In 1770 Captain Cooks encounter with the aboriginal people was marked with violence but the European colonization of the continent which followed 18 years later can only be described in terms of an invasion. This event was to bring devastating consequences for the aboriginal people who were occupying the country and living their lives in accordance with their own spiritual beliefs, laws, values and knowledge of the world. White European settlement brought with it the destruction of …showed first 75 words of 605 total…

…showed last 75 words of 605 total…late 1960s. In recent years one of the most interesting expressions has been the political struggle, within the AFL, against anti-Aboriginal abuse on the football field. Concerning the question of the injustice done to the Aborigines, and what this generation of non-Aboriginal Australians owes them (there exists now). Whether the Aboriginal question can once more be swept under the carpet, or whether the process we call reconciliation deepens and gathers pace, remains an open question