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Smallpox Scabs That British Doctors Used to Inoculate Patients May Have Introduced the Deadly Disease to Australia, New Research Suggests

Two new studies find that British colonists arriving via ship in the late 18th century likely introduced smallpox, which ...
ZME Science

British First Fleet Likely Brought Smallpox to Australia and the Actual Toll May Have Been Millions

Researchers say British colonization of Australia may have killed millions after smallpox arrived with the First Fleet ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Australians protest British colonization on a national holiday some mark as ‘Invasion Day’

SYDNEYSYDNEY — Thousands of Australians protested the anniversary of British colonization of their country with large crowds Friday urging for Australia Day to be moved and for a day of mourning on ...
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Australia’s first truth-telling inquiry finds British committed genocide of Indigenous people

Australia’s first truth-telling inquiry has found the British committed genocide of the Aboriginal people in Victoria during their colonisation of the country. The Yoorrook Justice Commission’s final ...
CNN

A colonial explorer stole Aboriginal spears in 1770. Centuries later, they’ll finally return to Australia

The resulting British colonization of Australia resulted in the introduction of foreign diseases, displacement, and massacres against the Aboriginal people. The La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land ...
The New York Times

Colonization Was the ‘Luckiest Thing’ to Happen to Australia, Ex-Leader Says

The backlash was swift after John Howard made the remarks ahead of a referendum on Aboriginal representation in the government. By Natasha Frost A former prime minister of Australia has stirred a ...
Newsday

Australians protest British colonization on a national holiday some mark as 'Invasion Day'

SYDNEY — Thousands of Australians protested the anniversary of British colonization of their country with large crowds Friday urging for Australia Day to be moved and for a day of mourning on the ...
KHON2

Australians protest British colonization on a national holiday some mark as ‘Invasion Day’

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SYDNEY (AP) — Thousands of Australians ...