Admiral Arthur Phillip (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as the first governor of the Colony of New South Wales. Phillip was educated at Greenwich Hospital School from June 1751 until December 1753. He then became an apprentice on the whaling ship Fortune. With the outbreak of theContinue reading “Australia- colonisation”
Category Archives: Colonisation of Australia
SO CALLED INVASION DAY
There was no invasion AS ENGLAND WAS THE FIRST COUNTRY TO ABOLISH SLAVERY PHILLIPS WAS TOLD TO TREAT THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WELL-AND HE DID THEY HAD THE SAME RIGHTS AS FREE SETTLERS AND TREATED ACCORDINGLY As for first Nations -that was a title the destroyer of all things good in Australia -Gough Whitlam with aContinue reading “SO CALLED INVASION DAY”
The Misrepresentations of the Massacre Map
Peter O’Brien Quadrant Online 30th August 2022 The colonisation of the Australian continent was a traumatic and damaging event for the Aboriginal people of the time. Almost alone in the world, they had maintained a stone age culture virtually unchanged for thousands of years. That was not because their culture was inherently superior or moreContinue reading “The Misrepresentations of the Massacre Map”
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