Australian Pastoral Expansion Essay

The Pastoral Expansion is said to have begun in the 1820s, Australia was starting to be known as “the land of opportunity” as the land became fruitful producing vegetation and providing for those who lived there. The healthy soils producing the fruits and wheats were creating wealth for the Europeans, enabling them to be assured they made the right choice settling here. Due to such a high demand of agricultural help the convicts were able to work in the fields and be treated as more than criminals. However, as Australia was such a secluded land, the environment, plants and animals were not used to new species, and lost in the survival of the fittest to the cattle who ate the native animals’ food and took over their space. The Indigenous people so too were in suffering due to the high numbers of cattle which forced them out of their land. As much as the cattle were eating the produce, there hooves and stomping were destroying the immediate layer of soil and land; preventing further growth. What was once a land of opportunity now seemed to be a land of suffering soils and was in what was known as the “black war”

The pastoral expansion lasted through the 1840s and by then the land had changed from the once pure …show more content…
However, the continuous mining and introduction of new people, species and machinery also damaged the vulnerable natives of Australia; people, animals and plants. In saying this, as much as the introduction of new species meant that some native species suffered, and that in welcoming new people, the Indigenous had to move from their land, those who were suffering in poverty were given a chance to be independent and financially able. The convicts were able to rid themselves of their criminal status and work amongst the rest of the