Aboriginal People Under British Control

More than 210 years after British imperialists declared the continent terra nullius and colonized it aboriginal Australians continue to suffer, Treatment of the indigenous people during this time can only be described, at best, as sad. Indigenous communities are now the most disadvantaged in the country. History has seen a self-determining, semi-nomadic race of hunters and gatherers transformed into dependent, settled, unskilled laborers denied their fundamental rights. The invasion began with the first settlement in 1788. New …

…population. Diabetes is four times and infectious diseases are twelve times the Australian average. Only 33% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children complete schooling compared with the national average of 77%. The unemployment rate is 38% for indigenous people and only 8.7% for others. While 67% of all Australian families own their own home only 28% of aboriginal families are so fortunate. The rest of the world examines these and a host of other equally damning statistics and questions why?