Differing+experiences+1820+-+1900+focusing+on+disease,+land+disputes,+dispossession+and+massacres

As the settlers moved inland, the Aboriginals began to lose their hunting grounds, their watering holes, in fact their source of life. They contracted diseases to which they had no resistance; they suffered from the effects of alcohol, and from fighting between the groups. Many of the Aboriginals died from diseases brought to Australia (such as the common cold), due to the fact that they had never been exposed to these sicknesses.

The british also said that if that Australia was bought or conquered the british would have to recognise the indigenous people's right to the land. The British ignored aboriginal people to claim ownership to the land. It was impossible for the aboriginals to move again to another area and begin life again. The aboriginals did not want to leave the land because they were inseparable.