... lands and into the harsh arid interior. Their families were broken up, their children taken away from them and sent to be "civilised", their sacred sites destroyed and their wild animals hunted. The killing and exploitation of Aborigines by whites continued well into the twentieth century. The aboriginal population declined from the original 300,000 when the first white settlers arrived ... is why did the Aborigines serve in the armed forces? As Aboriginals, they were not classified as citizens of Australia, they could not drink alcohol, vote, marry non-Aboriginals or buy property. They...

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... dry land. The Aborigines in central Australia managed to avoid contact with the Europeans and are lucky enough to live their traditional lives, but traces of European interference exist. Foreign animals, vehicles, pollution, and poaching have disrupted the Aboriginal way of life by destroying their environment and killing their game (food), seriously threatening the sustainability of their traditional lifestyle. With many ... the education or tools necessary to improve their lives, while getting an education while living in destitution is extremely hard because they are starving or work...

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