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The fate of Australia’s indigenous inhabitants is not widely known outside of Australia. There are several reasons for this, not least that the indigenous peoples were and are a heterogeneous collection of cultures, languages and customs, where even tribes a few miles apart speak different languages. This, of course, was one reason they were able to offer so little resistance to the European colonisation in the late-18th century. A lack of recorded history from the Aboriginal side has also made it difficult to understand the first-hand impact of this arrival. 

Colonial-era attitudes that allowed British settlers to perceive indigenous people as ‘vermin’ to be exterminated from settled land mean that teaching of the subject requires sensitivity. The sometimes-aggressive behaviour of indigenous men towards women and children was seen by white settlers as further evidence of ‘savagery’ regardless of the settlers own violent behaviour towards women and children. These recommendations will give you the information you need to approach the topic with confidence.