Frontier Conflicts In Australia Case Study

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From 1788 to 1900, British colony was growing rapidly in Australia. New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, Northern Territory were settled during this period. Meanwhile the relationship between colonists and aboriginal were getting deteriorate(Australia Government 2015). During this period, it is figured that the Indigenous population of Australia was reduced by 90%, the main causes for this huge population lost are that brutal frontier conflicts happened between indigenous Australian and European settlers, the brutal fights killed a large amount of aboriginals, and new diseases were introduced by new settlers(Harris

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