Economics: Analyzing Colonization Crisis & Indigenous People Issues

This essay examines the crisis faced by indigenous Australians due to colonization, highlighting the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous populations. It delves into the seven phases of aboriginal history: dreaming, invasion, genocide, protection, assimilation, reconciliation, and self-determination, contrasting them with the five stages of dying. The essay discusses the impact of British settlement, including the introduction of diseases and violent clashes over land rights, leading to the dispossession and marginalization of aboriginal people. It analyzes the attempts to civilize the aboriginal population and the subsequent repercussions, such as forced assimilation and overcrowding in government reserves. The importance of cultural competence and addressing cultural diversity in fostering economic growth and improving the well-being of indigenous communities is emphasized, advocating for closing the gap and promoting a prosperous and healthy lifestyle for all Australians.

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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

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relationships. Both of the people, the white settlers and the aboriginal people have been
fighting for the survival resulting to war which had been quite brutal in nature. The European
settlement known to have a negative impact on the aboriginal population of Australia from
the disease and violence. At the end, the investment boom took place in Australia in the
1880s have seen an increased expansion of the economy and the influx of the capital made
the Australian experience the highest per capita incomes during the 19th century.
Critical analysis
When the settlers have arrived Australia they had attempted for civilizing the
aboriginal population where they used to wear clothes and attended church which was only
the start of it. Some of the people at that at time also believed that the aboriginal people
which were known to be primitive and uncultured in nature are believed to be died out. There
had been also violent against the aboriginal people of Australia. The indigenous Australians
lives in the urban as well as benefit from the dramatic improvement in the social housing
stock of Australia which is known to be funded by the Australian government. More than
1000,000 people of Australia had been living in the discrete communities in the remote areas
of Australia. The dispossession of the Aboriginal people from their land lead to a huge
reduction in the population where many aboriginal people are known to be have been killed
in the violent clashes over the rights in order to settle in the land. They did not have access to
the clean water or an amount of the nutritious food also made them susceptible to the diseases
(Altman 2018). This kind of repercussions of the indigenous people for a long period of
time. More than half the number of people had been kept in to the government reserves and
most of the reserves had been closed due to the overcrowding. The aboriginal people also did
not have any immunity to the unfamiliar diseases. From the year 1788, the Australians were

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treated by the British as the colony of settlements. The seven phases of the aboriginal history
were dreaming, invasion, protection, genocide, assimilation, protection, self determination
and reconciliation. From the year 2018, closing the gap empowers islander people and
aboriginal people in order to live prosperous and healthy lifestyle
(Closingthegap.pmc.gov.au. 2019). The previous ten years of closing the gap helped the
government with the valuable lessons.
Culture is known to be defined as the shared tradition, customs, history and
institutions of a group of people. The cultural competence is known to bring together the
cultural sensitivity, cultural awareness and cultural knowledge. A culturally business
environment has the capacity to bring in to the system various attitudes in cross cultural
settings for producing better outcomes. Cultural competence is also known to be non
threarning in nature since it only focuses on the culture of the organization. The impact of
cultural diversity on the business communication is known to have huge implications.
Cultural diversity takes place when population difference are well represented within the
community.
Conclusion
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.
There had been a sense of depression at the loss of the culture which will be beset the
indigenous people. The indigenous people also known to enter into the stage where the

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desire for the self determination have known to become predominant. The cultural attitudes is
known to affect the economic growth of the country. The culture is known to affect the
economic activity with the choices of how people should be allocating the scarce resources.
Therefore, culture can be termed as the fundamental determinant of the economic activity.
The self concept is also known to affect the economic issues and are related to the
unemployment.
Thesis restatement
When the Europeans entered Australia they have known to experience a sense of
denial. The indigenous people of Australia had been feeling the sense of isolation when the
white settlers brought disease with them. Therefore, from the above discussions it have been
found that the aborginals of Australia had been facing various problems when the Europeans
came for colonization. For this reason it can be said that the gap present between the
indigeneous and the non- indigenous people need to be closed.

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