European Colonisation In Australia

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have occupied this land for over 60,000 years this making their culture the oldest living race on earth. Throughout the years Indigenous communities within Australia have faced many key events that have affected their lives since European colonisation in 1778. (Timeline)???
Prior to colonisation there were approximately 700 different Aboriginal nations, that contained different communities across the continent. Although many different cultures and languages were used, the tribal groups had particular rules about engaging with others, the rules were respected and accepted by many of the groups. They also share some fundamental principles that included a social commitment to kin and a spiritual connection to the land. The economy was based on gathering and hunting, communities needed to follow very well structured seasonal migration within their area to make use of all the resources it provided. Exceptionally sophisticated kinship structures and rules governed interpersonal behaviour, marriage and trade, whilst art, dance and music enriched their lives.
After colonisation relationships between tribes became fractured; tribal structures became fragmented and broke down. This caused devastating cultural shock to Aboriginal …show more content…
Nevertheless, it was not until 1834 that farmers from Tasmania colonised Victoria, and in 1837 the town of Melbourne was ordered to be built. Towards the end of the 1840s, the biggest part of land in Victoria had been colonised by the Europeans and this seen a dramatic decline in the Aboriginal population. In 1869 the Victorian Parliament passed the Aborigines Protection Act. The Act gave powers to the Board for the Protection of the Aborigines, an extraordinary level of control over Aboriginal people’s lives, including regulation of residence, employment, marriage, social life and other aspects of daily