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From Encounter to Erasure: Missionaries and the Assimilation of Aboriginal Australians

Author(s) Dr. Raju Bollavarapu
Country India
Abstract Abstract:
The history of Australia before European contact is one of the oldest continuous human cultures in the world. The Aboriginal Australians, the continent’s original inhabitants, lived for over 60,000 years with rich traditions, languages, and deep spiritual connections to the land. However, this long-standing cultural continuity began to change with the arrival of European explorers—often referred to as “white advents”—from the 17th century onwards. The earliest recorded European contact with Australia did not begin with the British, but with the Dutch. In 1606, the Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon became the first European known to have landed on the Australian continent, near present-day Queensland. These early Dutch explorers referred to the land as New Holland. However, their interactions with Aboriginal people were limited and often hostile, and they did not establish permanent settlements. Later, in 1770, British explorer Captain James Cook arrived on the eastern coast of Australia aboard the HMS Endeavour. Cook claimed the land for Great Britain under the doctrine of terra nullius, meaning “land belonging to no one,” despite the presence of well-established Aboriginal societies.
Keywords Key Words: Assimilation policies, Violence and loss of life, Genocide, environment conditions etc.
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Published In Volume 8, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On 2026-03-26
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i02.72592
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