Effects Of Colonization On Aboriginal

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Before the European invasion, the local people were nomadic, moving around to hunt and fish. Contact between the two cultures and colonisation had a devastating, life changing effect on aboriginal people, with the introduction of new diseases, government policies and massacres. In 1869, the Victorian board for the protection of aborigines was established. The Governor could order the removal of aboriginal or ‘half caste’ children to reformatory or industrial school. The protection board could remove any child from station families to be housed in dormitories. Similar legislations were later passed in other colonies. NSW in 1883. In 1915, the NSW protection board was given powers for the removal of children without a court hearing. This power