Genocide of Indigenous Australians | |
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![]() 1888 illustration of a massacre by Australian native police in Queensland, Australia | |
Location | Australia |
Date | 1788 - 1970 |
Target | Aboriginal Australians Torres Strait Islanders |
Attack type | Genocide, massacre, forced displacement, ethnic cleansing, collective punishment, starvation |
Perpetrators | British colonisers Australian Government |
Motive | Settler colonialism White supremacy |
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The genocide of Indigenous Australians is the systematic and deliberate actions taken primarily by British colonisers and their descendants, particularly during the 18th to the 20th centuries, aimed at eradicating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, languages, and people. Motivations for the genocide varied, and included motivations aimed at preserving a "white Australia",[1] or assimilating Indigenous populations "for their own good".[2]
The genocide of Indigenous Australians includes mass killings during the frontier wars, forced removals of children (now known as the Stolen Generations), and policies of forced assimilation by the Australian Government that sought to extinguish Indigenous Australian identity and cultural practices.[3][page needed]
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