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what effect did british colonization have on the aborigines?

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1. Great Britain explored Australia in the late 1700s.

2. The British began colonizing Australia and encountered the native peoples.

3. The British learned how to live in the harsh Australian climate by learning from the Aborigines.

4. Disease demolished over half of the native population, and native languages were nearly wiped out.

5. British settlers grew more accustomed to the land and attempted to take it from the Aborigines, usually by force.

Initially, the main purpose of the exploration of Australia is to found a place for British' prisoners. But after discovering the land, Great Britain realize that a lot of natural resources exist on this continent. So they decided to colonize it.

The Australian territory has a lot of wild animals that dangerous for British people. Luckily, they encountered native people that can teach them how to live.

At that time, many of the settlers were the carrier of chicken pox. Since the Aborigines had no resistance of this disease, it wiped out large number of their population.

The British started to outnumbered the native. They grew more accustomed and started to took the lands from the Aborigines.