Before the Aboriginals had European contact, they described their old lives as being carefree and simple, they didnt have to worry about social status and money - they only had to care about gathering food, telling/passing on stories to the younger generation and help around in their tribe. After European contact in 1788, the Aboriginals were often abused, dispossessed of the land, exposed to new diseases (such as smallpox) and involvement in violent conflict, resulted in the death of a vast number of the Aborigines. When this became evident to the Australian government of the time, they introduced the Protection Policy and other various policies after that they believed were in the Aborigines best interests.

The period between 1788 and 1890s was a very violent and horrific time for the Aborigines as they were constantly harassed, massacred and poisoned by Europeans because they believed that the Aborigines were of a inferior race and were bound to die out. Due to the violence, the Aboriginal population greatly decreased, when this was evident to the government, they introduced the Protection Policy in the 1890s. The policy had the main aim of protecting the Aboriginal community from harm by moving (by force usually) the Aborigines off their land and putting them in reserves and missions, away from civilisation - segregating them. The reserves and missions were places of complete...

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