Impacts of European settlement on Aboriginal people
Loss of lands
Loss of hunting and gathering
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Destroyed sacred sites
Disregarded traditional laws
Forced onto lands of neighbouring clans
Religious conversion
Tribal conflict
Food shortages
Cleared vegetation for farming
Introduced diseases
Christianity
Missions
Social improvement
Live like white people
Murdered, massacred
e.g.Myall Creek Massacre
Smallpox
Poisoned water and food
Stole spears and fishing lines
Wiped whole populations
e'g Tasmanian Aborigines
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