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GUESTLIST 2017 / ISSUE 102 13 GUESTLIST affected almost every Aboriginal tribe between 1788 and 1872. Some involved shootings, others involved forcing groups off cliffs, or falsely befriending them, only to give them poisoned food. Those who weren't murdered were imprisoned or enslaved. In Tasmania, "black men were used for target practice, black women were used as sex slaves, and black babies were roasted." THE ABORIGINALS WERE BY NO MEANS PASSIVE PRISONERS There was insurgencies, resistance and resilience from the Aboriginal people. Though they continually resisted terrible treatment and infringement of their rights to the land, the Australian Aboriginals endured mass disease, sexual & financial abuse and rapid loss of rich and important culture. It is estimated that between 1788 and 1900, the Indigenous population of Australia was reduced by 90%, involving tens of thousands of deaths. AFTER COLONIALISM In 1905 the 'Aborigines Act' meant parents of mixed race Aboriginal children had their legal guardianship removed and given to the Chief Protector of Aborigines, along with powers to remove children from their parents, basically legalising kidnapping of Aboriginals within Australia. Children were taken and brought up in white families, in order to breed out the Aboriginal 'colour' and culture. The children were taught to be ashamed of their heritage, causing further loss of indigenous culture and language. They were also psychologically, physically and sexually abused in their new environments. They are called the Stolen Generation. THE AIM IS CLEAR: GENOCIDE Cuts to the budget of the Aborigines Department, partly resulting from the 1905 act, meant the department was merged in 1909 to form the Department of Aborigines and Fisheries. So the Aboriginals were now grouped together with fish. The institutionalised racism created from these political events amounted to Aboriginal "concentration camps" in which the Aboriginal people were to be confined until their race became extinct. They were captive from 1881 to 1940. However, if Aborigine people could not 'die out' naturally then they had to be made accustomed to the white way of life. The Stolen Generation were educated with white Australians and not taught of their Aboriginal heritage, in order to be 'civilised' into white society. Only in 1962 were Aboriginals given the right to vote in elections, and in 1967 a referendum allowed them to be counted among all Australians in the national census. THERE ARE ONLY 700,000 AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINALS TODAY So much of Aboriginal culture was lost because of the British. The treatment and exclusion they have experienced for years since is shameful. But certainly now, the Aboriginals should have full equality in rights and fair attitudes towards them. Sadly, this is still not the case, as from the first day the British set foot on Australian soil to now, the Aboriginal people have not been given a treaty. A treaty of fair negotiations would allow Aboriginals to finally define their identity and try and regain some of the traditional culture which was so brutally destroyed in British colonialism, and is not yet safe, like the current threatened destruction of a sacred butterfly cave. HOW ABORIGINIES ARE LIVING NOW In Australia now, suicidality behaviours (such as self harm) are at rates of ten times more for Aboriginals than it is for the non-Indigenous population. Indigenous imprisonment rates at 2,253 people in 100,000 compared to 146 in 100,000 in the non-Indigenous population 59% of people in Juvenile Detention Centres were indigenous, despite them only making up 3% of the entire population. There also exists severe housing problems including overcrowding, more infectious disease, more chronic disease, and a lifespan 10 years lower than that of the non-Indigenous population. This is the raw, unadulterated, Bad History of Britain's colonisation of Australia. Not enough is being done today to push the government to a treaty. Join us in standing up for the rights of Aboriginals.