Aborigeenid (Inglise keeles)
taking of their lands. Many adapted to the new lifestyle (when many became reliant on alcohol, tobacco
and handouts of food and clothing). However the settlers were often contemptuous of the Aborigines
and separated them from their society and the people became the fringe dwellers of society. Others
were removed from their families and placed into institutions. From the late 1830s the remnants of the
tribes in the settled areas were moved onto Reserves and Missions where they were 'managed' by
Whitemen and were forbidden from teaching their children their language and custom.
Today the Aborigines are in trouble. Many have left the their traditional lifestyle, and have
moved to suburbs. There is a 40% unemployment rate in many Aborigines populations, in part because
Aborigines are widely discriminated against which causes some people not to hire them. Even the
police and government discriminate against aborigines. In many places bars are segregated into