Aboriginal History: Reconciliation

Aboriginal History: Reconciliation

Since European settlement, Aboriginal History has been a spiral of mistreatment and death. I believe that the Australian Government should say “sorry”. This would cause a recognition of past injustices. The reasons that I believe the Australian Government should say “sorry” is because of:

1. Reserves.
2. Missions.
3. Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths.

In 1883, the Aborigines Protection Board was set up in New South Wales. It’s purpose was to ‘smooth the pillow of the dying race’ and thus hasten the extinction of the Aboriginal people. Two of the methods used were Missions and Reserves.
A Reserve was an area of land set aside for Aboriginal people to live under the control of the Europeans. It was like a refugee camp. The Aboriginals even had to ask permission to leave the boundaries of the camp.
On the reserves they were given basic housing and just enough food to survive. Many were also shipped off to fore...