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How long did Aborigines live in Australia before white people did?
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 9y agoAboriginal people enjoyed good health before the arrival of Europeans. They had abundant, wide ranging sources of fresh food including meat, fish, honey, fruit and vegetables. Accounts from First Fleet officials observed Indigenous people to be living to a great age and that children and elders were well cared for. Estimates of the age of older Aboriginal people at that time range from 60 to 80 years, although it could be that due to a healthy lifestyle Aboriginal people looked younger than their chronological age. In contrast , in 1788 the life expectancy of Europe's poorer classes ranged from 15 years to a high of 40 years.
Ref: Greg Blyton (2009) Reflections, Memories, and Sources: Healthier Times?: Revisiting Indigenous Australian Health in History Health and History Vol. 11, No. 2 pp. 116-135.
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∙ 13y agoTHOUSANDS i think 50,000
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What year did the aborigines invade Australia?
The Aboriginal people never did invade Australia, The British people did. Aboriginal people roamed Australia long before the British/white people did. (:
When did the Aborigines become full citizens of Australia?
Aborigines became British Citizens when Australia was claimed by Lieutenant James Cook in 1770. Aboriginal men in South Australia were given the vote in 1854 at the same time that all white South Australian men received the vote. Similarly, Aboriginal and White South Australian women received the vote in the 1890s. When Federation was declared in 1901 Aborigines were given the vote only those states in which they already had the vote, which was all states except Queensland and Western Australia. In 1948 all Australians, white and black, became Australian Citizens. In 1967 an overwhelming majority of Australians decided at a referendum that Aborigines should be counted in the census.
Who were the first people in Australia?
The first people in Australia were the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. DNA matching indicates they originally came from the Indian sub-continent.The first white people to step foot on the shores of the Australian continent were Dutch trader Willem Jansz and members of his crew, who arrived on Cape York Peninsula in 1606.The first white people to live permanently in Australia were convicts and officers transported to New South Wales.
Do the Black people and the white people get on in Australia?
yes the black people do get on with the black people
How did Arthur Phillip learn about Aborigines?
Captain Arthur Phillip learned more about the Australian Aborigines by direct contact with them, which he achieved by kidnapping several Aborigines. Bennelong and Arabanoo were two of the Aborigines he kidnapped in an attempt to learn to understand them better, and to learn to communicate with them. He developed a strong relationship with Bennelong, who even travelled back to England with Arthur Phillip, where he was presented before the king. Whilst this move assisted Arthur Phillip in leaning about the Aborigines, it did little for Bennelong. He found he could not integrate properly into white society, and his own people rejected him for adopting European ways. He found himself caught between two opposing worlds.
What year did the aborigines invade Australia?
The Aboriginal people never did invade Australia, The British people did. Aboriginal people roamed Australia long before the British/white people did. (:
When was Aborigines in White Australia created?
Aborigines in White Australia was created in 1974.
The first people in Australia where black or white?
of course it was black [Aborigines]
What dose aboriginal mean?
Aboriginal does not really mean anything. The Aborigines are a people indigenous to Australia, they inhabited the land far before the white settlers moved there and are now a protected culture.
How many tribes did the aborigines have?
When the white people came to Australia in the 1780s, there were between 500 and 700 different aboriginal groups.
Who were the first to settle after the aborigines?
white people
What did aborigines behave when first fleet came to Botany Bay?
they were wondering what these people were doing on their land, they were confused. They have never seen white people before.
What life did the Aborigines have before White Settlement?
Aboriginals had an easier life
How were the Aborigines different from the white people?
The Aborigines were, and indeed, still are, a tribe of black hunter gatherers living in Australia. They respect the land and live on it; live with nature you might say, while white man came and built on the land and moulded the land to them, rather than attempting to mould to life in the land.
When did the Aborigines become full citizens of Australia?
Aborigines became British Citizens when Australia was claimed by Lieutenant James Cook in 1770. Aboriginal men in South Australia were given the vote in 1854 at the same time that all white South Australian men received the vote. Similarly, Aboriginal and White South Australian women received the vote in the 1890s. When Federation was declared in 1901 Aborigines were given the vote only those states in which they already had the vote, which was all states except Queensland and Western Australia. In 1948 all Australians, white and black, became Australian Citizens. In 1967 an overwhelming majority of Australians decided at a referendum that Aborigines should be counted in the census.
How did the white Australia policy affect aboriginal australians or Tasmania aborigines?
It Kept Australia a basicaly European Christian culture until the present day.
What was Governor Phillip's intention in relation to the Aborigines?
Governor Arthur Phillip's intentions towards the Aborigines of Australia were peacable, but misguided. He sought to bridge the gap between the black and white cultures, but his method for doing so was based on the belief that white culture was superior, and that the Aborigines should become "civilised" by contact with white people. Thus, he kidnapped a couple of aboriginal men to use as intermediaries between the two cultures. In doing so, he caused Bennelong of the Eora people to become totally alienated from his own people, while never really gaining acceptance in white society.
