1. Aboriginal Australia: 1900-1945
... Western Australia and Queensland they were perceived as a threat by many white pastoralists and were subjected often to acts of pure violence. Confrontations between white people and Aborigines on the Canning stock route were frequent, with the former spearing thousands of cattle and the latter engaging in savage retaliation. In Western Australia a 1905 Royal Commission reported on brutal treatment of Aboriginal ... property. They would have been like every other adventurous young Australian male, wanting to go out and see the world, get paid really good money, see some action and 'be h...
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