How Did Culture Influence Australian Society

Australia has many and varied links to the world. These stem from the cultural ties the Australians have with other nations because of colonisation, followed by the political links Australia has gained because of the impact of settlement .

The cultural ties Australians have with Great Britain biggest is definitely not the strongest in a united relationship but did leave quite an impact on those at the time. When the first English people settled into Australia it was in 1788, a time when they thought Australia was new and belonged to no one despite the first record that a human once lived on the land dating back 40,000 years ago. Terra Nullius was what James cook called it and it was an international law that finder’s keeper’s for a land that nobody owned,

With the English’s weapons such as swords,horseman’s picks and guns a weapon like a spear could not be used for the exact intention as the object required certain different skills by the human hand and took an opportunity to take advantage of this privledge by massacreing people of all ages, gender, indifferent religious views a common one being the formation of creation depicted in the illustrations of the dreamtime stories the older generations would pass down and even trying to remove their common points of communication, a native language.

The rabbit proof fence a 2002 secondary source where but displays a true story of what three victims had faced during the Stolen generations. “This people make me sick” is one of the many lines the oldest victims Molly Craig confessed to her dear sister Daisy and Cousin Gracie. She was referring to the White Europeans in a harsh, loud tone of voice as the reaction of her sister was taken aback and her facial expression idealised one like a cat who has not been fed, given enough attention or been