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Throughout 1788 to 1820 the Aboriginals lives have changed dramatically. The cause of this was Captain James Cook and the first fleet who arrived on January 1788. The first fleet brought 11 ships, 717 convicts and 290 marines. The women and the children sailed into a protected harbour which was in the center of the Cadigal lands which was owned by the Cadigal tribe.They called it the Warrane. __Captain. James Cook__

While the European settled into Australia, the Aboriginal were forced to face the British with conflict. In the British colony, they believed that they should be friends with the Aboriginals but the Aboriginals did not accept this. James Cook decided to command the British to try and make good relationships with the indigenous. Due to the actions of the British, the Aboriginal became more aware of them because they were rape and also kidnapped.

__The Black War.__
In the 1810s, the Sydney plains were over crowded with British foreigners, leaving the Aboriginal to starve and survive. The British were still looking for more land and colonised more parts of Australia.The Bristish gave some land to the Aboriginal people so that they can farm and get wool, back then wool was worth quite alot of money.

At 1824, the British took more of the Aboriginal peoples lands, also they didn't let them have access to waterholes and they had less resources to anyhthing. The Aboriginal people had enough of the British people. They had a war. The Aboriginal warriors used guerrilla tactics against the sheperds and stocksmen. They attacked stocks and camps. In 1795, Governor Hunter sent warriors to defend and protect the 400 farmers at the Hawkesbury River area.

In 1838, during the Myall Creek Massacre the British were scared of the Aboriginals because they have killed two European settlers. Twelve local stocksmen wanted revenge.They rode to the nearest Aboriginal camp site that they could find.