... reserves were established on which Aborigines lived, with few opportunities for education (mainly in segregated schools) and employment, without rights of citizenship and with a dependence on the Government of Australia. Although protection policies were considered an improvement, it made Aboriginal people dependent on the administrators of reserves. They could not leave the reserves without permission. The ... expedition shot dead at least 32 Aborigines. A court of inquiry found the action ˜justified'. The Aborigines who survived were also refused legal aid by the Federal government. ...

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... Minnesota, the Modoc of California, and the "Meeker Massacre" caused by the Utes in 1879. In all these cases, although the government and military would hold the prisoners without food, the main cause of death was in fact disease. Ironically, Captain Henry Wirz, a Confederate ... appear in the genocide definition and its exactly what the Australian government, as well as the American government, did to the indigenous people. The United States government also has to do a little with the genocide of the Aboriginal people. The Australian government is leasing sacred lands of the Aborigines ...

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