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How Far Was King Arthur Responsible For Aboriginals

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Governor Lieutenant Arthur was a high ranking military officer from Britain during the early 19nth century. He was in charge of the settlers in Van Diemen's land; which is an island currently known as Tasmania. He was appointed to Van Diemen’s land by the British government where there were native aboriginals already residing there which caused a problem for the settlers. Arthur is responsible for the genocide of the aboriginals residing in Van Diemen’s land because he gave orders to have them killed several times and he did not care for their survival. One of the reasons he is responsible is because he took the resources of the aboriginals without thinking about the consequences or about the survival of the aboriginals. When the British settlers …show more content…

However, this would only work if the aboriginals had the same culture and norms as Britain, but they did not. Then later in November 1826, Arthur set legal conditions where aboriginals were only to be killed if they attacked you or were on your property. So the violence between the aboriginals and the settlers became worse. Over the summer of 1826 to 1827, aboriginal clans speared several stock keepers on farms since and made it clear that they wanted them off their kangaroo hunting grounds. The settlers responded rashly which resulted in mass deaths of the aboriginals; this continued for several …show more content…

However these islands were deemed inhospitable and inescapable by Arthur, so most of the aboriginals sent to these islands became sick and died. Later in the year, he stated "it is increasingly apparent the Aboriginal natives of this colony are and have ever been, a most treacherous race; and that the kindness and humanity which they have always experienced from the free settlers has not tended to civilize them to any degree." This means that Arthur gave up on the peace between the aboriginals and the settlers, and he then labelled them as “treacherous” even though it was he who had made the situations

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