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Sovereignty, false pretences without the rightful consent
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/recognising-invasions/sovereignty/Elder Waubin Richard Aken, Traditional Owner of Tuined and appointed Tribal Historian for Kaurareg First Nations people, discusses the HMB Endeavour’s voyage from his people’s accounts and perspectives.
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Contested Possession
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/recognising-invasions/contested-possession/Contested Possession presents the various and at times conflicting accounts regarding the event of Cook and Tuined (Possession Island).
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Not a discovery voyage
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/recognising-invasions/not-a-discovery-voyage/The HMB Endeavour’s voyage was originally commissioned as a scientific mission. When the British Admiralty (Royal Navy) found out where Cook was going, they took advantage of the opportunity to expand the British Empire’s interests in the Pacific.
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Plans for a colony
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/recognising-invasions/plans-for-a-colony/Delve into historical records and learn how the decision was made to establish a colony in Australia.
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Terra nullius
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/recognising-invasions/terra-nullius/Terra nullius is today used as a catch-all phrase to explain how Australia was founded; to justify and legitimise the dispossession, dispersal, and inhumane treatment of First Nations peoples.
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The Approach to the Warrego Country map, c. 1845
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/fighting-wars/warrego-country-map/Discover how parts of New South Wales and Queensland were mapped out for potential land use and to identified as threats from the 'hostile Aborigines'.
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The Sydney wars
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/fighting-wars/sydney-wars/Learn how the sustained warfare in Sydney from 1788 to 1817, spread as the colonists intruded further into sovereign Aboriginal lands.
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The Appin Massacre
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/fighting-wars/appin-massacre/Learn about the Appin Massacre of Aboriginal men, women and children on 17th April 1816, that was the result of Macquarie’s orders for members of the 46th Regiment.
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Breastplates
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/fighting-wars/breastplates/Learn how colonists used the European system of awarding breast plates and titles to control their diplomatic relationship with the Aboriginal peoples.
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Lest we for/get over it
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/fighting-wars/lest-we-forget-over-it/Examine two of the most popular phrases said in Australia and learn why healing for First Nations peoples requires truth and proper respect to the fallen and the wronged.
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