Crisis Faced by Indigenous People due to Colonization

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Crisis faced by the indigenous people due to colonization.
Thesis statement
Since the indigenous people have also suffered a lot due to colonization, the gap between the
indigenous and non indigenous people of Australia are need to be closed who are the
aboriginal people of the Australian people.
Summary reflection
The seven phases of the aboriginal history are dreaming, invasion, protection.
Genocide, assimilation, reconciliation and self determination. On the other hand the five
stages of dying are denial and isolation, bargaining, anger, depression and acceptance. The
invasion which took place in 1788, lead to the sense of isolation. The indigenous people
have experienced the sense of denial after spending the world of dreaming. The genocide
which took place during the 1800s lead to many wars which resulted to anger of the
survivors. The government also started protecting the indigenous people which also
encouraged the assimilation of aboriginal people. After that the indigenous people entered
into the state of self-determination.
Introduction
The indigenous Australians are the aboriginal and the Torres Strait Islander Australian
people. They have known to be descended from groups that have known to be existed in
Australia and the surrounding islands which were present before the British colonization.
When the invaders have arrived Australia, they have brought with them a large number of
epidemic diseases (Preston 2018).. The European settlement took place in Australia after
1788. The indigenous population of Australia have not been counted at that period of time.
Most of the white people came during the second fleet which took place in the year 1789 ad

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also during the third fleet. The British settlement in Australia took place as a penal colony
which is governed by capital of Royal Navy. The indigenous people have known to suffered a
lot as a result of colonization.
The dispossession of the Aboriginal people from their land lead to drastic reduction in
the population where many aboriginal people had been killed in the violent clashes over the
rights for settling on the land. They did not have access to clean water or nutritious food for
which they used to suffer from various diseases. This kind of repercussions of the aboriginal
people continued for long term. A huge number of the aboriginal people had been forced into
the government reserves along with the church missions. Most of the reserves in the late
twentieth century had been closed as a result of overcrowding. The aboriginal people also
were forced into cities and towns where they had to live in the outskirts. More than 700,000
aboriginal people were known to be living in Australia. These people had been divided in to
various tribes and hundreds of various languages (May, Bowen and Carapetis 2016). Since
they were isolated from the external influence the aboriginal people have known to developed
their own way of the life according to their various religion and spiritual beliefs. When the
British settlers landed in Australia, they are known to eradicate the aboriginal people where
the settlers are known to be unintentionally responsible for the deaths during the times of the
conflict. The settlers were also responsible for the death at the times of peaceful contact.
When the European came to Australia they have known to brought a lot of epidemic diseases
which comprises of chickenpox, typhoid, influenza, measles and small pox. The people also
had no immunity to these types of unfamiliar diseases. Within a few numbers of weeks the
aboriginal people saw a rapid decline in numbers (Taylor 2018). Veneral diseases had also
been an issue which is known to cause various indigenous fertility where the birth rates have
reduced a lot. There was a presence of fear which is experienced by the indigenous people of
Australia and also among the British settlers. The misunderstandings have ruined most of the