When Did Aboriginal Dispossession Occur?
The Notional Citizenship Ascribed to Aboriginal People at the End of the 18Th Century Was Eroded During the Nineteenth Century-with Dispossession from Land...
The notional citizenship ascribed to Aboriginal people at the end of the 18th century was eroded during the nineteenth century-with dispossession from land being followed by dispossession from family.
When did Aboriginal activism start?
In 1900, the Aborigines Protection Society (a humanitarian movement founded in Britain) suggested that Federation offered a chance for Australia to adopt a 'comprehensive and uniform native policy' to benefit Aboriginal people across the country. Their appeals were ignored by the new Federal Government.
When did dispossession start in Australia?
Since colonisation had begun in 1829 some colonists and their descendants had murdered, mistreated and exploited Western Australia's Aboriginal communities for their own gain. Towards the end of the nineteenth century laws were introduced in Western Australia to control the movements of Aboriginal people.
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