What happened to the Indigenous people when the Europeans arrived?

What happened to the Indigenous people when the Europeans arrived?

After European settlers arrived in 1788, thousand of aborigines died from diseases; colonists systematically killed many others. At first contact, there were over 250,000 aborigines in Australia. The massacres ended in the 1920 leaving no more than 60,000. Today, urban and many rural aborigines rely on stores.

What did Captain Cook say to the aboriginals?

The power of a greeting [Cook] should have asked him – one of these boss for Sydney – Aboriginal people. People were up there, Aboriginal people. He should have come up and: ‘hello’, you know, ‘hello’. Now, asking him for his place, to come through, because [it’s] Aboriginal land.

What happened to the Aboriginal land when the British came?

Aboriginal peoples lived in Australia for thousands of years before Europeans arrived. They suffered greatly as a result of the arrival of the British in Australia. Settlers often killed Aborigines who trespassed onto ‘their’ land. Many Aborigines moved to the towns to try and make a living.

What did the indigenous call Australia?

yellafella’
The nations of Indigenous Australia were, and are, as separate as the nations of Europe or Africa. The Aboriginal English words ‘blackfella’ and ‘whitefella’ are used by Indigenous Australian people all over the country — some communities also use ‘yellafella’ and ‘coloured’.

Why did Cook stop at 1770?

A mishap occurred when Endeavour ran aground on a shoal of the Great Barrier Reef, on 11 June 1770. The ship was seriously damaged and his voyage was delayed almost seven weeks while repairs were carried out on the beach (near the docks of modern Cooktown, at the mouth of the Endeavour River).

Did Captain Cook fight the aboriginals?

In 1770 Captain James Cook met few Aboriginal people on the Eastern Australian shoreline. Captain Cook’s Endeavour sailed away in 1770, but the First Fleet landed 18 years later, and thus began two centuries of death, fighting, attempted genocide and a struggle for survival.

Who inhabited Australia first?

Aboriginal
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the first peoples of Australia, meaning they were here for thousands of years prior to colonisation.

Who was the last full blooded Aboriginal?

Truganini
Truganini

Did Captain Cook see crocodiles?

They discovered many new species of insects, fish, bugs and butterflies. They saw, for the first time in this country, a crocodile, dingo, flying fox, and many species of lizards, snakes, fish and insects. The crew fished and collected giant clams and turtle for food.

Why did Captain Cook Australia?

Did Cook claim he discovered Australia? Cook named the land he encountered New South Wales in an effort to counter any Dutch interest in what they had long called New Holland. The name Australia was popularised by Matthew Flinders following his circumnavigation of the continent in 1803.

Why did Captain James Cook shoot the first Aborigine in Australia?

Captain James Cook shot the first Aborigine to resist his arrival at Sydney’s Botany Bay – before the famed British explorer had even set foot on Australian soil. While Cook did not mean to kill the man and barely wounded him, the first contact between black and white people on the east coast of Australia almost 250 years ago was a violent affair.

What happened to Captain James Cook?

On February 14, 1779, Captain James Cook, the great English explorer and navigator, is murdered by natives of Hawaii during his third visit to the Pacific island group.

How did Captain Cook treat indigenous people on the ship?

Cook was determined, however, to follow Morton’s instructions to the letter and ensure his crew, under threat of punishment, treated Indigenous people respectfully.

What caused Captain Cook’s evolution?

Cook’s evolution was triggered by Indigenous people’s seeming refusal to embrace the gift of civilisation he offered, such as livestock and garden beds sown with Western crops and a justice system modelled after Britain’s. Read more: A failure to say hello: how Captain Cook blundered his first impression with Indigenous people