Stolen Generation

Checkpoints

1. The Aborigines settlers were the first settlers in Australia, they came from the Asian mainland and the islands north of the Australian continent.

2. The Aboriginal population was halved quite soon after the European arrival because they died from diseases the Europeans brought with them, and the Aborigines were also driven away from the most fertile land as the withes wanted to cultivate these areas and settle there. Many of them were also killed, and they were treated as an inferior race. 

3. More than 100,000 aboriginal children were taken away from their homes for more than 100 years. Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent were removed from their families by the government or the church. These children were taken to orphanages or foster homes.

Viewpoints

1. I think Mr Howard and Mr Keating refused to make an official apologi because they think what they did was the right thing to do.

2. The Indians has experienced something similar. The Europeans came and killed almost everyone, when they arrived the mainland of America.

Research and discover

1.Find out about the Maoris in New Zealand. Who are they and how is their situation in New Zealand today?

The Māori originated with settlers from eastern Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages at some time between 1250 and 1300 CE. Today the Maoris is a usual part of the society.

2.Compare the history of Australian Aborigines and the New Zealand Maoris.

When the Europeans came to New Zealand and Australia they changed the two native peoples with a new culture and different sights on the life.    

3.These two groups have had quite different experiences. Can you think of possible reasons for this?

I think the Europeans did not like any native people, and they just wanted to think new not old. I also think that both the Aborigines and the Maoris could be willing to make a change, in that way many more had survived .