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A MULTICULTURAL history of Australia...
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A MULTICULTURAL research library...
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Key issues and landmark events in our diverse society...

A search for real meaning in emotional language...

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3000 pages of reports, articles, speeches, interviews...

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Screen (3 of 7) ...European invasion and settlement...
 


Artist's original sketch of the historical
painting in oils by Algernon Talmage, R.A.,
"The Founding of Australia."


Hear Commentary:
...European invasion and settlement - Listen to Professor Andrew Jakubowicz discuss the events and issues surrounding this topic. Read text commentary
Cartoons: Governor Arthur's Proclamation to the Aboriginies - Oil on wood cartoon, aimed at illustrating Governor Arthur's Proclamation on law and punishment to Indigenous people, was nailed up in the Tasmanian bush in 1828. - More ...

Audio Interviews:
The Way We Really Were (Excerpt) - Charles Perkins speaking in 1967 on land rights between the white man and Aborignal people. - More ...

Audio Interviews:
We have Survived (Excerpt) - Linda Burney speaking on the White Settlement and the treatment of Aboriginal people at that time. - More ...
History: Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay - One of the commanders in the First Fleet describes the proceedings when the British established the settlement at Sydney Cove in 1788, in Sydney’s First Four Years – a reprint of a Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay and A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson 1788-1791. - More ...
 
...European invasion and settlement...