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Australia and its Aborigines

Australia and its Aborigines. Four hundred centuries alone ( 400 centuries = 40.000 years ). The first people in Australia. The Aborigines were the only people in Australia for 40,000 years. They lived all over the continent.

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Australia and its Aborigines

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  1. Australia and its Aborigines Four hundred centuries alone ( 400 centuries = 40.000 years )

  2. The first people in Australia • The Aborigines were the only people in Australia for 40,000 years. • They lived all over the continent. • They never became farmers because they lived on wild plants and animals.

  3. End of a peaceful life • In 1770 Captain James Cook took possession of Australia in the name of Great Britain. • There were about one million Aborigines at that time. • The British settlers arrived in 1788.

  4. In 1788 there were about one million Aborigines. In 1902 there were only a hundred thousand ( 100.000 ) Aborigines left !! They were living in reserves or camps. They lost their land

  5. Civil rights movement • In 1960, a Civil Rights movement started. • In 1967 the Aborigines got the right to vote.

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