the community. In history, acts of
oppression, slavery, and denial of equal opportunities to existing mutually in the society are
significant issues that hindered social existence. Most of these atrocities were practiced during
colonial eras, which were also characterized by cultural degradation and land grabbing or
resettlement of local communities. However, these practices were also met with resistance; the
resistance emerged from activist groups that objectively sought to push for reforms in the
political and economic domains to meet the desired changes by the people. In this paper,
therefore, we seek to understand the historical accounts of the colonial era in Australia. It is
notably profound that the British colonial rule in Australia since the year 1788 affected the
country, mainly, the multiple aspects of the cultural denominations living in Australian people
(Malaspinas, Westaway, Muller, Sousa, Lao, Alves, and Heupink, 2016).
Regarding this impact on the culture of the people of Australia, this sociological analysis
also seeks to determine the emergence of the eventful mourning day by the aboriginal indigenous

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community. Particularly the significance of mourning day as an activism activity on the quest for
sovereign existence and being identified with a state or nation, we also depict the significant
steps made by the aboriginal people during the fight for freedom against Britons.
The Aboriginal history, Colonization and Day of mourning
The entire invasion, an ideology which was invented during the incoming of British
settlers in Australia, happened in the year 1788. For instance, it is during the year that the British
fleets docked at shores in Sydney, New eland. During this invasion, the Aboriginal societies
which had inhibited the Australian lands for as long as 30,000 years back, were the dominant
settlers in Australia during the time. The arrival of the British settlers was at first mixed,
however, in the long-term as colonial intentions intensified, the British settler started displacing
aboriginal communities, the competition of resources from the new inhabitant of the land,
Britons, was also high (Tobler, Rohrlach, Soubrier, Bover, Llamas, Tuke and O’Loughlin,
2017).
Therefore, such practices culminated in incidences of hostility and resistance by the
aborigines. According to historians like Geoffrey Blainey, the sovereignty of the original
aborigines who were the inhabitants of the country was also greatly jeopardized not only by the
invasion but also the strange diseases the Europeans came with at the time. The diseases referred
to by Geoffrey are smallpox, measles, and influenza that also diminished the population of the
Aboriginal people (Grant and Greenop, 2018).
However, there was also massive and intensive resistance by the aborigines. For
instance, some early settlers in the 19th century account for the fierce encounters that led to the
destruction of European property and lives as well. In 1847, E. W, Landor who administered the