land rights

Land rights in Australia.

Brief history of Australia; in the 18th century America won its independence from England and no more could England send prisoners to America. The only option they had was to send the prisoners to a land far far away from England on the other side of the world. In England if you stole a loaf bread then you were sent to prison. The jails were so over crowded that they had to put them in old ships.

A fleet of ships stocked with prisoners took about six months to arrive on the shore of Australia and stuck the British flag on the ground and declared this new land a part of England. Though for thousands of years a race had occupied this land, they didn't built houses or roads but they roamed the land freely. The British looked down on them as just natives who were not as civilised as the British so they just took the land.

The land was then given out to other Europeans and were allowed to drive away the natives including killing. Some people bought the land or the government gave it away for free. The natives roamed the land and also maintain the land by preventing forest fires which is a serious problem in Australia. But in the eyes of the British they were just savages. Many natives were killed because of the farmers or government driving them away off the land.

That was two hundred years ago and Australians disapprove of the British and how they treated the natives and other cultures. For all Australians this is their home and it is too late for them to go back to any other country. The natives for quite awhile have been fighting for the right to be given land but some of that land had belong to people for last two hundred years.

Do you believe that land that had been owned by farmers for so long should be given back to the natives despite the financial lose to those farmers?

Or do you believe that is too late and whatever had happened is far too long ago in the past?

What the British did back then was a criminal act and if this was done today the United Nations would declare it a crime against human rights.

The people today should not be judged on what their ancestors did in the past.

The natives are people who can survive well in the forest and in the desert without harming the environment. They can also protect the environment and prevent large forest fires.

The natives can join the rest of the population and be part of a modern society and live a good life.

For many natives they want to live a traditional life because they choose to keep their own culture.

Native culture is popular to people overseas and they can make a lot of money selling it and with tourism.

The farmers should give up their land and the government should give those farmers compensation.

The farmers have been making a living from the land and also the farms feed the country.

The Australian population is not large so most people can live in the cities and let the natives roam the country,

A lot of people do not want to live in the large cities and have been living in the country for their whole life. Their family history has always been in the country.

The Australian government should make an apology to the natives for the crimes of the past.

Australians are not all descendents of the British and the apology should actually come from the queen.

Europeans believed they could sail to any country and if the people were not as advanced in technology they could claim their country to be their new found land. In your opinion what would happen if a country found a new land and the people were still natives and they decidied to take their land? How would the United Nations react to this and how would the media report this in the news?

Land rights in Australia. Brief history of Australia; in the 18th century America won its independence from England and no more could England send prisoners to America. The only option they had was to send the prisoners to a land far far away from England on the other side of the world. In England if you stole a loaf bread then you were sent to prison. The jails were so over crowded that they had to put them in old ships.
A fleet of ships stocked with prisoners took about six months to arrive on the shore of Australia and stuck the British flag on the ground and declared this new land a part of England. Though for thousands of years a race had occupied this land, they didn't built houses or roads but they roamed the land freely. The British looked down on them as just natives who were not as civilised as the British so they just took the land.
The land was then given out to other Europeans and were allowed to drive away the natives including killing. Some people bought the land or the government gave it away for free. The natives roamed the land and also maintain the land by preventing forest fires which is a serious problem in Australia. But in the eyes of the British they were just savages. Many natives were killed because of the farmers or government driving them away off the land.
That was two hundred years ago and Australians disapprove of the British and how they treated the natives and other cultures. For all Australians this is their home and it is too late for them to go back to any other country. The natives for quite awhile have been fighting for the right to be given land but some of that land had belong to people for last two hundred years.

Do you believe that land that had been owned by farmers for so long should be given back to the natives despite the financial lose to those farmers?		Or do you believe that is too late and whatever had happened is far too long ago in the past?
What the British did back then was a criminal act and if this was done today the United Nations would declare it a crime against human rights.		The people today should not be judged on what their ancestors did in the past.
The natives are people who can survive well in the forest and in the desert without harming the environment. They can also protect the environment and prevent large forest fires.		The natives can join the rest of the population and be part of a modern society and live a good life.
For many natives they want to live a traditional life because they choose to keep their own culture.		Native culture is popular to people overseas and they can make a lot of money selling it and with tourism.
The farmers should give up their land and the government should give those farmers compensation.		The farmers have been making a living from the land and also the farms feed the country.
The Australian population is not large so most people can live in the cities and let the natives roam the country,		A lot of people do not want to live in the large cities and have been living in the country for their whole life. Their family history has always been in the country.
The Australian government should make an apology to the natives for the crimes of the past.		Australians are not all descendents of the British and the apology should actually come from the queen.

Europeans believed they could sail to any country and if the people were not as advanced in technology they could claim their country to be their new found land. In your opinion what would happen if a country found a new land and the people were still natives and they decidied to take their land? How would the United Nations react to this and how would the media report this in the news?