... However this hasn't always been so. Since the arrival of he Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet in 1788, the aboriginals of Australia have struggled to regain the independence they once had. Their quest for equal rights and recognition, which was only fulfilled late last century, ... mission stations, their waterholes poisoned and many of their people massacred. The Europeans did not understand the Aboriginal culture. Rather than regard the Aborigines as a well-established and well-organized civilisation, the Europeans considered them to be heathens who needed to be converted to...

• Word Count: 1494
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... However this hasn't always been so. Since the arrival of he Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet in 1788, the aboriginals of Australia have struggled to regain the independence they once had. Their quest for equal rights and recognition, which was only fulfilled late last century, ... mission stations, their waterholes poisoned and many of their people massacred. The Europeans did not understand the Aboriginal culture. Rather than regard the Aborigines as a well-established and well-organized civilisation, the Europeans considered them to be heathens who needed to be converted to...

• Word Count: 1486
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School