ETHNOMUS 25 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Bilma, Nitmiluk National Park, Flunk
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Torrace straight islanders (top right pointy part of continent) = aboriginals (not the ones talked about today) High level of immigration (last couple of generations: most people concentrate in cities along the edge. Conditions in center are too harsh: culturally very connected to europe. Colonized by great britain: younger than us. History of australia"s colonization: international interactions for centuries, by 1606 direct european contact. Tiny explorations just to get a peak a what was happening there: in 1770 captain james cook official claim. To state his claim in part of australia: january 26, 1788 the first settlers came to inhabit the land. Captain phillip brought prisoners (european criminals and poor) to work. Captain cook decided land was uninhabited because aboriginals did not live the same lifestyle as what he considered to be civilized (no houses, not farming) Cook believed the land was free to colonize. January 26 cook colonized = australian independence day: awkward!
