10.6 Effects of colonization on Aboriginal people

Question 1

what impact did the first colony have on the local aboriginal populations around Sydney Cove?

Answer 1

90% of the Aboriginals were wiped out in 3 years around Sydney, most by disease.

Question 2

What decline in population was estimated around Port Phillip by 1850?

Answer 2

Around Port Phillip the population fell from 30,000 in 1835 to 5000 in 1850.

Question 3

Where were most aboriginal peoples living in Australia?

Answer 3

Most Aboriginal people were in the Southeast of Australia. Many along the Murray River, which was an ideal place for fishing.

Question 4

How did the aboriginal people move through the land?

Answer 4

They did not stay in one spot but moved around in the seasons for hunting.

Question 5

How did Europeans impact the food supply and hunting habits of the aboriginal people?

Answer 5

The Europeans disturbed the animals and disrupted the hunting routines as well as the food supply.

Question 6

List the impact that different European diseases had on the aboriginal peoples?

Answer 6

• Common cold
• Tuberculosis
• Syphilis
• Measles
• Smallpox (wiped out 50% of the Aboriginal people)
• Influenza

Question 7

Describe the frontier conflict that occurred?

Answer 7

As settlers took more and more land, there was conflict with the Aboriginal people. About 29 Europeans were killed and 200 Aboriginals were killed.

Question 8

Who was Pemulwuy and what did he do?

Answer 8

Pemulwuy was an Aboriginal warrior who fought the Europeans. A bounty was put on his head and he was eventually captured and killed.