History of the aborigines

The flag of the Aborigines

The Aborigines are humans, who come 40.000 years ago from Asia with boats to Australia. They are not a integrative folk, but split into many clans. They lived as hunter-gatherers until the White people come. In 1788 the white people come to Australia. They have peaceful contact with Aborigines. Many Aborigines died of influenza. As a result of the diseases and massacres the 1 million Aborigines were nothing but 60.000. The government give them land where they can live. At the end of the 19th century the Christians tried to crusade the Aborigines. They taught them the religion and medics and gave them schools. In the 20th century were the stolen generations. And 1997 the government exclaim the National Sorry Day.

Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aborigines