When Colonisation took place the Europeans did not only take Aboriginal people’s land, but also had a great impact on their health and housing. Harris (2003, p. 81) states that between 1788-1990 the Aboriginal population was reduced by 90 per cent. There were many factors that lead to this outstanding decline in population; some of the major ones were diseases, loss of land/identity, and the overuse of alcohol and substances. According to Oxford Second Opinion, it states “the health status of Indigenous Australians at the time of the British invasion was better than that of most people then living in the UK” (Gray, Saggers, and Stearne 2015, p.151). Throughout this essay I will be exploring the many effects colonization had on Aboriginal people.
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As you can imagine this had a significant impact on them, since they maintained a close relationship with it. They were no longer able to hunt for their food and this lead to poor health and nutrition. The Aboriginal people found themselves making a very difficult decision regarding whether or not to work for the European settlers. Those who chose to work were often paid in forms of food, while the ones who didn’t struggled in finding their source of food. Europeans did not pay the Aboriginal people in the same food diet they were used to. On the contrary, the Europeans wants to spend little money as possible, so they were often paid with flour, sugar, tobacco, alcohol or tea. This was a drastic change compared to the variety of fruits and vegetables nature provided for them, which were the major reasons in why it lead to poor health and malnutrition among the Aboriginal community. The physical environment Aboriginal people lived in also had a great affect on their …show more content…
Aboriginal people often lead to the overuse due to not being in a good state of mind. Colonisation changed their entire word, by taking absolutely everything that defined them as human beings. This often lead to depression, therefore became addicted. Tobacco smoking has been identified as one of the largest preventable cause of death and disease, in Australia as a whole (Gray, Saggers, and Stearne 2015, p. 149). The impact of the indigenous population was a lot greater. According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW 2011) in 2004-05 indigenous Australians were twice as likely as non-indigenous Australians to binge drink (17% to 8%). Their harmful consumption of alcohol leads them to frequent mortality rates, as well as hospitalisation rates. Data shows that indigenous males were six times, and indigenous females 33 times more likely in being hospitalised due to injuries (ABS & AIHW 2008, p.126). As you can see the Europeans had a great effect on Aboriginal
As you can imagine this had a significant impact on them, since they maintained a close relationship with it. They were no longer able to hunt for their food and this lead to poor health and nutrition. The Aboriginal people found themselves making a very difficult decision regarding whether or not to work for the European settlers. Those who chose to work were often paid in forms of food, while the ones who didn’t struggled in finding their source of food. Europeans did not pay the Aboriginal people in the same food diet they were used to. On the contrary, the Europeans wants to spend little money as possible, so they were often paid with flour, sugar, tobacco, alcohol or tea. This was a drastic change compared to the variety of fruits and vegetables nature provided for them, which were the major reasons in why it lead to poor health and malnutrition among the Aboriginal community. The physical environment Aboriginal people lived in also had a great affect on their …show more content…
Aboriginal people often lead to the overuse due to not being in a good state of mind. Colonisation changed their entire word, by taking absolutely everything that defined them as human beings. This often lead to depression, therefore became addicted. Tobacco smoking has been identified as one of the largest preventable cause of death and disease, in Australia as a whole (Gray, Saggers, and Stearne 2015, p. 149). The impact of the indigenous population was a lot greater. According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW 2011) in 2004-05 indigenous Australians were twice as likely as non-indigenous Australians to binge drink (17% to 8%). Their harmful consumption of alcohol leads them to frequent mortality rates, as well as hospitalisation rates. Data shows that indigenous males were six times, and indigenous females 33 times more likely in being hospitalised due to injuries (ABS & AIHW 2008, p.126). As you can see the Europeans had a great effect on Aboriginal