Contact and Colonisation

Question 1

First Fleet

Answer 1

*In 1770, James Cook claimed possession of the east coast of Australis
*British decided to create a penal colony to store convicts from their overcrowded prisons
*first 10 years of settlement the Aboriginal population was decreased by 90%

Question 2

Protection Policy

Answer 2

The name given to the law that each state in Australia developed to remove half-caste Aboriginal children from their families and place them in missions with White Australians.

Question 3

Assimilation Policy

Answer 3

This policy began in 1936. It aimed to force Aboriginal people to learn White Australian culture, way of dressing, values, English language, and religion. It ended by 1970.

Question 4

Gurilla tactics

Answer 4

• They act quickly and then withdraw before enemy reinforcements arrive.
• Mass, strike, and disperse are strategic elements of successful guerrilla operations.
• They were done in small groups
  *Aboriginal warriors used guerilla tactics against Shepard’s and stockmen, killed stock and attacked camps
• SURPRISE RAIDS AGAINST THE ENEMY

Answer 5

*A group of 10 convict stockmen rode onto Myall Creek Station
* massacred about 28 Aboriginals
*The first time that the perpetrators of such crimes were brought to justice.
*Following a second trial, seven men were executed.