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This video is about the aboriginal people of Australia and their tragic history. Once upon a time, in the land down under, there lived a proud and ancient people known as the First People of Australia or Aboriginals. They were the original inhabitants of the land, having lived there for over 50,000 years. The First Nations of Australia tribes were deeply connected to the land and its natural resources, and they had a rich spiritual and cultural heritage that was passed down from generation to generation.
However, when the Europeans arrived in Australia, everything changed for these people. The settlers claimed the land as their own, and in doing so, they destroyed their way of life. The settlers brought with them new diseases, weapons, and ways of living that the Aborigines were not prepared for. Many of them died as a result of these new diseases and violence.
Welcome to Afroartista Films, the home of eye opening African themed mini-documentaries and this is the tragic story of Australia’s Black indigenous population otherwise called the First Nations or Aborigines.
The First People of Australia consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples of the Australian mainland and Tasmania, and the Torres Strait Islander peoples. The time of arrival of the first human beings in Australia is a matter of debate and ongoing investigation. The earliest conclusively human remains found in Australia are those of Mungo Man LM3 and Mungo Lady, which have been dated to around 50,000 years BP.
Isolated for millennia by rising sea water after the last Ice Age, Australian Aboriginal peoples developed a variety of regional cultures and languages, invented distinct artistic and religious traditions, and affected the environment of the continent in a number of ways through hunting, fire farming, and the introduction of the dog. Technologies for warfare and hunting like the boomerang and spear were constructed of natural materials, as were musical instruments like the didgeridoo.
Although there are a number of cultural commonalities among Indigenous Australians, there is also a great diversity among different communities. The 2022 Australian census recorded 167 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages used at home by some 76,978 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. At the time of European colonisation, it is estimated that there were over 250 Aboriginal languages. It is now estimated that all but 13 remaining Indigenous languages are considered endangered. Aboriginal people today mostly speak English, with Aboriginal phrases and words being added to create Australian Aboriginal English (which also has a tangible influence of Indigenous languages in the phonology and grammatical structure). Around three quarters of Australian place names are of Aboriginal origin. Here is a sample of an aboriginal language.
The First Fleet of British settlers arrived on instructions to "live in amity and kindness" with the Aboriginal population. Nevertheless, a population collapse principally from disease followed European colonisation, beginning with a smallpox epidemic spreading three years after the arrival of Europeans. Massacres and frontier conflicts involving European settlers also contributed to depopulation.
As time passed, the settlers’ greed and desire for land grew. They took over more and more of the Aborigines’ land, destroying their sacred sites and hunting down the animals they relied on for food. The settlers also began to take the Aborigines’ children away from their families, claiming that they were doing so to “civilize” them. These children became known as the “stolen generations” and they suffered greatly at the hands of the settlers.
Despite all of these hardships, the Aborigines never lost their spirit. They fought back against the settlers, trying to reclaim their land and their way of life. However, their efforts were in vain, as the settlers were too strong and too determined to take control of the land.
In the end, the Aborigines were forced to live on reserves and missions, separated from their families and their land. They were treated as second-class citizens, denied their rights and freedoms, and forced to assimilate into the settlers culture.
They never lost their spirit. They continued to hold onto their traditions and their culture, passing them down from generation to generation. They also began to fight back, using the courts and the political system to try and reclaim their rights and their land.
Today, the Aborigines are still fighting for their rights and their land, but they have made great strides in recent years. They have been successful in having many of their sacred sites recognized and protected, and they have also been successful in reclaiming some of their land.
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