Aboriginal resistance in australia.
- Date: April 15, 2003
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Resistance of the Aboriginal people.
Resistance by Aboriginal Australians to the European invasion, led by Cook, was first signaled on 19 April 1770 when a youngster threw a stone. This resistance has never ended.
This 'war' was never sanctioned or officially recognized by the British Empire, because it undermined their claim of our continent being terra nullius - land belonging to no-one, or, literally, 'empty land.' In maintaining the lie, they were also able to claim 'peaceful settlement' of the land. Even today, little is known about the horrific atrocities that took place in the contact between invading colonists and the Indigenous Peoples of Australia.
Here are the names of some of the most famous Aboriginal resistance fighters:
Pemulway - who fought for 12 ...
... curiosity. The city of Sydney is built upon the land of his clan.
Pemulwuy was a family man with a daughter and a son named Arabanu (Tedbury). He was admired for his tall and athletic build and had distinctive brown speck in his left eye. Pemulwuy was revered by all the Eora. He could throw his spear eighty metres, which was ten or twenty metres further than most. This, among other attributes, led his people to believing he held unusual powers and a connection with the supernatural. But this was not enough when it came to groups of soldiers with guns.
The Aboriginal peoples of Australia fought the colonial invasion with honour, and they have never surrendered.
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